Mark Schwarzer
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"Mark Schwarzer" Order of Australia/OAM is an Australian professional Association football/footballer who plays for English club Leicester City F.C./Leicester City as a Goalkeeper (association football)/goalkeeper. He represented Australia national association football team/Australia at international level from 1993 to 2013, and was selected for both the 2006 FIFA World Cup/2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cup/2010 World Cups.

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Obviously it was sore. But I didn't know it was broken. Then I suspected it was something serious.

It's just a dream come true - it's the pinnacle. It's a lifetime ambition. I was born in '72 so I was only two years old when we went there in '74.

I don't remember any of it but as a kid I grew up watching World Cups and unfortunately never got the chance to watch Australia playing.

It hasn't sunk in. For every one of us that has been there for three or four campaigns, this is how it feels to qualify, ... We've not been there before other than '74 and none of the boys have been around that long.

If we make the UEFA Cup final (on May 13) there's a good chance I will be fit for that.

It was pretty hard to take, to be honest. Nobody was 100 per cent sure.