John Kosmina

John Kosmina
Personnel
Surname	Alexander John Kosmina
birthday	17th August 1956
place of birth	Adelaide ,  Australia
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1973-1976	Polonia Adelaide
1977	West Adelaide SC	23 (12)
1978	Adelaide City	4 0(0)
1978-1979	Arsenal FC	1 0(0)
1979-1980	West Adelaide SC	44 (12)
1981-1986	Sydney City SC	150 (89)
1987-1988	Sydney Olympic	44 (14)
1989	APIA Leichhardt Tigers	24 0(6)
1990	Sutherland Sharks
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1977-1988	Australia	60 (25)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1994-1995	Manly-Warringah Dolphins
1995-1998	Newcastle Breakers
1999-2003	Brisbane Strikers
2003-2007	Adelaide United
2007-2009	Sydney FC
2010-2011	Adelaide Raiders
2011	Croydon Kings
2011-2013	Adelaide United
1 Only league games are given.

Alexander John Kosmina (born August 17, 1956 in Adelaide ) is a former Australian football player and coach of the Australian A-League club Sydney FC until January 2009 . He was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Football Federation Australia .

Player career

Kosmina began his career in 1973 with Polonia Adelaide, where he played until 1976. He then moved to West Adelaide and Adelaide City before signing a contract with Arsenal FC in London in February 1978 . After only one first-team appearance in a year, he returned to Australia in May 1979. With positions at West Adelaide SC, Sydney City SC, Sydney Olympic, APIA Leichhardt and Sutherland Sharks, he became one of the most successful goal scorers in the National Soccer League. With Sidney City he was able to win the championship in 1981 and 1982, in 1982 he was also top scorer. He ended his active career in 1989.

After the active time

After his playing days, he first coached the Manly-Warringah Dolphins before he was coach of the Newcastle Breakers in 1995 . In 1999 he finally moved to the Brisbane Strikers , but here too, as with the Breakers, there were no major successes.

Adelaide United

In 2003 he finally took over the team from Adelaide United and was able to achieve a third place there in the 2003/04 season. After the dissolution of the National Soccer League , he continued his job in the newly founded Hyundai A-League . United came out there in the first season as the best team from the regular season , but did not come in the playoffs again over a third place. In the 2005/2006 season Kosmina United led to the final, but lost 6-0 to Melbourne Victory . After the game he had a scuffle with Kevin Muscat and was then relegated to the stands for five games for the coming season. Kosmina, who complained about the referee's performance after the game, was sharply criticized for the poor performance of his team and finally gave up his post as coach. With this step he ended the speculation about his early release.

For the 2007 Asian Cup , head coach Graham Arnold brought him as his assistant.

Sydney FC

After Branko Culina was fired from Sydney FC on October 22, 2007, Kosmina was introduced as the new coach two days later. He took over the team in sixth place and led the team to third place in the regular season. In the finals, however, they were already defeated in the minor semifinal Queensland Roar with 0: 2 in addition. After an overall disappointing 2008/2009 season and a 5th place, with which you missed the finals, Kosmina was released on January 30th and replaced two days later by the Czech Vitezslav Lavicka .

Achievements / titles

player

With his clubs

• Australian champion: 1981, 1982
• Australian Cup Winner: 1986

Awards

• Induction into the Hall of Fame of the Australian Federation: 1999
• Top scorer of the NSL : 1982 (23 goals)
• NSL Papasavas Medal (Australian U-21 Player of the Year): 1977

Trainer

• A-League champions of the 2005/06 regular season

Individual evidence

1. ↑ theage.com.au: Kosmina takes a dive (February 23, 2007)
2. ↑ foxsports.com.au: Sydney FC unveiled Kosmina (October 24, 2007)

Web links

• Manager profile at Sydney FC
• Statistics at Oz Football