Mathew Ryan

Mathew Ryan
Ryan with Australia in 2026
Personal information
Full name Mathew David Ryan
Date of birth (1992-04-08) 8 April 1992
Place of birth Plumpton, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Levante
Number 13
Youth career
2002–2008 Marconi Stallions
2008–2009 Blacktown City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Blacktown City 11 (0)
2010–2013 Central Coast Mariners 80 (0)
2013–2015 Club Brugge 77 (0)
2015–2017 Valencia 10 (0)
2017 → Genk (loan) 17 (0)
2017–2021 Brighton & Hove Albion 121 (0)
2021 → Arsenal (loan) 3 (0)
2021–2022 Real Sociedad 3 (0)
2022–2023 Copenhagen 6 (0)
2023–2024 AZ 47 (0)
2024–2025 Roma 0 (0)
2025 Lens 14 (0)
2025– Levante 40 (0)
International career‡
2011–2012 Australia U23 6 (0)
2012– Australia 105 (0)
Medal record
Men's soccer
Representing  Australia
AFC Asian Cup
Winner2015 Australia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 September 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 July 2026

Mathew David Ryan (born 8 April 1992) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Levante and captains the Australia national team.

Born in Sydney, Ryan played as a youth for Marconi Stallions, Blacktown City and Central Coast Mariners. He made his senior debut for Blacktown before moving to the Mariners' senior squad in 2010. In 2013, Ryan moved to Club Brugge, where he was named the Belgian Pro League's Goalkeeper of the Year in both his seasons and won the Belgian Cup in 2015. He then played for two years for Valencia in La Liga. He moved to Brighton & Hove Albion in 2017, where he played 121 Premier League games, followed by three on loan at Arsenal in 2021. He subsequently played for several clubs in La Liga, the Danish Superliga, Eredivisie, Serie A and Ligue 1.

Ryan made his senior international debut for Australia in 2012, and has since established himself as his nation's first-choice goalkeeper, effectively succeeding childhood idol and former international goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer. He played at the FIFA World Cup in 2014, 2018, 2022, and 2026, as well as the AFC Asian Cup in 2015, 2019 and 2023, winning the Best Goalkeeper award at the 2015 tournament which his country won on home soil.