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Kewell was also one of Liverpool's best performers in the FA Cup semi-final win over Chelsea which Liverpool won 2 – 1.
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In 2005, Lineker was sued for defamation by Australian footballer Harry Kewell over comments Lineker had made writing in his column in the Sunday Telegraph about Kewell's transfer from Leeds United to Liverpool.
Leeds were still in a poor financial state and Reid was forced to sell Harry Kewell and bring in cheaper signings from abroad as replacements.
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.
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.
At the age of 15, Kewell was offered the opportunity to travel back to England and trial with Premiership football club Leeds United for a period of four weeks as part of the Big Brother Movement in Australia.
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.
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.
In 1997, Kewell was part of the Leeds United youth-team that claimed the 1996 – 97 FA Youth Cup final in a 3-1 aggregate win against Crystal Palace.
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.
Kewell was handed the famous number seven shirt, surrendered by Vladimír Šmicer.
On 25 May 2005, Kewell became the only Australian-born player ( Craig Johnston was born in South Africa ) to win the UEFA Champions League, playing in Liverpool's win over Milan in the 2005 Champions League Final on penalties.
Kewell was controversially selected by manager Rafael Benítez ahead of the defensive midfielder Dietmar Hamann, signaling the club's intent to attack from the outset.
The gamble proved unsuccessful, and an injured Kewell was substituted early in the first half with a torn abductor muscle.
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.
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 played in the 2006 FA Cup Final, only to be substituted in the 48th minute due to abdominal pains ( the supporters reaction this time was more sympathetic compared to the previous year's Champions League final ).
Speculation on whether he was to be selected in Liverpool's upcoming Champions League Final in Athens rapidly became positive for Kewell after providing an excellent game against Charlton.
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.
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.
Benítez revealed that Kewell was in extra training with the reserves in a bid to win a new contract.
In May 2008, it was revealed Kewell had turned down a new contract at Liverpool.
On 5 July 2008, reigning Turkish Süper Lig champions, Galatasaray, signed Kewell to a two-year deal, and he was presented with the number 19 shirt.
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.
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Kewell also has a British passport through his father's heritage.
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.
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.
Kewell also scored the third goal against Qatar in Australia's 3 – 1 win to put them into the final qualification round.
Smithfield was the childhood home of footballer Harry Kewell and performance coach Jimmy Petruzziello also known as Jimmy Petruzzi.
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Former Middlesbrough midfielder-turned pundit Robbie Mustoe named Kewell as one of the greatest players he had played against but questioned his consistency and attitude after his initial injuries.
Playing mostly in a left midfield role and in attack, Kewell became one of Leeds ' young stars in a troop of highly promising youngsters, eventually playing alongside fellow Australian Mark Viduka.
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Kewell completed his first ever season at Anfield equal second with Emile Heskey by scoring seven goals, nine behind Michael Owen as Liverpool's top goalscorer for the 2003-04 Premier League season.
Kewell returned as a substitute in Liverpool's League Cup victory over Cardiff City on 31 October, coming on in the 71st minute.
Kewell found himself unable to make the team after Liverpool's FA Cup defeat to Barnsley.
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However, the club began to suffer financial difficulties and, by 2002 – 03, having sold many of their best players, Kewell and Viduka's efforts in front of goal merely delayed Leeds ' slide from being relegated from the Premiership.
Brisbane Roar coach Miron Bleiberg called Williams the best Australian prospect since Australian national team player Harry Kewell, and he was labelled the best young Australian striker by the former technical director of the Australian national team Ron Smith.
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Two years later, managed by Dutchman Guus Hiddink and composed of many 2004 Oceania Nations Cup scorers such as Tim Cahill, Harry Kewell, Mark Bresciano, Brett Emerton, John Aloisi, Australia reached the Second Round of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Kewell scored a goal against Croatia which took Australia through to the knockout stages of the 2006 World Cup, the Australian national team's second World Cup.
Kewell started and played in the 2005 Football League Cup Final and the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final.
On 23 October 2008, Kewell scored the only goal in Galatasaray's UEFA Cup win over Olympiacos.
A week later Kewell played in Galatasaray's first Turkish Cup match where they drew 1 – 1 with Ankaraspor.
Of the nine games that Kewell had scored in before his injury, Galatasaray had won them all, including 2 UEFA Cup games, 6 league games and a Turkish Super Cup match.
In a UEFA Cup Round of 32 match against FC Bordeaux, Kewell scored a goal from 35 metres out, bringing the score to 2 – 1.
On 12 March 2009, during the UEFA Cup Round of 16 match against Hamburger SV, Kewell had to play as a centre back for 40 minutes after the sending off of teammate Emre Aşık, but managed to fulfill the role adequately despite playing out of position.
In a 2009 – 10 Turkish Cup play-off Kewell scored in a 2 – 1 win against Bucaspor on 28 October 2009 to put the side into the group stage phase of the tournament.
In November 1997, Kewell was selected to play for Australia in the country's 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying game against Iran.
Kewell played in Australia's opening game of the 2006 World Cup against Japan in Kaiserslautern.
Due to suspected gout, ( later diagnosed as septic arthritis — a bacterial infection in the joints of his left foot ) Kewell was unable to play against Italy in the knockout stage, which Australia lost 1 – 0 and saw Australia eliminated from the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Kewell did not play for the national team for a year following the World Cup, and made his national-team comeback in a friendly against Singapore on 30 June 2007.
The match was Australia's last before the 2007 Asian Cup and Kewell came on as a substitute in the 65th minute ; scoring his eighth international goal and providing a cross for the final goal in a 3 – 0 victory.
Kewell was a key part of the Australian squad for the Asian Cup.
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