Tim Cahill
Tim Cahill is an Australian midfielder who scored 56 Premier League goals for Everton between 2004 and 2012, 31 of them with his head. He stands five feet ten.
He celebrated by boxing the corner flag.
- Clubs
- Millwall (1997 to 2004), Everton (2004 to 2012), New York Red Bulls (2012 to 2015), Shanghai Shenhua, Hangzhou Greentown, Melbourne City (2016 to 2018), Millwall (2018), Jamshedpur (2018 to 2019)
- Premier League
- 226 appearances, 56 goals, all for Everton
- Honours
- Asian Cup 2015, Everton Player of the Season 2004/05, Second Division 2001
- International
- Australia, 108 caps, 50 goals, the national record
- Fantasy price
- £9.0m in 2004/05
Who did he play for?
He came to England at 17 and spent seven seasons at Millwall, scoring 52 league goals from midfield. He won the Second Division in 2001 and played in the 2004 FA Cup final, a 3-0 defeat to Manchester United.
Everton paid £1.5 million for him in July 2004. He scored 11 league goals in his first season, was the club's player of the season and its top scorer, and Everton finished fourth.
He stayed eight years and never scored fewer than five league goals in a season until his last, 2011/12, when he scored two. He scored five goals in Merseyside derbies, and in 2010 he became the first Everton player since Dixie Dean in 1931 to score in three derbies at Anfield.
He left for New York Red Bulls in July 2012, played in China and Australia, had a short second spell at Millwall in 2018 and finished in India.
For Australia he scored 50 goals in 108 games. He was the first Australian to score at a World Cup, against Japan in 2006, and scored at the 2010 and 2014 World Cups as well. He won the Asian Cup in 2015.
The moment: Manchester City, 11 September 2004
City of Manchester Stadium, Saturday 11 September 2004, his second game for Everton. Manchester City 0-1 Everton.
On 60 minutes he climbed between Danny Mills and Richard Dunne to head Tony Hibbert's cross past David James for his first Everton goal. He ran to hug David Moyes, pulled his shirt over his head and was shown a second yellow card for it a minute later. He had been booked in a first-half melee.
The corner-flag routine came later. He has said it started as a kung-fu routine worked out with his Australia teammate Archie Thompson, from video games they played together, when both had just had sons.
Why the streets won't forget
Everton fans called him Tiny Tim.
He scored a World Cup goal in three tournaments and holds Australia's scoring record by some distance.
When he told Phil Jagielka he was leaving Everton, Jagielka replied that nothing about the club's decisions surprised him any more.
He joined the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 2023 and now works as a pundit and sits on the board of KAS Eupen in Belgium.
Which seasons can you draft him in?
Eight, all with Everton.
| Season | Club | Price | His real league season | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004/05 | Everton | £9.0m | 33 games, 11 goals | Pick him |
| 2005/06 | Everton | £7.0m | 32 games, 6 goals | Worth a look |
| 2006/07 | Everton | £6.0m | 18 games, 5 goals | Leave him out |
| 2007/08 | Everton | £7.0m | 18 games, 7 goals | Leave him out |
| 2008/09 | Everton | £8.0m | 30 games, 8 goals | Worth a look |
| 2009/10 | Everton | £8.0m | 33 games, 8 goals | Worth a look |
| 2010/11 | Everton | £7.0m | 27 games, 9 goals | Worth a look |
| 2011/12 | Everton | £5.5m | 35 games, 2 goals | Leave him out |
Eleven goals from midfield in 2004/05, at five points each, in a team that finished fourth.
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