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Australia's forward Tim Cahill celebrates after scoring during a Group B football match between Australia and the Netherlands at the Beira-Rio Stadium in Porto Alegre during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 18, 2014. (AFP)
Australia must soon embark on their long way home from the World Cup but will do so with Tim Cahill having earned a place in the top 10 of player rankings for the opening week.
Fifa have Cahill in tenth place with a match score of 9.39 points for his goal in the opening game against Chile and his stunner against Holland.
Those goals made Cahill, 34, one of a select half dozen-strong band of players to score at three different World Cups.
The veteran former Everton man, now with New York Red Bulls, will sit out the Socceroos' final Group B game against dethroned champions Spain through suspension.
But his performances in the opening two games, though they ended in defeat, have moved his ranking ahead even of the likes of Mexico's goalkeeping hero Guillermo Ochoa, ranked 15th with 9.25 points.
Heading the list was German hat-trick hero against Portugal Thomas Mueller with 9.75, just ahead of another surprise early man on form - Iranian defender Mehrdad Pooladi.
Completing the early top five were US defender Geoff Cameron, Brazil's David Luiz and England defender Phil Jagielka, edging out Dutch strike duo Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben.
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