Tom Engelhardt

I work in football. International Partnerships @FootballAUS - Adelaide born and bred📍Sydney 🇦🇺 - Formerly KL 🇲🇾 Bishkek 🇰🇬

[Tom Engelhardt @TomEngelhardt_]

@joshparish_ @Bashola66 Your Vanuatu days have served you well Josh. Great stuff.

[Football Australia @FootballAUS]

Football at the heart of the Australia–China relationship 🇦🇺🤝🇨🇳

At an iconic Shanghai setting, Aussie Shanghai Port FC coaches Kevin Muscat and Vincenzo Ierardo joined former Matilda @gracegill9 and Chinese football legend Yu Hanchao to launch next month’s Australia–China Friendship Series between the CommBank #YoungSocceroos and China’s U20s.

Supported by the Australian Government through the National Foundation for Australia–China Relations, the two-match series builds on the AFC Women’s Asian Cup and FIFA Series - bringing China’s women’s and men’s national teams to Australia - and marks an unprecedented month of football engagement between our two nations this March.

[Tom Engelhardt @TomEngelhardt_]

@fdez_marc @Sachk0 @Vinny_I @gracegill9 March 28 and 31 in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province.

[Football Australia @FootballAUS]

The CommBank #YoungSocceroos will travel to China for two matches against the Chinese U20 national team as part of the Australia-China Friendship Series 🇦🇺🇨🇳

The tour is supported by the Australian Government through the National Foundation of Australia–China Relations (NFACR) and forms part of a broader program of football engagement aimed at strengthening sporting, cultural and people-to-people links between Australia and China 🤝

Full details: https://t.co/kW4XDHyhfv

[CommBank Matildas @TheMatildas]

The CommBank Junior Matildas will play a curtain raiser ahead of our game against New Zealand in Gosford! 🙌

🇦🇺v🇹🇭 28.11.25 - 4pm AEDT
🇦🇺v🇳🇿 28.11.25 - 7:30pm AEDT
🏟️: @polytecstadium

📰 More Info: https://t.co/xMsPK6bHg1

#Matildas #FeelNewSouthWales #ASEANAustraliaFootballWeek

[All Fútbol MX 🇲🇽 @AllFutbolMX]

Mexico and Japan are staying in the same hotel during the U-17 World Cup and this is how the Japanese players received Mexico after their first victory in the tournament. 🇲🇽🤝🏼🇯🇵

This is what football is all about. ❤️⚽️👏🏼

[CAFA @CAFAssociation]

CAFA hosted its inaugural Women’s Football Development Seminar on 6–7 Aug in Dushanbe 🇹🇯, in collaboration with @FootballAUS & the Australian Govt.

Featuring AFC, FIFA, FIFPRO & ex-Matilda Gema Simon, it united CAFA MAs to share strategies & boost women’s football in the region.

[Football Australia @FootballAUS]

Connecting across Asia through women’s football. 🤝

In a joint initiative supported by @dfat, Football Australia and @CAFAssociation partnered to deliver a Women’s Football Development Seminar in Tajikistan, from Aug 6-7.

@FIFAcom @theafcdotcom
https://t.co/h5kIFxLPhC

[Tom Engelhardt @TomEngelhardt_]

@teopellizzeri @aleaguewomen They drew ~20k fans for a Women’s national team match in Nepal recently too. Very unlucky to miss out on WAC but the trajectory on and off the field is amazing.

So exciting to have their star player in our league.

[ESPN Podcasts @espnpodcasts]

"I think we have a problem in Europe when it comes to football."

@Marcotti on needing to grow the club game all over the world

[Tom Engelhardt @TomEngelhardt_]

@PosolAustralia Благодарю вас за слова поддержки 🙏

[andrew howe @AndyHowe_statto]

Socceroos' win over Saudis ends the busiest two weeks for Australian national team action ever. In 14 days, 6 different AUS national teams (men's U16/U18/U20/U23 and @Socceroos, and @TheMatildas) played 15 games across 6 countries, with 120 Australian players taking the field.

[CommBank Socceroos @Socceroos]

QUALIFIED!!! 🙌🤩

For the sixth consecutive time, we’re going to the #FIFAWorldCup ✈️🌎🏆🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇸

#Socceroos #ForeverGolden

[Tom Engelhardt @TomEngelhardt_]

@keeshmatstats Brilliant stuff 👏

[Football Australia @FootballAUS]

Australia 🤝 Indonesia

Strengthening footballing ties between the two nations. ⚽

Football Australia Interim CEO, Heather Garriock said: “We see immense potential in working more closely with our Indonesian counterparts - from grassroots development to elite competitions, from mentoring the next generation of women leaders in sport to exploring co-hosting opportunities for major events. Football is a platform for progress."

🗞️ More: https://t.co/CL3RgZp2UU

[Paul Williams @PaulWilliams_85]

International diplomacy that only football can offer.

As Indonesia's economy grows, the opportunity that affords our country is enormous.

So too is the opportunity with their growing football ecosystem. Building on these relationships is crucial for the future.

[Tom Engelhardt @TomEngelhardt_]

@BabaGol_ Cristiano has been Joel’s idol for virtually his whole career. He once told me Ronaldo was like a “father” to him in terms of the level of influence and motivation. This would mean so much to him.

[Tom Engelhardt @TomEngelhardt_]

How good was that!?

Nerves of steel from a group of young men under extreme pressure in the shootout, but the truth is they played excellent, positive, winning football for the entire tournament.

So proud of this team. 🇦🇺

[Football Australia @FootballAUS]

2025 #AFCU20 CHAMPIONS 🏆

Congratulations to the Subway #YoungSocceroos! 👏

What an achievement 🤩

[Tom Engelhardt @TomEngelhardt_]

@teopellizzeri @10FootballAU Nailed the call Teo.

[Football Australia @FootballAUS]

“It sends a very strong, powerful message, especially to young girls” - His Excellency Mr Samson Vilvil Fare, Vanuatu's High Commissioner To Australia, on the deeper impact of the ongoing #PacificAusSports Four Nations Tournament.