Mark Bosnich

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Mark Bosnich
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Mark Bosnich (2008)
Personnel
birthday January 13, 1972
place of birth Fairfield , SydneyAustralia
size 1.85 m
position goalkeeper
Juniors
Years station
-1988 Sydney Croatia
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1988-1989 Sydney Croatia 5 (0)
1989-1992 Manchester United 3 (0)
1992-1999 Aston Villa 179 (0)
1999-2001 Manchester United 23 (0)
2001-2003 Chelsea FC 5 (0)
2008 Central Coast Mariners 4 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1993-2000 Australia 17 (1)
1 Only league games are given.

Mark Bosnich (born January 13, 1972 in Fairfield , Sydney ) is a former Australian football goalkeeper of Croatian descent.

In 1997 Bosnich was named Oceania's Footballer of the Year . He played 17 times for the Australian senior team . The goalkeeper also scored a goal in the 13-0 win against the Solomon national football team . With the Olympiaelf the "Socceroos" he was at the Games in 1992 in Barcelona Fourth .

In 1996 he made a guest appearance with Aston on White Hart Lane at Tottenham Hotspur To a scandal. At the beginning of the second half to his scandalous Hitler salute, which he underscored with a gestured Hitler mustache. He then saw the referee's yellow card and immediately after the game, he knocked the police on the cabin door to ask Bosnich and his then coach Brian Little a few questions about the incident. In the end, the authorities left the FA to sanction Bosnich. In the form of a £ 1,000 fine and a game suspension.

In 2002, Bosnich was found to be using cocaine . He was then fired from his club at the time, Chelsea FC , and banned from the English Football Association for 9 months.

After a five-year absence from professional football, Bosnich made a brilliant comeback when he was back on the field on July 27, 2008 in the Pre-Season Cup against Sydney FC . The team won 3-0 and Bosnich got a short-term contract with four more league appearances in August of the same year, in which his team remained undefeated.

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Individual evidence

  1. Bosnich salute beyond a joke , Independent, October 12, 1996 (English)