Joshua John Cavallo (born 13 November 1999) is an Australian professional association footballer who plays as a left back and central midfielder for A-League Men club Adelaide United.[1] Cavallo has represented the Australian under-20 national team.[2]
![]() Cavallo with Adelaide United in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joshua John Cavallo | ||
Date of birth | (1999-11-13) 13 November 1999 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Bentleigh East, Victoria, Australia | ||
Position(s) | Left back, central midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Adelaide United | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
Melbourne Victory | |||
Melbourne City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Melbourne City NPL | 54 | (6) |
2019–2021 | Western United | 9 | (0) |
2021– | Adelaide United | 38 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2018 | Australia U20 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:10, 16 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2020 |
Joshua John Cavallo[3] was born on 13 November 1999 in Bentleigh East, Victoria.[4] He is of Italian and Maltese descent.[5]
Cavallo represented both Melbourne Victory FC Youth and Melbourne City FC Youth.[6]
On 15 April 2019, Melbourne City announced that Cavallo would leave the club at the expiration of his contract at the end of the 2018–19 season.[7]
On 24 June 2019, new A-League side Western United announced that Cavallo would join the club ahead of its inaugural season.[8] He made his debut on 3 January 2020 in a 3–2 loss at his previous club. On as a 71st-minute substitute for Apostolos Stamatelopoulos, he earned a penalty when fouled by goalkeeper Dean Bouzanis, which was converted by Besart Berisha.[9]
Western United announced that Cavallo was leaving the club on 10 February 2021[10] to seek more playing time with another A-League club.
On 18 February 2021, Cavallo signed a short-term contract to play for Adelaide United.[11] After a successful stint in the 2020–21 A-League, he signed a two-year contract extension on 11 May.[12] He was rewarded with Adelaide United's A-League Rising Star award after a successful 2020–21 campaign, in which he started 15 games and made 18 appearances.[13]
Cavallo came out as gay in October 2021.[14] At the time, there were no other openly gay male footballers playing professional top-flight football. He said in a statement, "I hope that in sharing who I am, I can show others who identify as LGBTQ+ that they are welcome in the football community."[15]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Western United | 2019–20 | A-League | 9 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |
2020–21 | A-League | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 9 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |||
Adelaide United | 2020–21 | A-League | 19 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | |
2021–22 | A-League Men | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
2021–22 | A-League Men | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 38 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||
Career total | 47 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
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