Ned Zelic

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Nedijeljko Zelić
Personnel
Surname Nedijeljko Zelić
birthday 4th July 1971
place of birth SydneyAustralia
size 188 cm
position Central defender / defensive midfield
Juniors
Years station
Sydney Olympic
Sydney Croatia SC
AIS
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1989-1991 Sydney Croatia SC 8 (0)
1990 →  Canberra Metro  (loan)
1991-1992 Sydney Olympic 17 (1)
1992-1995 Borussia Dortmund 41 (1)
1995 Queens Park Rangers 4 (0)
1996 Eintracht Frankfurt 17 (1)
1996-1998 AJ Auxerre 14 (0)
1996-1998 AJ Auxerre B 13 (1)
1998-2002 TSV 1860 Munich 102 (3)
2002 Kyoto Sanga 1 (0)
2002-2003 Urawa Red Diamonds 23 (2)
2004-2005 Wacker Tyrol 22 (0)
2005-2006 Newcastle United Jets 23 (1)
2006 Helmond Sport 7 (0)
2007-2008 Dinamo Tbilisi 34 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
Australia U-20
Australia U-23
1991-1997 Australia 40 (5)
1 Only league games are given.

Nedijeljko Zelić (born July 4, 1971 in Sydney ) is a former Australian football player .

Career as a club player

Zelić has Croatian ancestry and has both Croatian and Australian citizenship. As a teenager he played for Sydney Olympic , Croatia Sydney and the Australian Institute of Sport . At the beginning of the 1992/93 season he moved to Borussia Dortmund . After three years he went to England to join the Queens Park Rangers . After a year he moved back to Germany to Frankfurter Eintracht , where he stayed for only one year. After a year and a half at AJ Auxerre , he moved to TSV 1860 Munich . He was active for the TSV 1860 for four years. Kyōto Sanga and Urawa Red Diamonds in Japan and Wacker Tirol in Austria were his next stops. He also only played for a short time at these clubs. After a season in Australia with the Newcastle United Jets , he came back to Europe; this time to the Dutch club Helmond Sport . After half a year he moved to Dinamo Tbilisi , where he let his career end.

The defensive player appeared in the Bundesliga 160 times and scored five goals. In Austria's first division , he was on the field 22 times.

Career in the national team

Zelić played 40 times for Australia and scored five goals.

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