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| birth_place = [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]], Australia

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”’Alexander Hugh Tobin”’ {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 3 November 1965) is an Australian former professional [[association football|soccer]] player who played as a [[centre-back]]. He is the [[Australia national soccer team records#Most appearances|fifth-most capped]] player for the [[Australia men’s national soccer team|Australia national team]] with 87 ‘A’ appearances, including 30 as captain. He made his international debut on 9 March 1988 in an Olympic qualifying match against [[Chinese Taipei national football team|Chinese Taipei]] (3–2) in [[Adelaide]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/tobin-intl.html|title=Alex Tobin – International Appearances|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>

”’Alexander Hugh Tobin”’ {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 3 November 1965) is an Australian former professional [[soccer]] player who played as a [[centre-back]]. He is the [[Australia national soccer team records#Most appearances|fifth-most capped]] player for the [[Australia men’s national soccer team|Australia national team]] with 87 ‘A’ appearances, including 30 as captain. He made his international debut on 9 March 1988 in an Olympic qualifying match against [[Chinese Taipei national football team|Chinese Taipei]] (3–2) in [[Adelaide]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/tobin-intl.html|title=Alex Tobin – International Appearances|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation}}</ref>

==Club career==

==Club career==

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Australian soccer player (born 1965)

Alexander Hugh Tobin OAM (born 3 November 1965) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a centre-back. He is the fifth-most capped player for the Australia national team with 87 ‘A’ appearances, including 30 as captain. He made his international debut on 9 March 1988 in an Olympic qualifying match against Chinese Taipei (3–2) in Adelaide.^[1]

Tobin spent his entire club career playing in Australia. He played most of his club career as a defender with Adelaide City in the National Soccer League. Alex left Adelaide City in 2000, after sixteen years with the club, to join Parramatta Power. He finished his career with Northern Spirit. Tobin played a total of 522 senior club games in Australia.

Tobin worked for the Central Coast Mariners as assistant first team coach.^[2]

In 2008, the PFA Alex Tobin OAM Medal was inaugurated by the Professional Footballers Australia (PFA). It is to be awarded annually by the PFA to a current, or a former, player based on four attributes demonstrated by Alex Tobin throughout his career and which reflect the philosophy of the PFA: Leadership, achievement as a player, commitment to ones fellow professionals and service and dedication to the game. The first two medals were conferred on Joe Marston and, posthumously, Johnny Warren.^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[4][5]

Club	Season	League			NSL Cup		Oceania		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Adelaide City	1984	National Soccer League	16	0	0	0	—		—		16	0
	1985		12	0	0	0	—		—		12	0
	1986		26	0	0	0	—		—		26	0
	1987		24	0	0	0	1	0	—		25	0
	1988		20	1	1	0	—		—		21	1
	1989		21	0	0	0	—		—		21	0
	1989–90		25	0	0	0	—		—		25	0
	1990–91		27	1	2	0	—		—		29	1
	1991–92		30	3	3	0	—		—		33	3
	1992–93		30	2	3	0	—		—		33	2
	1993–94		31	4	3	0	—		—		34	4
	1994–95		26	2	2	0	—		—		28	2
	1995–96		34	5	3	0	—		—		37	5
	1996–97		29	4	0	0	—		—		29	4
	1997–98		25	2	—		—		—		25	2
	1998–99		29	3	—		—		—		29	3
	1999–2000		31	0	—		—		—		31	0
	Total		436	27	17	0	1	0	—		454	27
Parramatta Power	2000–01	National Soccer League	26	2	—		—		—		26	2
	2001–02		22	2	—		—		—		22	2
	Total		48	4	—		—		—		48	4
Northern Spirit	2002–03	National Soccer League	32	0	—		—		—		32	0
	2003–04		6	0	—		—		—		6	0
	Total		38	0	—		—		—		38	0
Career total			522	31	17	0	1	0	—		540	31

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Australia	1988	3	1
	1989	0	0
	1990	3	0
	1991	6	0
	1992	15	0
	1993	10	0
	1994	6	0
	1995	9	0
	1996	10	1
	1997	16	0
	1998	9	0
Total		87	2

Scores and results list Australia’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tobin goal.

Adelaide City:

Australia

Individual