The evergreen utility, who has had a stunning run of late-season form as a striker for his Swiss club Basel, helping it to the league and Cup double, was widely expected to hang up his Socceroos boots after the tournament in South Africa.

Set to turn 35 at the end of the year, Chipperfield says his future is at the mercy of the next Australian coach and if he was required for the Asian Cup in Qatar next January, he'd be happy to play.

"I don't expect to be playing after the World Cup. But I'm not going to say I retire," he said in Melbourne today. "We've got the Asian Cup in January, which I'd like to play.

"There's a new coach coming in. He might want to experiment with some of the younger players. The January window is our mid-season break, which would be ideal for me. You never know."

Chipperfield's resurgence of form at club level will see him extend his time at Basel to 10 years after he signed on for another year.

Twelve months ago, after a move to Hertha Berlin fell through, he was set to return to the A-League, but is delighted he decided to stick with the Swiss powerhouse.

"It was a good season in the end," he said. "We had a bad start to the year. We had a new coach and at one stage we were 13 points off the lead.

"Bbut in the end we had a good season and we ended up winning the Cup and the championship, it was good."

Key to Chipperfield's longevity at club level has been his flexibility and coach Thorsten Fink has made the most of that this season, playing the Australian up front.

"It's been good, when I came back from injury, our striker broke his arm, so I came straight back into the team and the coach played me as a striker," he said.

"I played 16 games and scored nine goals, so I was happy with the way it went. This year with Basel, I played every position except for goalkeeper.

"The coach has a lot of confidence in me and if we have injury or something in different positions, he knows he can count on me, which is a good thing."

The other aspect which has helped Chipperfield prolong his career is stability, having only played for two clubs in his senior career, Wollongong in the NSL and then Basel.

He added: "I enjoy it at Basel, I've been there nine years, I've signed for one more year.

"I'll be 10 years in Basel. I enjoy it off the field, which is important for football players. On the field, we have a strong team, we compete in Europe every year.

"Next year we've got the qualifiers for the Champions League so hopefully we can play Champions League."

While he would be a walk-up start at any A-League club, Chipperfield has not ruled out staying in Europe should his good form continue next season.

"I take it year by year, the way things went the last few months, I feel in good shape and in good form," he said.

"If that continues next season then we'll see. I'm 35 at the end of the year, but I still feel in good shape and I still feel like I can contribute to the team."