 Roux playing forCentral Coast Mariners in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Storm James Roux[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1993-01-13)13 January 1993 (age 32) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Somerset West,South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Central Coast Mariners | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Sorrento | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | WA NTC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Perth Glory | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Perth Glory | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Central Coast Mariners | 105 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Melbourne Victory | 72 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Central Coast Mariners | 96 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | New Zealand U20 | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | New Zealand U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013– | New Zealand | 18 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Storm James Roux (/ruː/ROO;[3][4]French:[ʁu]; born 13 January 1993) is a professionalfootballer who plays as aright back forA-League Men clubCentral Coast Mariners. Born in South Africa, he plays for theNew Zealand national team.
Roux played youth football withSorrento,Football West National Training Centre andPerth Glory youth before making his professional debut withPerth Glory. In 2013, he joinedCentral Coast Mariners, where he made over 100 appearances before joiningMelbourne Victory in 2018. He returned to Central Coast Mariners in 2021.
Roux made his debut for theNew Zealand national team in 2013, having previously representedNew Zealand U-20, including at the2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Roux was born in South Africa but moved to New Zealand aged three.[5] He later moved again, to Australia, in his early teens.[6] Despite his multinational childhood, Storm has stated that he considers himself to be primarily a New Zealander,[7] but retains ties to all three nations.[8] In New Zealand, Roux attendedMount Albert Grammar School.[9]
Roux played junior football forSorrento after arriving in Australia, before joiningFootball West National Training Centre andPerth Glory Youth. He played for Football West National Training Centre in theWestern Australia State League Premier Division in2012, in which the NTC was a non-competitive team (unable to receive competition points).[6]
On 26 January 2013, Roux made hisA-League debut, coming on as a substitute inPerth Glory's 1–0 loss toBrisbane Roar. Roux came close to scoring with a stinging shot in the 75th minute and coachIan Ferguson was pleased with his performance saying post match, "I thought Storm Roux did well when he came on".[10][11] He was subsequently moved to the senior squad for the remainder of the2012–13 season, having spent the previous three seasons in theGlory's youth team.[12]
On 8 June 2013, Roux signed a two-year deal with reigningA-League ChampionsCentral Coast Mariners.[13] His competitive debut came in the Mariners' first game of the2013–14 season, a 1–1 draw withWestern Sydney Wanderers, with Roux earning praise from coachGraham Arnold for his performance.[14] He scored his first goal for the club and the only goal of the game in a win overWellington Phoenix in December 2013 with a calm finish from close-range.[15] Strong performances saw Roux named the December nominee for theA-League Young Footballer of the Year award for2013–14.[16] The award was eventually given toAdam Taggart.[17] Roux had a solid first season for the Mariners, becoming a regular member of the starting side under new coachPhil Moss.[18] In July 2014, Roux signed a new contract with the Mariners until 2017.[19]
Roux was selected by fan vote to play for theA-League All Stars in2014 againstJuventus.[20] He came on as a second-half substitute forManny Muscat in a 3–2 loss.[21]
On 30 January 2016, Roux scored his second goal for the Mariners, again in a win over Wellington, playing aone-two withLuis García before chipping the 'keeper.[22] On 21 February 2016, Roux fell awkwardly whilst attempting to block a shot in a game againstMelbourne City, resulting in a brokenfibula, damagedligaments and adislocated shoulder, ruling him out for the remainder of the season.[23] He returned to training in June 2016 ahead of the2016–17 season.[24]
Roux captained the Mariners for the first time in a draw withWestern Sydney Wanderers on 29 October 2016 in the absence of regular captainNick Montgomery, and was named man of the match for his performance.[25] In April 2017, he extended his contract with the club until mid-2019.[26] Roux made his 100thA-League appearance in a draw withAdelaide United on 7 February 2018, and made his 100th league appearance for the Mariners one week later.[27][28]
In April 2018, Mariners coachWayne O'Sullivan refused to comment on speculation that Roux could move toMelbourne Victory.[29] Roux was granted a release from the club on 18 April 2018 to pursue other opportunities.[30]
Roux would later say he had felt "stale" at the Mariners following multiple unsuccessful seasons for the club and Roux's injury issues.[31]
Two months after his release fromCentral Coast Mariners, Roux signed a two-year contract withMelbourne Victory.[32] Roux made his Victory A-League debut in October 2018, setting up a goal forKeisuke Honda in a 2–1 loss in theMelbourne Derby againstMelbourne City in their opening game of the2018–19 A-League.[33] He scored his first goal for the Victory a week later, heading in acorner from Honda in a 3–2 loss toPerth Glory.[34] He scored his second goal for the Victory on 15 January 2019, again from a corner, in a 5–0 win overBrisbane Roar.[35] Roux was a regular starter at right back in his first season with the Victory.[36]
