Patrick Thomas Beach

Patrick Beach (born 6 August 2003) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for A-League Men club Melbourne City and the Australia national team. Beach developed his football skills playing in the NSW Football Competition. His junior club was Glenmore Park Football Club where he played his first 5 years, then transferring to Mount Druitt Town Rangers for the SAP program. After completing 3 years in the SAP program Beach played a further 3 years with Rangers in the NSW Youth League program. Beach then transferred to the Marconi Stallions Football Club for 2 seasons before accepting a position to trial overseas at Larne FC, Northern Ireland. After 12 months Beach headed south to Dundalk FC, Republic of Ireland and then across to the United Kingdom to trial with Ipswich Town FC, returning to Australia in October 2021 to join the Central Coast Mariners. After a successful stint with the Mariners, Beach accepted an offer in the A League in 2023 to join Melbourne City on the bench playing behind Goalkeeper Jamie Young. In October 2024, Beach replaced Young as the starting keeper, making his A League debut against Newcastle FC, keeping a clean sheet on debut and receiving the Man of the Match award after the 1–0 win to Melbourne City. During his debut in the 2024–25 A-League Men season, Beach played in all games, (regular season and finals fixtures) culminating in a grand final win with his team and becoming an A League Championship winning player at 21 years of age. Beach at the age of 22, made his Australian Men's team (Socceroo) debut on 14 November 2025, against Venezuela, receiving the Player of the Match from Football Australia.