Which A-League stars should you follow on Twitter?

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John Greco
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Archie Thompson – (@10Archie)
Number of followers – 49,400
Why follow him? One of the great characters of the Hyundai A-League, what you see is what you get with Thompson and it’s the same with his Twitter antics. The Melbourne Victory attacker loves to have fun – a lot of the time at the expense of his team-mates – and with Besart Berisha now alongside him at the club there could be plenty to tweet about this season.

Vitor Saba – (@vitorsaba)
Number of followers –10,400
Why follow him? He’s only played a handful of minutes for Western Sydney Wanderers FC so far but the Brazilian is already on his way to becoming a cult hero at the club. Saba is not afraid to say what he thinks, regardless of what other people may think (check out his timeline shortly after the ACL quarter final first leg). That’s perfect for his Twitter followers.

Scott Jamieson- (@ScottJamieson)
Number of followers - 4210
Why follow him? For Perth Glory fans, Jamo is your man. The left-back is always keeping his followers updated on everything going on at the club. Tweets like he plays. No frills, no nonsense and straight to the point. Everyone loves Jamo…

David Villa – (@Guaje7Villa)
Number of followers – 6.51million
Why follow him? Why not? When some of your ex-team-mates are the likes of Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas, who knows who you’ll see or what you’ll find out on the soon-to-be Melbourne City FC striker’s Twitter feed. More than six million people can’t be wrong. 

Jonny Steele – (@jonnysteele22)
Number of followers – 8161
Why follow him? His bio says it all. “Just an irish man living the dream!!!”. The well-travelled midfielder looks to be an exciting prospect for the Jets – and not just on the field. You never know what you might get from the 22-year-old but it promises to be one helluva ride. Irish banter, Irish craic… it’s all here.

Danny Vukovic – (@vuka20)
Number of followers – 6523
Why follow him? – One of the Hyundai A-League’s real good guys and funny to boot, Vukovic is a must for a follow. Like any good goal-keeper, never short of a funny one-liner and happy to exchange in some friendly banter with players from rival clubs too,

Marcos Flores – (@MarcosFlores85)
Number of followers – 5698
Why follow him? Another genuine character of the competition, Flores is just as adept at providing some enjoyment with his tweets as he is on the pitch (giraffes make more sense these days!). He doesn’t take himself too seriously either, often poking fun at himself rather than others most of the time. And did I mention #FloresFlava?

Michael Boxall – (@Boxall2)
Number of followers – 2317
Why follow him? The classy Kiwi defender is a true all-rounder as his bio suggests. Footballer first, as well as fan of music, art, nature and sarcasm. And you get plenty of all that on his Twitter feed, especially the sarcasm part. Good sense of humour and genuinely funny. Gotta love that Kiwi sense of humour. He’s not a bad footballer either.

Mark Birighitti – (@MarkBirraz)
Number of followers – 32,200
Why follow him? One of the rising stars of Australian football, Birighitti has the potential to be around the Socceroos set-up for the next decade and can’t be far off a big move abroad with another big season in the A-League. Do you need any other reason? And when you tweet about meeting up with Buffon, that can’t be too bad can it?

Bruce Djite – (@BDjite)
Number of followers – 5338
Why follow him? When you play in a team that’s managed by Josep Gombau, there’s sure to be plenty to tweet about. He’s intelligent, erudite and smart. And he has a social conscious. Quality all-round from the former Olyroo.

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