3. James Percevski

We already lost one defender, current Newcastle Jet Daniel Georgievski, to 22 caps for the Macedonian national team. Current Fortuna Dusseldorf youngster, Jamie Percevski, gives us the opportunity to nick one back.

Percevski is one of two on this list that were actually born in Australia, but he was released by Western Sydney Wanderers. In hindsight, they may have been a little too soon to judge.

The 18-year-old is now a regular in a Bundesliga reserve side and a mainstay for the Macedonian U19s, so it may be worth the Joeys taking another look...

4. Patrick Ziegler

Two of the A-League's fiercest defenders over recent seasons - Ersan Gulum and Avraam Papadopoulos - were born in Melbourne but preferred stellar national careers for Turkey and Greece respectively. Perhaps it's time the A-League gave us one back.

Western Sydney Wanderers new recruit Patrick Ziegler has an Australian father and, despite a successful career at FC Kaiserslautern, has never registered a blip on die Mannschaft's radar. 

He came to the A-League after watching Thomas Broich's doco, Tom Meets Zizou and at 28-years-old, we've copped him at his defensive peak. Could there be another documentary in the making? 

5. Gethin Jones

A graduate of the presitigious Everton academy, Jones says he "feels more Welsh than Australian" but he seems more World Cup material than European Championships so maybe we can entice him to change his mind.

Currently plying his trade for Fleetwood Town, the 23-year-old has captained Wales at every level from U16 to U21 and has even been an unused sub for the Welsh national team. 

But the good news, or perhaps its bad, is that Jones hasn't been called up to any national squad in the last 12 months. Maybe the Perth-born youngster will come back Down Under.