This was the first time Kewell had been out of the country but provided him his first taste of football in Europe, having also attended a Premier League match for the first time as a spectator.

Kewell played for two seasons in the Leeds United youth-team, his first game for youth-team was against Sunderland in 1995 and scored his first hat-trick against Rotherham on 7 December 1996.

Kewell was handed his first team debut at the age of 17 in a 1-0 home defeat against Middlesbrough on 30 March 1996.

Kewell scored his first ever goal for Liverpool in a 3-0 away win over greatest rivals Everton in the Merseyside derby with a great first time strike.

Kewell kicked off his 2004-05 season very poor, not scoring a goal in his first 14 games, even though he had injury problems and finally scored his first goal in round 15 in the Premier League in a 1-1 away draw against Aston Villa.

The gamble proved unsuccessful, and an injured Kewell was substituted early in the first half with a torn abductor muscle.

Kewell scored his first league goal at Anfield in over two years when Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur 1 – 0 in January, he was also the only scorer when Liverpool beat Manchester City 1 – 0 at Anfield and scored the last goal in a 3 – 1 win over derby rivals Everton just under a month later in one of his best displays of the season.

Kewell was injured for the start of the 2007 – 08 season, and he faced an uncertain future at Liverpool having suffered yet another injury, which sidelined him for the first month of the Premier League season.

Kewell responded and in an open letter he stated " I chose the No 19 shirt when I signed for Galatasaray AS as a sign of respect for Leeds because that was the number I got when I first became a regular member of the Leeds United starting XI.

Kewell made his debut for Galatasaray in the Turkish Super Cup where he came on as a substitute on the 66th minute, scoring his first goal for Galatasaray just 20 seconds later with his first touch in the 2 – 1 win over Kayserispor, while also providing the assist for the second goal.

A week later Kewell played in Galatasaray's first Turkish Cup match where they drew 1 – 1 with Ankaraspor.

Kewell scored his first goal of the 2010 – 11 season in a 1 – 0 win against Gaziantepspor on 14 September 2010.

Kewell played his first friendly against Adelaide United on 23 August at Hindmarsh Stadium, coming off at half time.

Kewell made his first appearance in the 2011 – 12 A-League season in a 0-0 draw against Sydney FC on 8 October in front of an attendance of 40, 000 at Etihad Stadium.

Kewell scored his first goal for the Victory from a penalty against Gold Coast United on Saturday 26 November 2011 at AAMI Park, Melbourne, after teammate Archie Thompson was bought down in the box in the first minute. On 31 December 2011 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Kewell scored his second goal in the 4th minute from a cracking shot outside of the box.

On 13 May 2007, Kewell came on as a substitute in the second half against Charlton Athletic in the last game of the Premiership where he scored his last ever goal for the club.

At the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, in front of an estimated crowd of 100, 000, Kewell scored his first ever goal for his country and gave Australia a 1 – 0 lead.

In the 1999-00 season, on the back of his most successful season at Leeds where he also won PFA Young Player of the Year was selected in the PFA Team of the Year, Italian giants, Internazionale, had unsuccessfully bid £ 25m for Kewell but Leeds rejected the offer citing his value to their side.

Having rejected more financially enticing offers from Milan, Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Barcelona, Kewell moved to Liverpool for the start of the 2003 – 04 season.

Kewell made his debut for Liverpool in the opening game of the 2003 – 04 English Premier League season, a 2 – 1 home loss to Chelsea on 17 August 2003.

Kewell also finished as Liverpool's top scorer in the UEFA Cup, scoring goals against Olimpija Ljubljana, FC Steaua Bucureşti and PFC Levski Sofia which ended Kewell's season total of 10 goals.

It also emerged during the summer of 2005 that Kewell had been playing throughout the season with an undiagnosed sports hernia, also known as ' Gilmore's groin.

In the 2009 – 10 season, Kewell scored 14 goals in 28 matches in all competitions.

On 19 December, Kewell would score his ninth and final goal for Galatasaray in the 2009 – 10 season in a 1 – 0 win to Gençlerbirliği where he netted on the 77 minute.

Kewell scored his second goal of the season against Beşiktaş in a 2 – 1 loss on 29 November, having been down 2 – 0, Kewell scored for Galatasary after 90 minutes.

Following a solid but not sensational season at Galatasaray there had been continual speculation that Kewell could be heading back home to Australia, with the Newcastle Jets reportedly a keen investor.

Galatasaray finished in eighth spot on the Süper Lig table with 46 points as Kewell scored 5 goals in 20 appearances for the 2010 – 11 season.

On 5 July, it had officially been reported by the Sydney Morning Herald that Harry Kewell would not be playing in the 2011 – 12 A-League season, stating that it was " all about the money ".

On 9 July, The Courier Mail reported that Football Federation Australia would not bow to the demands of Kewell's manager but were confident that Kewell would be an A-League player by the time the 2011 – 12 season would begin in October.

On 10 July, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that Kewell proposed that part of the money he received to play in the 2011 – 12 A-League season would be used to build an academy to nurture talented and disadvantaged youth, having reported that Kewell said he remained uncertain about whether a deal could be reached to play in the A-League next season and was disappointed that he had been portrayed as greedy.

On 12 July 2012, Harry Kewell was named Australia's greatest football player in voting by Australian fans, players and media, at a gala ceremony in Sydney.

Kewell received his early schooling at Smithfield Public School and secondary schooling at St. Johns Park High School before transferring to Westfield Sports High School.

During his time at Westfields Sports High School, Kewell played at representative level for both school and club competitions.

Both were successful during their trials at Leeds ; however, only Kewell was able to take up the club's offer due to his father's English heritage, which satisfied the visa requirements.

In an interview given to the BBC shortly before his move to Liverpool, Kewell lashed out against the staff at the club, stating that the medical staff worsened his injuries and that his teammates had ostracized him.

Liverpool were losing 1 – 0 at the time and Kewell was infamously booed off the pitch by Liverpool fans with many suggesting he had faked the injury.

After his return, Liverpool manager Rafael Benítez stated on the club's website and to other members of the media that a new contract for Kewell to continue his career at Anfield was not out of the question.

In May 2008, it was revealed Kewell had turned down a new contract at Liverpool.

Just five days later in an away game against Antalyaspor, the game was locked at 2 – 2 until after 67 minutes Kewell broke the deadlock to win the match for Galatasary 3 – 2 on 11 December.

In January, fellow Socceroo teammate and captain Lucas Neill would join Kewell at Galatasaray after he was transferred from Everton.

Melbourne Victory chairman Anthony Di Pietro and several other directors met Kewell at St Kilda restaurant Cafe Di Stasio in a bid to bring him to Melbourne.

On 28 June, it was reported by Fox Sports Australia that Eddie McGuire said Kewell would be officially presented with a Melbourne Victory shirt when the Melbourne side would face Scottish side Celtic in a friendly at AAMI Park on 13 July, which proved untrue.

One day later an article was reported on SBS's The World Game website that Harry Kewell's manager, Bernie Mandic, had explained why an innovative proposal to bring the Socceroos star to the A-League failed at the final hurdle and that Mandic claimed that Football Federation Australia's head of corporate affairs and communications, Kyle Patterson, had made Kewell look like a greedy villain by misrepresenting the facts On 7 July, The Australian stated that there had been claims that Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC had signed him.

Melbourne was hyped up with " Kewell Fever " with many hundreds of fans welcoming him at Melbourne Airport and over two thousand fans attending AAMI Park, where he was given his number 22 jersey by chairman Anthony del Pietro.