TUG OF love Young Turk Ersan Gulum is one of the shock call-ups in Holger Osieck's 50-man Asian Cup squad after details were leaked by the Asian Football Confederation.
Football Federation Australia had intended to keep details of the mammoth squad secret but they appeared on The AFC's website today and quickly spread on Twitter.
But the squad reveals a few huge shocks in those fighting for a place in the squad including Gulum who only weeks ago announced he was giving up on Australia to represent Turkey instead.
The decision caused uproar, but he never made the pitch for Turkey's last match meaning he is still eligible to pull on the green and gold.
Also included in the squad are brothers Ryan and Joel Griffiths who were frozen out of the Socceroos under Pim Verbeek.
Youngsters getting a chance include Brent McGrath, currently with Brondby, Adam Sarota, Chris Herd, Tommy Oar and Jason Davidson.
The full squad is:
1 | ADAM JAY FEDERICI | GK | |
2 | BRADLEY SCOTT JONES | GK | |
3 | EUGEN-JOSIP GALEKOVIC | GK | |
4 | MARK SCHWARZER | GK | |
5 | MITCHELL JAMES LANGERAK | GK | |
6 | NATHAN MARTIN COE | GK | |
7 | THEOKLITOS SERAFIM MICHAEL | GK | |
8 | ADRIAN ANTHONY MADASCHI | DF | |
9 | CANSDELL-SHERRIFF SHANE LEWIS | DF | |
10 | DAVID RAYMOND CARNEY | DF | |
11 | DAVIDSON JASON ALAN | DF | |
12 | DEVERE LUKE RAMON | DF | |
13 | ERSAN GULUM | DF | |
14 | JONATHAN DAVID MCKAIN | DF | |
15 | LUCAS EDWARD NEILL | DF | |
16 | LUKE WILKSHIRE | DF | |
17 | MICHAEL ERROL THWAITE | DF | |
18 | MICHAEL FRANCIS BEAUCHAMP | DF | |
19 | NORTH JADE BRONSON | DF | |
20 | OGNENOVSKI SASA | DF | |
21 | SPIRANOVIC MATTHEW THOMAS | DF | |
22 | THOMPSON MATTHEW BRIAN | DF | |
23 | ADAM TOMEK SAROTA | MF | |
24 | BRETT MICHAEL EMERTON | MF | |
25 | BRETT TREVOR HOLMAN | MF | |
26 | CARL VALERI | MF | |
27 | CHRISTOPHER HERD | MF | |
28 | HARRY KEWELL | MF | |
29 | JASON CULINA | MF | |
30 | KANTAROVSKI BENJAMIN | MF | |
31 | KILKENNY NEIL MARTIN | MF | |
32 | MATTHEW GRAHAM MCKAY | MF | |
33 | MICHAEL JOHN JEDINAK | MF | |
34 | MOOY AARON FRANK | MF | |
35 | OLIVER JOHN BOZANIC | MF | |
36 | RICHARD GARCIA | MF | |
37 | THOMAS MICHAEL OAR | MF | |
38 | VIDOSIC DARIO | MF | |
39 | WILLIAMS DAVID JOEL | MF | |
40 | ARCHIE GERALD THOMPSON | FW | |
41 | BROSQUE ALEX JASON | FW | |
42 | GRIFFITHS JOEL MICHAEL | FW | |
43 | JOSHUA BLAKE KENNEDY | FW | |
44 | MCGRATH BRENT COLM | FW | |
45 | NATHAN JOEL BURNS | FW | |
46 | NIKITA RUKAVYTSYA | FW | |
47 | ROBBIE THOMAS KRUSE | FW | |
48 | RYAN ALAN GRIFFITHS | FW | |
49 | SCOTT DOUGLAS MCDONALD | FW | |
50 | TIMOTHY FILIGA CAHILL | FW |
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