在世界盃決賽周,他為澳洲在小組賽中上陣頭兩場比賽,conceding a controversial goal against 日本,[14] and two goals against Brazil.[15] In the third match, he was replaced by Željko Kalac, but after Kalac's disappointing performance,[16] he was reinstated for the Round of 16 match against Italy.[17] Although he correctly predicted the direction of the penalty kick, he was unable to save the penalty in that match, which was scored by Francesco Totti in injury time and sent Australia out of the World Cup.[17]
Schwarzer played in all of Australia's matches in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.[18] Although he made two good saves in the opening match against Oman, which finished as a 1–1 draw,[19] he made an error which led to a goal in the 3–1 loss to Iraq.[20] In the quarter-final, he could not match Japanese goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi during the penalty shootout, which saw the Socceroos get knocked out of the competition in their début at the tournament.[21] Schwarzer said that the penalty shootout in the Asian Cup quarter-finals was the first penalty shoot-out in his career that he had ever lost.[21]
舒華沙在89分鐘時的十二碼罰球中擋下了中國邵佳一的球,in Australia's 0–0 draw in the 2010 World Cup qualifier in March 2008, continuing his record of stopping penalty kicks.[22]
He received his second yellow card of the campaign against Qatar in Doha, in which Australia were 3–1 winners, leading to him being suspended for the following match against China.[23]
Schwarzer made several vital saves to secure Australia's Asian Cup Qualifier 2–1 comeback win over Oman in Muscat after conceding from his penalty save rebound.[24]
He was the country's first-choice keeper for all three matches of the Group Stage in the 2010 World Cup in a group composed of Australia, Germany, Ghana, and Serbia.[25] In the first match, Australia were crushed 4–0 by the Germans, but they recovered with a 1–1 draw against Ghana in the next game.[25] In the final match, Australia beat Serbia 2–1, thus finishing third in the group with four points, just missing out on qualification to the Round of 16 on goal difference with Ghana.[25]
舒華沙出生於北里奇蒙市,該市位處悉尼西北一個郊外的半郊區,並曾在北里奇蒙市公共學校(Richmond North Public School)卡洛高中(Colo High School)上學。他為當地足球隊高路美洲獅效力。他的德國雙親Hans-Joachim和Doris在1968年從德國移民到澳洲。[40] 他會說德語。[41]