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Image Credit: AFC<\/p>\nMelbourne City FC is delighted to announce the signing of Australian youth international Quinn MacNicol on a three-year deal ahead of the 2026\/27 Isuzu UTE A-League season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Widely regarded as one of the country\u2019s brightest emerging attacking talents, MacNicol arrives in Melbourne after making his professional debut for Brisbane Roar at just 15 years of age. Still only 18, he has already made 23 senior appearances across all competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Comfortable operating as an attacking midfielder or across a range of forward positions, MacNicol is recognised for his technical quality,\u00a0creativity\u00a0and composure in possession.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His talent has also been recognised internationally, having represented Australia across multiple youth age groups. Most recently, he featured for the Young\u00a0Socceroos\u00a0and previously captained the Joeys at the 2025 AFC U17 Asian Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Image Credit: AFC<\/p>\n
MacNicol\u2019s arrival continues Melbourne City\u2019s commitment to\u00a0identifying\u00a0and developing elite young talent, joining a squad that blends exciting prospects with\u00a0proven\u00a0experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Melbourne City FC Director of Football Michael Petrillo said the Club was thrilled to secure one of Australia\u2019s most promising young players.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cQuinn is a player we\u2019ve been monitoring closely for several\u00a0years\u00a0and we\u2019re delighted to welcome him to Melbourne City,\u201d Petrillo said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s\u00a0an exciting attacking talent with enormous upside, and we believe our environment provides the ideal platform for him to continue his development and take the next step in his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor someone so young, Quinn has already shown impressive maturity and quality at senior level. With the right mindset and continued\u00a0hard work, we believe he can become an important contributor for our Club over the coming years.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Quinn\u00a0MacNicol\u00a0said Melbourne City\u2019s proven\u00a0track record\u00a0of developing young players made the move an easy decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really excited to be joining Melbourne City and taking the next step in my career,\u201d MacNicol said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s\u00a0a Club with a fantastic reputation for developing young players and providing opportunities to succeed at the highest level, which made this an easy decision for me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to meeting my new teammates, coaches and staff, and doing everything I can to continue improving and contribute to the team\u2019s success over the coming seasons.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne City FC is delighted to announce the signing of Australian youth international Quinn MacNicol on a three-year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1264,260,16288],"class_list":["post-16523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-melbourne","tag-a-league-men","tag-melbourne","tag-signing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}