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Ross Aloisi (born April 17, 1973 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Adelaide United in the Hyundai A-League. He also captained the team for two seasons, but was stripped of the captaincy following Adelaide's 6-0 defeat to Melbourne Victory in the 2007 Grand-Final. He primarily plays as an attacking midfielder.

Aloisi was born in Adelaide, older brother of current Socceroo John Aloisi, and at the age of 16 travelled to Scotland to play for Australia at the 1989 FIFA Under-16 World Championship. He made one appearance off the bench against the United States, playing 39 minutes in the 2–2 draw.^[1] On his return to Australia, he signed with National Soccer League club Adelaide City, for whom he made 6 appearances in the 1990–91 as the team finished third before losing in the preliminary final.^[2] Aloisi continued with Adelaide City in 1991–92, and played 11 matches, scoring a goal in their preliminary final victory against South Melbourne FC as Adelaide went on to take the championship.^[3] Between seasons, he played for the Modbury Jets (1992) and Enfield City (1993) in the South Australia Super League, and after a final stint with Adelaide City in 1992–93 he moved to Europe with K. Boom F.C. in Belgium. He played just four matches for the club before returning to Australia to play for Brunswick Juventus in the 1993–94 NSL season.

Aloisi scored 4 goals in 13 matches as the team finished 13th of the 14 teams.^[4] The club merged with Box Hill Inter and the Bulleen Lions to become the Melbourne Zebras, and Aloisi made 8 appearances in 1994–95, scoring a goal in the Zebras' 2–0 victory over the Melbourne Knights in the Johnny Walker Cup.^[5] It was in 1994 that Aloisi broke into the Australian national team, playing 12 matches (for 2 goals) for the under-23 side (the Olyroos),^[6] and making his top-level debut for the Socceroos against Kuwait in a friendly in September that year.^[7] He played a second match for Australia against Japan five days later, earning a yellow card in the 0–0 draw. Aloisi played two matches for the Olyroos in 1995,^[8] and signed on with the Adelaide Sharks for the 1995–96 NSL season. Aloisi made 31 appearances for 4 goals as West Adelaide missed the finals by a single point,^[9] In early 1996, Aloisi participated in the Olyroos' qualifying campaign for the 1996 Summer Olympics, scoring 5 goals in 5 games as Australia finished on top of the Oceania group.^[10] Aloisi appeared in the away leg of the qualifying play-off tie against Canada, which Australia won 7–2 on aggregate to qualify for the Games. He played in all three of Australia's Olympic matches, but the team were knocked out in the group stages after losses to France and Spain.^[11] Aloisi played another 17 matches for West Adelaide, but again they missed the finals series, and he decided again to attempt to build a career overseas.

Aloisi signed with Swiss club FC Aarau, and played 38 matches for them in the 1997–98 season for 6 goals, and a further 2 matches in 1998–99,^[12] before moving to play for FC Lorient in France. In June 1998, Aloisi made his third appearance for the Australian national team, playing 16 minutes in a 7-0 friendly loss against Croatia.^[13] Aloisi only played 1 match for FC Lorient over two seasons before moving on to Grazer AK in Austria's Bundesliga. In mid-1999, he returned home briefly to play two matches for Australia in Melbourne, friendlies against English club Manchester United,^[14] taking his tally to five appearances for the Socceroos. Aloisi made 18 appearances for GAK in 1999–2000, and a further 2 in 2000–01, where the club reached the second round of the UEFA Cup. Moving to Italy, Aloisi made 41 appearances over two seasons for Alzano Virescit, before moving to A.C. Pro Sesto where he scored 3 goals in 29 matches in 2002–03.

With the formation of Adelaide United in the NSL, Aloisi was lured to finally return home, and he became an integral member of the team, playing 26 games and scoring 4 goals as the new club reached the preliminary final. The collapse of the NSL, however, saw Aloisi move to Malaysia to play for Selangor FC helping them to finish second in the newly-formed Malaysian Premier League.^[15]. With the introduction of the A-League, Aloisi returned again to Australia and Adelaide United, signing with the team in November 2004. The retirement of 2003–04 captain Aurelio Vidmar saw Aloisi inducted as captain of the club for the first A-League season,^[16] and he played 23 of Adelaide's 24 matches, scoring 2 goals as the team won the inaugural A-League Premiership. Aloisi shared the LifeFM Adelaide Player of the Year award with Angelo Costanzo,^[17]]].

Aloisi led Adelaide United to their first A-League Grand Final on February 18, 2007 but was sent off in the 34th minute for his second yellow card of the match for a challenge which he described as "soft". Playing with 10 men, and already down 2-0 the end result was inevitable and the Reds eventually went down by a record 6-0. The man affectionately known as "Boss Hog" was very scathing of the refereeing and along with Carl Veart and John Kosmina insinuated a refereeing bias towards Sydney FC and Melbourne Victory - the teams representing the 2 largest cities in Australia^[18].

• Adelaide United > Player Profiles – Ross Aloisi. Retrieved on May 12, 2006.
• Australian Player Database - AL. Retrieved on May 21, 2006.
• National Football Teams – Aloisi, Ross player details. Retrieved on May 21, 2006.