David Tarka

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David Tarka
Personnel
Surname David Neil Tarka
birthday February 11, 1983
place of birth Perth ,  Australia
position Central defense
Juniors
Years station
until 1995 Spearwood Dalmatinacs
1996-1998 Fremantle United
2000-2001 Australian Institute of Sport
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1999 Cockburn City SC
2001-2003 Perth Glory 34 (1)
2003-2005 Nottingham Forest 0 (0)
2005-2009 Perth Glory 33 (1)
2010 Cockburn City SC
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2002-2003 Australia U-20 11 (2)
2003-2004 Australia U-23 7 (0)
2004 Australia 2 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

David Neil Tarka (born February 11, 1983 in Perth ) is a former Australian football player . Tarka, one of the greatest Australian talents of his class, won the Australian Championship in 2003 and made his national team debut in 2004 before injury problems hampered his further development. After a disappointing stay abroad at Nottingham Forest , numerous injuries limited his playing time in the domestic A-League at Perth Glory . His professional career ended in 2009 at the age of 26.

Club career

Football career as a teenager, until 2001

Tarka learned to play soccer at Spearwood Dalmatinac , where he ranged from U-7 to U-12. With his first youth coach, then 20-year-old Scott Miller , he later played together at Perth Glory from 2001 to 2003 . From 1996 to 1998 Tarka was in the football support program of the John Curtin College of the Arts in Fremantle , among other things with the later national goalkeeper Brad Jones , and played during this time at Fremantle United; In addition, he established himself in the selection teams of the state of Western Australia during this period . At the age of 16 he returned to his youth club, which had now merged into Cockburn City. Originally intended for the U-18 team, he convinced coach Gerry Christie at the start of the season and acted as a regular in the men's team. After taking part in the national school championships in Canberra with Western Australia in 1999 , he was appointed as a successor to the Australian national school team to take part in a tour to Great Britain and Ireland.

After his return he received an invitation to the Australian Institute of Sport and convinced the football director Steve O'Connor in the trial training . His scholarship, initially limited to one year, in the leading Australian talent development program was then extended by one year and in early 2001 Tarka was appointed captain of the team competing in the National Soccer Youth League .

Start of professional career and championship title, 2001–2003

After a one-week trial at Perth Glory in April 2001 under coach Bernd Stange , Tarka von Stange's successor Mich d'Avray received his first professional contract for the National Soccer League (NSL) at Perth in July 2001 . Originally committed as a prospective player - there was also a brief return to the AIS by the end of the year - he was part of the squad after Gareth Naven and Ljubo Milicevic's injury-related failures in the away game against New Zealand league player Football Kingz and came on as a substitute in the 81st minute his league debut. Towards the end of the season he moved into the regular team and reached the championship final against the Olympic Sharks with the team at the end of his first professional season , which ended in a 0-1 defeat.

A year later, Tarka was one of the regular players in the Glory team around the two top strikers Damian Mori and Bobby Despotovski , as well as André Gumprecht , Jamie Harnwell , Matt Horsley , Dega , Scott Miller, Nik Mrdja Simon Colosimo , Shane Bryce , Bradley Hassell and Jason Petkovic , who reached the final like last year. Again they met the Olympic Sharks, but retained the upper hand 2-0 through hits from Harnwell and Mori in front of 38,000 spectators in the Subiaco Oval in Perth and thus won the national championship. Tarka was nominated for his season performance as one of three players for the Papasavas Medal (best U-21 player), but the award went to Alex Brosque .

Unsuccessful engagement in England, 2003–2005

After Tarka an invitation for a one-week trial with English second division already in April 2003 West Ham United had turned down, to focus on the Australian Championship, he graduated after the season, first an unsuccessful trial with Erstligaaufsteiger Portsmouth and then played at second division Nottingham Forest before who eventually signed him for a transfer fee of £ 100,000 ( A $ 250,000).

At Nottingham Tarka never got beyond the role of a reserve player and remained until the termination of his contract in January 2005 without a competitive game for the professional team. Numerous injuries that kept him away from the game for a total of five months, including a viral disease causing cardiac arrhythmias and persistent muscular problems, set him back, as did his absences due to regular national team assignments. Tarka himself also expressed the impression in an interview a few months after his departure that after the departure of coach Paul Hart , who had signed him and was dismissed in February 2004, his successor Joe Kiennear did not trust him. According to his own statement, his wish to be active internationally for Australia was also negatively charged by the club.

Return to Australia marked by injuries, 2005–2010

After his return to Australia - he did not consider continuing his career in England despite offers - he signed again with Perth Glory , which was preparing for the premiere season of the newly created professional league A-League after the NSL was discontinued in summer 2004 . A stubborn thigh muscle injury suffered in April 2005, which had to be treated surgically, did not allow his season debut until November, his use on matchday 14 was followed by only two more before renewed thigh problems caused the season to end.

For the 2006/07 season Tarka returned to the defense of Perth Glory and missed only one game during the season. The targeted qualification for the championship play-offs was clearly missed on the penultimate place in the table. At the end of the season, Tarka was named Best Player of the Year ( Most Glorious Player Award ) within the team together with Simon Colosimo and also received the awards for Best U-23 Player ( Young Player of the Year ) and was also named Player of the Season by his teammates ( Players' Player of the Year ). In the 2007/08 season Tarka started with ambitious goals: Perth Glory should be serious title contender and the defender also hoped to recent nominations to the national team. After just 15 minutes in the league opener against the Newcastle United Jets , a tendon tear in the thigh, which made an operation necessary, caused the season to end.

