After debuting against South Korea in 2012 under Holger Osieck, the winger became a regular under Ange Postecoglou and was a key part of Australia’s 2014 World Cup and 2015 Asian Cup winning squads.

Now Leckie, often a 'Mr Fix It' in Postecoglou’s line-up, playing everywhere from right wing, left wing, right wingback and upfront, will get to 50 caps under new boss Bert van Marwijk.

The Socceroos face Norway on Saturday and then Colombia on Wednesday.

"It’s a huge accomplishment for me,” Leckie told FourFourTwo.

"It’s all happened pretty quick. I’ve only been a part of the national team for six years but I’ve been able to stay healthy for majority of that time and play a majority of them for the national team.

"It’s been a good journey so far, I’ve had some good moments and a lot of success with the Asian Cup. Just big moments, like qualifying. To qualify for the World Cup through Asia is a real grind.

"Some of the conditions we come up against, the atmospheres, so it’s been an incredible journey for me and hopefully many more to come."

Leckie’s journey is more remarkable considering he didn’t start playing football until the age of 11.

The 27-year-old grew up in AFL-mad Melbourne in an Essendon-supporting family.

But exposed to the beautiful game at Sunshine’s Albion North Primary School he took it up quickly, excelled and then joined Bulleen Lions, eventually breaking through into the A-League with Adelaide United in 2009.

Since 2011 Leckie has been based in Germany, first with Borussia Monchengladbach, and then with FC Ingolstadt 04 and Hertha Berlin in the Bundesliga.

“In my family I didn’t grow up around a football-based family, it was all AFL,” he explained.

“I just sort of fell in love with the game playing at school. Originally I just joined a club to have a bit of fun but then got to the point where I really thought I could do something with it.

“So I dedicated myself to that, didn’t really concentrate or worry about where I was going to work, and dedicated everything to football and it all worked out the right way.”