Jackson Irvine
#22 · Midfielder · age 33 · (VC)
On-pitch leader; set-piece presence
Club
FC St. Pauli
Germany · Bundesliga
Caps
84
Intl goals
11
72
WC26 rating
high confidence
- Recent form
- 56
- Career peak
- 60
- League level
- 89
- Competition pedigree
- 24
- International pedigree
- 96
- Longevity
- 64
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Career by season
Source: transfermarkt + sofascore · fetched 2026-05-29
Irvine is the on-pitch general — the player who keeps the back five organised when the captain is in his own box. He is also the most likely Australian to score from open play in a tournament, arriving late to second balls in the opposition box. Likely starts in a double pivot next to O’Neill.
Strengths
- leadership and game-state communication
- arriving in the box from deep
- set-piece presence
- tactical discipline
Recent form
St. Pauli starter through 2025-26 Bundesliga season.
Wears jersey No. 22 for St. Pauli and is one of the most-recognised players in Hamburg's left-wing football scene off the pitch.