Carbone, who spent 10 seasons in the English Premier League with Sheffield Wednesday and Aston Villa, and with Inter Milan in Italy's Serie A, will make his debut against Adelaide United on Monday.

The 35-year-old, who played with Vicenza in Serie B last season, had been training with Sydney FC for two weeks before the contract was finalised, a club spokesman said.

Carbone said that he would like to stay with the Sydney club through the end of the A-League season in February.

"I am here to play and I would like to play more but we will see after four weeks. We will see what the club wants and we will see what I want," he said in a statement.

His arrival comes after Trinidad and Tobago skipper and former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke left Sydney FC last month to sign with Sunderland in England's second-tier league.

Club coach and former English international defender Terry Butcher said the presence of Carbone had given the club's squad a lift going into the match with Adelaide.