With Kalik continually getting overlooked by socceroos management despite turning out week in week out for Croatian giants Hadjuk Split, got me thinking of the greatest eligible players to never be capped by the Socceroos (who werent capped by other nations)... 

My 11... 

                                  Tohouroglou
   
   Grdic      Christodoulou        Bosnar     Cassio
                       
Johnston      Oldfield      Carrusca    Volpato
                                         
                     Porta        Anastasiadis
2nd 11
                              Theoklitos
               Mrcela     Jovanovic    Lowry
                                Isaias
            Kalik     Brattan  De Silva       
                            Brimmer
                     Reinaldo     McBreen   
Others
Đurić, Caravella, Danny Invincible, Jovanovic, Henrique, Ansell, Brandon O'Neill, Marusic, Josh Rose, Daniel McBreen, Osama Malik, Nigel Boogard, Liam Reddy, Josip Biskić, Golgol Mebrahtu, Kerem Bulut, Deni Juric, Bruce Kamau, Bradden Inman, Stefan Mauk, Alou Kuol, Talay Ufuk, Lachlan Brook, Jake Hollman, Nic Milanovic, Paul Izzo, Jacob Farrell, Caceres, Jamie Young, Garrucio, Calem Nieuwenhof, Triantis, 

Traore from victory would of been a handy player 

Doesnt exactly qualify as he WAS capped but how Con Boustianis only got 4 caps (one as a late sub) for the Socceroos is baffling.. 4 goals from 4 appearances (Although three where during that 31-0 American Samoa genocide) 

Josip Šimunić maybe? Can we shoehorn in Cristian Vieri? Also could go with Avraam Papadopoulos and Giannis Samaras.

curious what players were uncapped born 75-80?

The guys who come to mind are Viera, Johnston, Dorigo, Simunic, Seric, Didulica and Dykes. 

                  

I'd go with Galekovic in goal, backed by Caravella, Wilkshire, Vukovic, and Wilkshire in defense. O'Neill, McKay, and Carle would make a solid midfield trio, supporting Volpato and Kalik up front, with McBreen and Reinaldo as the striking duo. In the 2nd XI, Theoklitos would take the keeper spot, with Mrcela, Ansell, Lowry, and Rose in defense.

Great players but all capped by other countries (I mentioned in the description that only considering guys that weren't capped by anyone) 

Galekovic, wilkshire, Vukovic and wilkshire all capped so too oneill mckay and carle. 

Capped by Ivory Coast. As per the description only including guys that weren't capped by anyone, otherwise would have included Vieri, Simunic, Dorigo etc 

Good shout, criminally underrated player. Watched a YouTube compilation of him recently. Had a rocket launcher for a shot 

Fantastic players but only including guys that weren't capped by other nations. 

Interestingly Luke Brattan has been picked in 4 A league teams of the season and called up to several socceroos camps but til now still never capped once for the socceroos!! 

Johnston wasn't capped by another nation, just elected club over country

Carrusca wasn't capped but he was cap tied to Argentina after playing u20s. The fornaroli rule came too late for him.

Yep exception from what you mentioned is Johnston which is why I named him in the team  but others all capped.

Actually I've forgotten Christophe Teinert

Does anyone know why David Oldfield never played for the socceroos?

Played 4 seasons in the English top flight and 7  seasons in the 2nd flight yet never played for Australia. 

There would probably be a big list of non-NSW players from the 60's and 70's when team selection heavily favoured NSW players. That was before my time though.

his resume looks a bit weak tbh (scroll down to the table)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Oldfield_(footballer)

My understanding is the Craig Johnston was capped in a "B" International for England which, in those days, precluded him being capped by Australia.

How porta never got capped is a head scratched.

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Me :P hahahahahahah

Didnt Theo get a cap too (I could swear I remember him sitting on the bench for  Roos game)???

HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH 

Kubo Lapsansky

Great left foot from memory and free kick specialist.

I mean... Just for his name alone he deserves a cap. :)

Johnston make a silly comment at 17 years old that 'playing football was like surfing for England' & this was held against him.

IMO, he more than most was the little Aussie made it big in the UK playing for the Man City of the Day, Liverpool, lots of people started following Liverpool because of Johnston & even I followed the shit club for a while. They like Man City now, brought the competition in the 80s & changed football in the UK.
Liverpool in the 80s, Man U in the 90s eraly 2000s & now Man City just brought all the players & provided us with unequal competitions.

No more Notts Forest Div 2 winners, the Div 1 winners the following year & European Champions the year after that.

They say money talks 

If Karem wasn't caught up in off field drama and had a stable foundation he could have been one of our best strikers we've ever had.