Roux played his 150th A-League game on 25 July 2020, in the Victory's first game following postponement of the season due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Australia, scoring a header in a 2–1 loss toWestern United.[37]
In September 2020, Roux signed an extension with the Victory to the end of the2020–21 season.[38] He scored his fourth A-League goal for the Victory in a 5–4 win overWestern Sydney Wanderers on 23 April 2021, heading in a corner in the first half.[39]
In June 2021, the Victory announced that Roux was one of four players leaving the club at the end of the 2020–21 season.[40]
On 1 October 2021,Central Coast Mariners announced that Roux had returned to the club on a one-year contract.[41] On 15 May 2022, he scored his first goal after returning to the club, in a loss toAdelaide United in the2021–22 A-League Men Elimination Finals which ended the Mariners' season.[42]
Roux signed a one-year contract extension with the Mariners for the2022–23 season in June 2022.[43] He signed a further one-year extension for the2023–24 season in January 2023.[44]
Roux started for the Mariners in the2023 A-League Men Grand Final on 3 June 2023, in which the Mariners defeatedMelbourne City 6–1 to win the A-League Men Championship.[45]
On 25 November 2023, he scored the opening goal for the Mariners with a volley in an eventual 3–1 win in theF3 Derby againstNewcastle Jets.[46] In December 2023, Roux signed a further two-year extension with the Mariners, to remain at the club until the end of the 2025–26 season.[47] On 21 January 2024, Roux was sent off for his involvement off the bench in a scuffle late in a win overMelbourne City, having been substituted off earlier in the match.[48] Roux was subsequently suspended for three matches, which the Mariners appealed, including given this was the firstred card of Roux's A-League Men career.[49] The suspension was subsequently reduced to two matches.[50]
Roux was one of the more experienced players in the Mariners' Championship, Premiership andAFC Cup winning2023-24 season.[51][52][53] Roux came on as a substitute in the second half of the2024 AFC Cup final,[52][54] and started the2024 A-League Men Grand Final.
Storm was a member of theNew Zealand U-20 side which won the2013 OFC U-20 Championship, therefore qualifying for the2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey.[55] Roux was selected in the squad for the U-20 World Cup and played in all three of New Zealand's matches as they were eliminated in the group stage.[56]
Roux was called up to theunder-23 side to play in the2015 Pacific Games.[57] New Zealand were eliminated in the semifinals after their win overVanuatu was overturned by theOFC for fielding an ineligible player, causing the side to miss qualification for the2016 Olympics.[58][59]
Roux was first named in theNew Zealand squad for the two-legged2014 FIFA World Cup qualification play-off againstMexico in November 2013.[60] After not playing the first match, Roux made his debut on 20 November 2013 in the second leg in Wellington, a 4–2 loss which, following a 5–1 loss in Mexico, saw New Zealand fail to qualify for the2014 FIFA World Cup.[61]
Roux was omitted from the New Zealand squad in mid 2015, pending the resolution of eligibility concerns raised by New Zealand's elimination from the2015 Pacific Games for fielding fellow South Africa-born defenderDeklan Wynne.[62] In December 2015, Roux stated that any issues had been resolved and that he was looking forward to returning to the national squad in 2016.[63] He was absent from the squad for the2016 OFC Nations Cup due to multiple injury issues.[64]
Roux was recalled to the New Zealand squad in May 2017, in the lead-up to the2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, having not played for New Zealand since 2015.[65] He was subsequently named in the squad for the Confederations Cup tournament.[66]
In September 2022, Roux was called up to the New Zealand squad for two friendly matches againstAustralia, his first national team callup since 2019.[67]
Roux was unavailable for selection for the2024 OFC Nations Cup for personal reasons.[68]
Roux's first child, a son, was born in 2018.[33]
| Club | Season | League | FFA Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Perth Glory | 2012–13 | A-League | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Central Coast Mariners | 2013–14 | A-League | 25 | 1 | — | 6 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| 2014–15 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2016–17 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| Total | 105 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 116 | 2 | ||
| Melbourne Victory | 2018–19 | A-League | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | 24 | 1 | — | — | 24 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 72 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 88 | 4 | ||
| Central Coast Mariners | 2021–22 | A-League Men | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | |
| 2022–23 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 38 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 91 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 105 | 3 | ||
| Career Total | 247 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 294 | 9 | ||
| New Zealand national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 18 | 0 |
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