Ante Milicic
| Ante Milicic | ||
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | April 4th 1974 | |
| place of birth | Sydney , Australia | |
| size | 181 cm | |
| position | striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Hurstville Zagreb | ||
| 1990-1991 | Australian Institute of Sport | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1992-1993 | Sydney Croatia | 6 (1) |
| 1993 | Canberra Deakin | 13 (6) |
| 1993-1997 | Sydney United | 114 (39) |
| 1997-1999 | NAC Breda | 47 (10) |
| 1999-2001 | NK Rijeka | 51 (15) |
| 2001 | Sydney United | 14 (8) |
| 2002-2003 | Sydney Olympic | 39 (30) |
| 2003-2004 | Parramatta power | 26 (20) |
| 2004 | Pahang FA | |
| 2004 | Sydney United | |
| 2005-2006 | Newcastle United Jets | 20 (7) |
| 2006-2007 | Queensland Roar | 24 (4) |
| 2008 | Sahzan Muda | |
| 2008-2009 | Sydney United | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 2002-2005 | Australia | 6 (5) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2009 | Sydney United | |
| 2010–2012 | Melbourne Heart | |
| 2012 | Western Sydney Wanderers FC | |
| 2019 | Australia (women) | |
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1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career |
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Ante Milicic (born April 4, 1974 in Sydney ) is a former Australian soccer player of Croatian origin who has been the coach of the Australian women's national soccer team since 2019 . He was also a national player for his country.
Career
After successfully graduating from the Australian Institute of Sport , Milicic played with Sydney Croatia in the National Soccer League (NSL) from 1992 . A year later he moved to Canberra Deakin before returning to Croatia that same year, which has since been renamed Sydney United . Here he was active from 1993 to 1997 and scored 39 goals in 114 league games.
In 1997 his first professional station in Europe followed, he signed a contract with the Dutch club NAC Breda . In 1999 he moved to Croatia to NK Rijeka , in the summer of 2001 he returned to Sydney United. In the following three years Milicic played at Sydney Olympic , with which he became champion in 2002 and received the Joe Marston Medal as the best player in the finals , and Parramatta Power in Australia and Malaysia at Pahang FA . After the 2003-04 season, he was Australia's top scorer and Australia's footballer of the year . In 2004 another engagement with Sydney United followed.
With the Australian national team , Milicic won the Oceanic Football Championship in 2004 with 5-1 and 6-0 final victories against the Solomon Islands . He played a total of six international matches between 2002 and 2005, scoring five goals.
In 2005 he played with the Newcastle United Jets in the newly created national professional league, the A-League , Milicic was the first player who managed a hat trick in the A-League: on November 4, 2005, he scored three goals in the game against New Zealand Knights . From 2006 to 2008 he played for Queensland Roar . In 2008 he moved to Shahzan Muda in Malaysia.
In 2009 he was player-coach at Sydney United and led the club to the championship in the New South Wales Premier League .
From 2010 to 2012 he was assistant coach at the A-League franchise Melbourne Heart . In 2012, he took on the same role at the newly formed franchise Western Sydney Wanderers FC
On February 18, 2019, he was introduced as the new coach of Australia's women's national soccer team .
successes
- OFC Nations Cup Winner 2004
- Australian champion 2002
- Joe Marston Medal : 2002
- Johnny Warren Medal : 2004
- Australian top scorer 2004 (20 goals)
Web links
- Ante Milicic in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Milicic, Ante |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney , Australia |