Tony Vidmar
Tony Vidmar | ||
Personnel | ||
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Surname | Anthony Vidmar | |
birthday | 4th July 1970 | |
place of birth | Adelaide , Australia | |
size | 186 cm | |
position | Defender | |
Juniors | ||
Years | station | |
1975-1989 | Adelaide City | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1989-1992 | Adelaide City | 83 (10) |
1993 | Germinal Ekeren | 9 | (1)
1993-1995 | Adelaide City | 51 | (5)
1995-1997 | NAC Breda | 61 | (4)
1997-2002 | Glasgow Rangers | 106 | (7)
2002-2003 | Middlesbrough FC | 12 | (0)
2003-2005 | Cardiff City | 73 | (2)
2005-2006 | NAC Breda | 21 | (0)
2006-2008 | Central Coast Mariners | 33 | (0)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1991-1992 | Australia U-23 | 16 | (7)
1991-2006 | Australia | 76 | (3)
1 Only league games are given. |
Anthony "Tony" Vidmar (born July 4, 1970 in Adelaide ) is a former Australian professional footballer of Slovene - Italian descent. He played mainly in the left-back position. His brother Aurelio Vidmar was also a well-known football player.
Vidmar played with Adelaide City from 1975 to 1995 with the exception of a brief hiatus . In 1995 he decided to go to Europe and moved to NAC Breda in the Dutch honor division . From 1997 he moved to English-speaking countries and played for several years for Scottish and English clubs. After another stint at Breda in 2005/06, he returned to Australia. In 2008 he ended his career with the Central Coast Mariners .
His career in Australian national teams began in 1991 in the Australian U-23. A year later he was a member of the Australian Olympic selection , which finished fourth at the 1992 Olympic Games . Overall, Vidmar played 76 senior international matches for the Australian national football team between 1991 and 2006 , scoring three goals. His greatest success during this time was arguably third place with Australia in the 2001 Confederations Cup .
Immediately after his active career, he took an assistant coaching position at Adelaide United . In 2009 he then moved to the South Australian Sports Institute as a youth coach .
Web links
- Tony Vidmar on footballdatabase.com (English)
- Tony Vidmar in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Tony Vidmar in the database of FIFA (English)
- Tony Vidmar in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Vidmar, Tony |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vidmar, Anthony |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Adelaide , Australia |