Brandon Borrello

Brandon Joel Gaetano Borrello (born 25 July 1995) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for German club Fortuna Düsseldorf, on loan from SC Freiburg.

Brandon Borrello

Borrello with Kaiserslautern in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Brandon Joel Gaetano Borrello
Date of birth	25 July 1995
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Fortuna Düsseldorf (on loan from SC Freiburg)
Number	20
Youth career
	Modbury Jets
2011–2014	Brisbane Roar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2017	Brisbane Roar	75	(13)
2014–2017	Brisbane Roar NPL	5	(4)
2017–2018	1. FC Kaiserslautern	19	(3)
2017–2018	1. FC Kaiserslautern II	2	(0)
2018–	SC Freiburg II	9	(0)
2019–	SC Freiburg	3	(0)
2020–	→ Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan)	4	(0)
National team^‡
2014–2015	Australia U20	8	(1)
2015–	Australia U23	3	(0)
2019–	Australia	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 August 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2019

Club career

Brisbane Roar

On 30 January 2017, Borrello scored four goals in an AFC Champions League qualifying game for Brisbane Roar against Global, becoming the first Australian player to score four goals in a game in the Champions League.[1] He also scored in the next round in a win over a Shanghai Shenua side which included Carlos Tevez, earning the Roar qualification to the group stage.[2]

He was nominated in January 2017 for the A-League Young Footballer of the Year award for the 2016–17 season.[3]

1. FC Kaiserslautern

Borrello joined 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern in May 2017 on a three-year deal.[4]

SC Freiburg

On 23 July 2018, Borrello joined Bundesliga club SC Freiburg. The terms of the contract were undisclosed.[5]

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 1 September 2020, Borello joined 2. Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf on a loan deal for one year.[6]

International career

Borrello made his debut for Australia national soccer team on 7 June 2019 in an friendly against South Korea, as a 70th-minute substitute for Awer Mabil.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 1 July 2019[8]

Club	Season	League^1			Cup^2		Continental^3		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brisbane Roar	2013–14	A-League	6	0	—		—		6	0
	2014–15		22	4	1	0	6	2	29	6
	2015–16		22	5	1	0	—		23	5
	2016–17		25	4	1	0	7	5	33	9
	Total		75	13	3	0	13	7	91	20
1. FC Kaiserslautern	2017–18	2. Bundesliga	19	3	1	0	—		20	3
SC Freiburg	2018–19	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2019–20		0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			94	16	4	0	13	7	111	23

¹ includes A-League final series statistics
² includes FFA Cup and DFB Pokal
³ includes AFC Champions League

International

As of match played 15 October 2019[9]

Australia
Year	Apps	Goals
2019	3	0
Total	3	0

Honours

Club

Brisbane Roar

• A-League Premiership: 2013–14

Individual

Brisbane Roar

• Y-League BRFC Player of the Year: 2013–14

References

1. "Brisbane Roar beats Global FC 6-0 to set up AFC Champions League qualifier with Shanghai Shenhua". ABC News. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
2. "Brisbane Roar beats Shanghai Shenua in AFC Champions League". ABC News. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
3. Hunt, Dave (15 February 2017). "Young Roar star gets player of year nomination". Stanthorpe Border Post. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
4. "Borrello completes FC Kaiserslautern switch". The World Game. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
5. "Brandon Borrello kommt zum Sport-Club" (in German). SC Freiburg. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
6. "Fortuna Verstärkt Sich Mit Brandon Borrello" (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
7. "South Korea v Australia game report". ESPN. 7 June 2019.
8. "B. Borrello". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
9. Brandon Borrello at National-Football-Teams.com