The England Under-21 defender Brad Smith has been called into the Australia squad for their friendlies against Belgium and Saudi Arabia, reports The Guardian. Smith, who is currently on loan at Swindon Town from Liverpool, was born in Australia but moved to England as a teenager.
"He made his debut for Liverpool at the back-end of last year and is rated highly," the Socceroos coach, Ange Postecoglou, told FFA TV.
"He is a player we've been monitoring since I've been in the job anyway, and he plays in a position where we don't have a great deal of depth - he plays left back."
"And he's very committed to playing for Australia. And after having chats with him we were very keen to get him in the green and gold. He's quick and from our perspective, these games are a chance to maybe expose some young players to international football, and hopefully create some depth in areas where we're light on."
Socceroos squad to play Belgium and Saudi Arabia:
Terry Antonis, Joshua Brillante, Tim Cahill, Jason Davidson, Ben Halloran, Chris Herd, Mile Jedinak, Tomi Juric, Robbie Kruse, Mitchell Langerak, Matthew Leckie, Massimo Luongo, Mark Milligan, Tommy Oar, Mat Ryan, Trent Sainsbury, Brad Smith, Carl Valeri, Alex Wilkinson, Bailey Wright.
