| Eugene Galeković | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eugen-Josip Galeković | |
| Date of birth | June 12, 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | |
| Height | 1. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. 86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Adelaide United | |
| Number | 30 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Chelsea Dingley Bulleen |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999-2000 2000-2001 2002-2004 2004 2005-2007 2007-present |
Melbourne Knights Morwell Falcons South Melbourne Beira Mar Melbourne Victory Adelaide United |
0 (0) 11 (0) 37 (0) 0 (0) 17 (0) 8 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2004 | ||
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Eugen-Josip "Eugene" Galeković (born June 12, 1981) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Adelaide United in the A-League. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered In many team Sports a goalkeeper (termed goaltender netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports Adelaide United Football Club is a Football (soccer team in the Australian A-League based in Adelaide, South Australia. The A-League is the premier Australasian domestic Association football competition
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Galeković's junior football was mostly played at Chelsea Hajduk in Melbourne's South-Eastern suburbs. Chelsea Hajduk Soccer Club are an Australian football (soccer club from Melbourne Victoria.
Galekovic started his career with Morwell based National Soccer League (NSL) side Gippsland Falcons as a 19-year-old in December 2000 before signing with South Melbourne the following season. Morwell is a city in central Gippsland, a region in the east of Victoria. This page is on the former Australian soccer league For the former Canadian league see Canadian National Soccer League. Gippsland Falcons SC were an Australian Football (soccer team based in Morwell, Australia. This page relates to the association football club known as South Melbourne FC He stayed with South Melbourne until the NSL's closure in 2003/04 where at season's end he secured a place on the list of Beira Mar in Portugal on the back of holding the number one spot for Australia's Olympic football campaign in Athens in 2004. Sport Clube Beira-Mar ( pron spɔɾ 'klub(ɨ 'bɐiɾɐ maɾ is a Portuguese Sports club from Aveiro. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula.
The period at Beira Mar was generally unsuccessful for Galekovic, with him seeing little first team action and thus, he returned to Melbourne to sign for the city's inaugural A-League side Melbourne Victory for season 2005/06, debuting in the opening match against Sydney. Sydney FC, founded in 2004, is an Australian Association football (soccer club based in Sydney and competes in Australia's premier competition
Galeković played 11 matches for the season in an unusual goalkeeper rotation policy employed by Melbourne manager Ernie Merrick in which the other 10 matches saw teammate Michael Theoklitos in goal. Ernest 'Ernie' Merrick (born 3 January 1953 in Scotland) Scottish-Australian Ernie Merrick is the current head coach for the Australian Serafim Michael Theoklitos (born February 11, 1981) is an Australian Football (soccer player who currently plays as a Goalkeeper Galeković has been second choice keeper for the Victory in the 2006/07 season but an injury to Theoklitos gave Galeković his first start of the season in the round 13 clash against Queensland Roar at Suncorp Stadium. Queensland Roar FC is an Australian Association football (soccer club from Brisbane, Australia competing in the A-League competition playing On Tuesday 30th, October, Eugene signed for Melbourne Victory arch-rivals Adelaide United as a replacement for injured keeper Daniel Beltrame.
On the 20th January 2008, Galekovic kept his first clean sheet for Adelaide in a 2-0 win over Queensland at Hindmarsh Stadium.
(Correct as of 26 January 2008)
| Club | Season | League | Finals | Asia | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Melbourne Victory | 2005–06 | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006–07 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007–08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adelaide United | 2007–08 | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
With Melbourne Victory: