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前狼隊, 米禾爾後衛 Kevin Muscat
Kevin Muscat (born 7 August 1973 in Crawley, England) is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for and is captain of Melbourne Victory in the Australian Hyundai A-League. He is of Maltese background.
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Career
Muscat made his international debut for Australia on the 24 September 1994 against Kuwait. He represented Australia in the U/23 football competition in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He also represented Australia in the U/20 1993 World Youth Cup Finals in Australia. When playing for Australia in 2001, they faced Uruguay in a playoff for a spot in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. In the first leg in Melbourne, Australia won 1-0 thanks to a penalty from Kevin Muscat. However Australia went down 3-0 in Montevideo to miss out on qualifying for the World Cup.
He has spent most of his career in Britain, playing for Crystal Palace, Wolves, Rangers and Millwall. In 2004, he captained Millwall to the FA Cup Final for the first time in their history. Unfortunately he missed the final itself, after suffering a knee ligament injury in the semi-final against Sunderland. He left Millwall for a return to Australia to become Melbourne Victory's inaugural captain in the 2005/6 season.
Despite being a regular in the Australian national team, Muscat found himself dropped from the squad when coach Guus Hiddink took over in 2005. He played no part in Australia's qualification for the World Cup and was shattered to find himself out of the squad for Australia's first World Cup appearance in 32 years, in 2006.
In August 2006, Muscat was given a lifeline back into the national team. Lacking experienced players for the Asian Cup qualifier against Kuwait, coach Graham Arnold recalled Kevin Muscat and handed him the captaincy. Australia won the match 2-0 to qualify for the 2007 Asian Cup.
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Reputation
Muscat has a reputation as a football 'hard man', and was dubbed the "most hated man in football" by then Birmingham City player Martin Grainger in 2000. This was due to his many encounters with opposing players with the view being that he was unnecessarily physical and dirty in his play.
He has previously seriously injured both Craig Bellamy and Christophe Dugarry, the latter in a friendly international between Australia and France in 2001 with a sliding tackle from behind. The French manager Roger Lemerre dubbed the tackle "an act of brutality", particularly given the friendly status of the match which was designed to prepare Australia for the two-legged playoff against Uruguay. Dugarry was sidelined with a serious knee ligament injury for several months.
In 2004, a lawsuit on Muscat brought by former Charlton player Matt Holmes resulted in a settlement of £250,000 plus costs in favour of Holmes, bringing the estimated settlement to around £750,000. Holmes had to have four operations on his leg following a tackle by Muscat in 1998, and there were initial fears that his leg might have to be amputated. The claim was settled at the High Court without any admission of liability.
In December 2005, he was banned for 3 matches by the A-league disciplinary panel on grounds of "violent conduct", the first player to be suspended in such a manner.
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