Marco Tilio (born 23 August 2001) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for A-League club Melbourne City.
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Full name | Marco Tilio | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (2001-08-23) 23 August 2001 (age 21) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | |||||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Melbourne City | |||||||||||||||
Number | 23 | |||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
Sydney Olympic | ||||||||||||||||
2015–2018 | Sydney FC | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Sydney FC NPL | 16 | (5) | |||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Sydney FC | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2020– | Melbourne City | 54 | (10) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Melbourne City NPL | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | Australia U20 | 13 | (12) | |||||||||||||
2021– | Australia U23 | 3 | (1) | |||||||||||||
2022– | Australia | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 October 2022 |
At age 17, Tilio made his professional debut in the 2019 AFC Champions League in a group stage match against Kawasaki Frontale, replacing Anthony Caceres in the 74th minute as they went on to lose 4–0, being eliminated from the competition.[2]
He was promoted to the first-team squad on 4 September 2019 at age 18 for the 2019–20 A-League season.[3]
Tilio was part of the 2019–20 Y-League championship winning Sydney FC Youth team. He played 85 minutes and scored a brace as the Sky Blues beat Melbourne Victory Youth 5–1 in the 2020 Y-League Grand Final on 31 January 2020.[4] He finished as the league's Golden Boot winner with 11 goals from 9 games.
Tilio made his first A-League appearance as an 88th-minute substitute in a Round 20 clash against Central Coast Mariners on 23 February 2020, scoring Sydney's second goal in the 89th minute before assisting Harry Van Der Saag's 91st-minute strike as they ran out 3–0 winners.[5][6]
Tilio left Sydney at the end of the 2019–20 A-League in September 2020, after rejecting a contract extension.[7]
On 21 September 2020, Melbourne City announced that Tilio had signed a three-year contract with the club.[8] He made his Melbourne City debut in a starting appearance on 3 January 2021 against Adelaide United.[9] On 5 April 2021, Tilio scored his first goal for Melbourne City in his eighth appearance for the club in a 3–2 away win over Wellington Phoenix in the A-League.[10]
Tilio began his international career with the Young Socceroos in 2019, where he was called up to the Australia squad for the 2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship.[11] At age 17, Tilio played his first international game against the Vietnam U-20s in the 2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship group stage where he scored a hat trick in the 1st, 34th and 90th minute.[12]
On 22 July 2021, Tilio scored his first goal for the Olyroos in a 2–0 win against Argentina with his second touch after coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Asia | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sydney FC NPL | 2019 | National Premier Leagues NSW | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
Sydney FC | 2018–19 | A-League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2019–20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
Melbourne City | 2020–21 | A-League | 22 | 2 | — | — | — | 22 | 2 | |||
Career total | 39 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 8 |
Melbourne City
Sydney FC
Australia U20
Individual
Melbourne City FC – current squad | |
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Y-League Golden Boot | |
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Australia men's football squad – 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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