In March 2008, he extended his expiring contract at Perth for another year. His last professional year at Perth was also marked by injuries. In the early part of the season, he sustained a quadriceps injury that he did not allow to heal properly and instead opened up despite the pain. The result was below-average performance and the loss of his regular place, which he was unable to regain over the course of the season. At the end of the season, the club did not extend his contract and Tarka left the club after only 33 league appearances in four years, in which not a single time succeeded in qualifying for the championship finals.

For the 2010 season, Tarka, now in possession of a Trainer C license and working as a fitness trainer, returned to Cockburn City and joined the club in the Western Australia State League for one season .

National team

In 2002, Tarka won the oceanic qualifying tournament for the 2003 Junior World Cup in the United Arab Emirates with the U-20 selection and, as vice-captain, was also one of the regular players in the squad of youth national coach Ange Postecoglou . Together with Alex Wilkinson he formed the central defender duo during the tournament, including the 3-2 win over eventual world champions Brazil, in which he wore the captain's armband. The tournament ended for the Australian team in the round of 16 after a 1-0 defeat by the hosts.

In January 2004 he qualified with the Australian Olympic team (U-23) for the Olympic football tournament in Greece. Since 2003 he has been part of the squad of the Olyroos , which have been preparing with regular test matches since then. Two months before the Olympics, Tarka was in the second round of the Oceania qualification for the 2006 World Cup in Germany for the first time in the Australian senior team . His international debut came on June 4 in a 3-0 win against Vanuatu , when he was in defense alongside Tony Vidmar and Jade North on the starting line-up. For his second appearance in the five-game group stage, he came two days later in the final 2-2 draw against the Solomon Islands .

At the Olympic football tournament held in August 2004, Australia advanced to the quarter-finals, but failed there because of the surprise team from Iraq. Tarka remained during the tournament as the only one of the 16 Australian outfield players without use. For Tarka, there were no further national team appointments due to a lack of match practice and continuous injury problems.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cockburncity.org: Newsletter Cockburn City Soccer Club Inc February 2006 No.2 ( Memento from September 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 187 kB), accessed on October 4, 2010
  2. ↑ a b c footballwa.net: CAPTAIN TARKA (Feb. 8, 2001)
  3. ↑ jc.wa.edu.au: John Curtin College of the Arts: Soccer Excellence Program - Elite Player Profiles (1990 - 2009) ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and still Not checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 4, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jc.wa.edu.au
  4. ↑ footballwa.net: IN CONVERSATION WITH DAVID TARKA (March 30, 2001)
  5. ↑ nswschoolsfootball.org: SCHOOL SPORT AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLBOYS FOOTBALL TEAMS ( Memento from March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 46 kB), viewed on October 4, 2010
  6. ↑ footballwa.net: TARKA JOINS GLORY (July 19, 2001)
  7. ↑ footballwa.net: TARKA WANTS NSL ACTION (Sep. 22, 2001)
  8. ↑ footballwa.net: TARKA ENTERS NSL RANKS (Oct. 31, 2001)
  9. ↑ footballwa.net: LOCALS LINE UP FOR NATIONAL AWARDS (May 13, 2003)
  10. ↑ footballwa.net: TARKA OFFERED TRIALS AT WEST HAM (April 15, 2003)
  11. ↑ footballwa.net: TARKA HEADS ABROAD (July 14, 2003)
  12. ↑ footballwa.net: TARKA CLOSE TO ENGLISH CONTRACT (7 Aug 2003)
  13. ↑ footballwa.net: TARKA DEAL FINALIZED (Aug. 20, 2003)
  14. ↑ footballwa.net: TARKA KEEN ON GLORY COMEBACK (Jan. 25, 2005)
  15. ↑ nottingham-forest.blogspot.com: An interview with David Tarka, ex of Nottingham Forest. (Nov. 16, 2005)
  16. ↑ footballwa.net: TARKA BACK HOME (Feb. 2, 2005)
  17. ↑ footballwa.net: TARKA SHARES TOP AWARD WITH COLOSIMO (Feb. 26, 2007)
  18. ↑ footballwa.net: TARKA FOCUSED ON MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME (June 11, 2007)
  19. ↑ footballwa.net: CRUEL END TO TARKA'S SEASON (Aug. 28, 2007)
  20. ↑ footballwa.net: TARKA REMAINS WITH GLORY (March 15, 2008)
  21. ↑ au.fourfourtwo.com: Tarka Regrets Pain Push (Nov. 18, 2008)
  22. ↑ cockburncity.org: Cockburn City News JANUARY 2010 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1 ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 4, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cockburncity.org
  23. ↑ footballwa.net: TARKA WINS NATIONAL CALL-UP (Nov. 6, 2002)
  24. ↑ footballwa.net: TARKA DELIGHTED (Dec. 6, 2002)
personal data
SURNAME Tarka, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tarka, David Neil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Perth