Joel King
Player information
Full name:
Joel Bruce King
Date of birth:
30 October 2000 (age today: 24 years, 79 days)
Place of birth:
Shellharbour, New South Wales
Australia
Australia National team:
Australia Sydney FC career
Sydney FC cap number:
175
Sydney FC jersey numbers:
16 (113 appearances)
3 (13 appearances)
25 (3 appearances)
3 (13 appearances)
25 (3 appearances)
First match (on teamsheet):
vs Melbourne Victory FC, Round 16, 2018-19 Hyundai A-League (aged 18 years, 88 days)
First appearance:
vs Newcastle United Jets FC, Round 27, 2018-19 Hyundai A-League (aged 18 years, 179 days)
Last appearance:
vs Wellington Phoenix FC, Round 14, 2024-25 Isuzu UTE A-League Men (aged 24 years, 77 days)
Trophies:
- 2019 A-League Championship
- 2019-20 A-League Premiership
- 2020 A-League Championship
- 2023 Australia Cup
League-wide awards:
- 2020-21 A-League Young Footballer of the Year
Club-specific awards:
- 2019-20 Sydney FC A-League U20 Player of the Year
- 2020-21 Sydney FC A-League U20 Player of the Year
Sydney FC statistics
| App | Starts | Subs | Unused | Minutes | Goals | Pens | OGs | YCs | RCs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 129 | 99 | 30 | 7 | 9249 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 209 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 2288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1093 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1628 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-25 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 812 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A-League Men | 107 | 82 | 25 | 6 | 7643 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| AFC Champions League | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 482 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| AFC Champions League Two | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia Cup | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 900 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-19 Hyundai A-League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 AFC Champions League | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 FFA Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 Hyundai A-League | 26 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1864 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 AFC Champions League | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 363 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-21 A-League | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2478 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 FFA Cup | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 386 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 Isuzu UTE A-League Men | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 707 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-23 Isuzu UTE A-League Men | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 741 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 Australia Cup | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 363 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24 Isuzu UTE A-League Men | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1265 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 Australia Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-25 Isuzu UTE A-League Men | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 498 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-25 AFC Champions League Two | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 224 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adelaide United | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 645 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| APIA Leichhardt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Auckland FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brisbane Roar | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1056 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Central Coast Mariners | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 962 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eastern SC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaya FC-Iloilo | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Macarthur FC | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 794 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melbourne City | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 889 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Melbourne Victory | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 541 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Newcastle United Jets | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 659 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oakleigh Cannons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Perth Glory | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 730 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shanghai SIPG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Olympic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ulsan Hyundai | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wellington Phoenix | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 693 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 844 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Western United | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 458 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Home | 65 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 4967 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Away | 61 | 44 | 17 | 3 | 4099 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Neutral | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AAMI Park (Melbourne Rectangular Stadium) | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 674 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Al Janoub Stadium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Allianz Stadium (Sydney Football Stadium) | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1305 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Belmore Sports Ground | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Campbelltown Stadium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CommBank Stadium (Western Sydney Stadium) | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 581 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coopers Stadium (Hindmarsh Stadium) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 369 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eden Park | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GMHBA Stadium (Kardinia Park) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Go Media Stadium Mt Smart (Mount Smart Stadium) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HBF Park (Perth Oval) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Industree Group Stadium (Central Coast Stadium) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kayo Stadium (Dolphin Stadium) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leichhardt Oval | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mars Stadium (Eureka Stadium) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marvel Stadium (Docklands Stadium) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McDonald Jones Stadium (Newcastle International Sports Centre) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 431 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Netstrata Jubilee Stadium (Jubilee Stadium) | 32 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 2724 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nissan Stadium (International Stadium Yokohama) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Shanghai Stadium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simeon Toribio Track Stadium (Rizal Memorial Stadium) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sky Stadium (Wellington Regional Stadium) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stadium Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 175 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sydney Cricket Ground | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| The Home of the Matildas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ulsan Munsu Stadium | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WIN Stadium (Wollongong Showground) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sydney FC career visualisation
The visualisation below shows minutes played in starting and
substitute appearances,
matches as an unused bench player, as well as unavailability due to
injury or illness, suspension,
national team duty, loan spells,
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Goals
(including penalties
and own goals ),
yellow cards and red cards are displayed at the time at which they
occurred.
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Availability
This table only includes matches for which the player was a full-time senior squad member.| Available | Unavailable | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | Total | Starts | Subs | Unused | Unselected | Total | Injury / illness | Suspension | NT duty | Other | |
| Overall | 185 | 174 | 99 | 30 | 7 | 38 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | 40 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 | 35 | 34 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-23 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24 | 35 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-25 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 FFA Cup | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-19 Hyundai A-League | 29 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 AFC Champions League | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 FFA Cup | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-20 Hyundai A-League | 28 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 AFC Champions League | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 A-League | 28 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 FFA Cup | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-22 Isuzu UTE A-League Men | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-23 Isuzu UTE A-League Men | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 Australia Cup | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-24 Isuzu UTE A-League Men | 30 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 Australia Cup | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-25 Isuzu UTE A-League Men | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-25 AFC Champions League Two | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SFCU player of the season voting
| App | Starts | Subs | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Avg votes | POTS points | POTS rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 112 | 92 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0.22 | 15.0 | |
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| 2018-19 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 3.0 | 16 |
| 2019-20 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.18 | 2.0 | 16 |
| 2020-21 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.39 | 8.0 | 9 |
| 2021-22 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | 23 |
| 2022-23 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.0 | 21 |
| 2023-24 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.18 | 2.0 | 18 |