| Tony Popovic | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony Popovic | |
| Date of birth | July 4, 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | |
| Height | 1. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. 93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |
| Playing position | Centre Back, Left Back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sydney FC | |
| Number | 6 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Sydney United | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1989–1997 1994 1997–2001 2001–2006 2006–2007 2007–present |
Sydney United → Canberra Deakin (loan) Sanfrecce Hiroshima Crystal Palace Al-Arabi Sydney FC |
162 (14) 5 (1) 94 (13) 123 (6) 17 (2) 19 (1) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1989 1991 1992 1995–2006 |
Australia U-17 Australia U-20 Australia U-23 Australia |
58 (8) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Anthony Popovic [ˈpɔːpɔʋitɕ] (born July 4, 1973 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. 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 He currently plays for A-League Club Sydney FC. The A-League is the premier Australasian domestic Association football competition Sydney FC, founded in 2004, is an Australian Association football (soccer club based in Sydney and competes in Australia's premier competition
Popovic's family is of Croatian descent and he grew up in Fairfield, Sydney. Croats (Hrvati are a South Slavic people mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries He attended Fairvale High School and left in 1989 to pursue his football career. Fairvale High School, established in 1969, is a co-educational school located in Fairfield, Sydney, Australia part of the South Western Sydney School Region
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Club career
Popovic began his career with Sydney United before a move to play in the J-League, where he stayed for five years scoring 13 goals in 94 appearances. Sydney United Football Club are an Australian Football (soccer club from Sydney, Australia, established in 1957 by Croatian immigrants in the The, or, is the top professional Football (soccer league in Japan and one of the most successful leagues in Asian club football
Tony Popovic signed for Crystal Palace on a free transfer in August 2001 from Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Crystal Palace FC is an English football club based in South Norwood, London. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. is a football team in the J League. Team name The team name comes from the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian He became an integral part of the Palace defence, eventually becoming club captain.
Popovic's contract with Palace expired at the end of June 2006, and he decided against accepting the club's offer of a new contract. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He instead moved to Qatar club, Al-Arabi. Qatar ( قطر; ˈqɑtˁɑr local pronunciation giṭar officially the State of Qatar (Arabic دولة قطر transliterated Al-Arabi Sports Club (النادي العربي الرياضي also known as Al-Arabi Doha, is a Qatari professional Football (soccer club based in
In 2007, with the growth of the A-League and slight homesickness, Popovic, moved to his home town club Sydney FC, signing a three year deal, with coach Branko Čulina also announcing him the club's captain. Popovic scored his first goal on the 28th October 2007 from a corner to beat the Mariners 3-2 in front of his home crowd of 17,850.
International career
Popovic competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for the Australian U-23 team. The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Barcelona, Barcelona ( Catalan bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish baɾθeˈlona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia
He began his full international career in 1995 with the Australian national team. The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions Over the next eleven years Popovic made 58 appearances for the Socceroos, scoring 8 goals. Tony Popovic announced his retirement from International football in October 2006[1]
Popovic's most famous goal was a header, the opening goal in a 3-1 win for Australia against England at Upton Park in 2003.
The highlight of Popovic's career came in 2006 when the Australian national team qualified for the FIFA World Cup under the management of Guus Hiddink. This article lists the confirmed national football squads for Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1946 in Varsseveld) is a Dutch former professional football player and manager, currently the manager of the He took part in both legs in the qualifying match against Uruguay. Being replaced in the first half of the second leg due to injury by Harry Kewell. Harry Kewell (born 22 September 1978 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a professional footballer who plays for Galatasaray. The tall defender was named in the competing squad and made his World Cup debut against Brazil on 18 June. The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF that represents Brazil in international Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries He suffered a calf injury 40 minutes into the game and was replaced by Marco Bresciano for the second half. Mark "Marco" Bresciano (born on 11 February 1980 in Melbourne) is an Australian His injury ruled him out of Australia's last match in the group stage, against Croatia, and their second round loss against eventual winners, Italy.
On 4 October 2006 Tony Popovic announced his retirement from the Socceroos. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. His final game was a friendly against Paraguay that month. He scored his eighth international goal, from a Mark Bresciano free kick, in his final minute on field to put Australia ahead, 1-0. Mark "Marco" Bresciano (born on 11 February 1980 in Melbourne) is an Australian
Honours
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The Australian national football team represents Australia in international association football competitions The OFC Nations Cup is a football competition held among the Oceania Football Confederation member nations The Oceania Nations Cup 1996 was not held as a cohesive tournament but consisted of semi-finals and a final played on a two-legged basis stretched out between November 1995 The Oceania Nations Cup 2000 was held in Papeete, Tahiti. The six participating teams were Australia and New Zealand who qualified as of right The 2004 Oceania Nations Cup doubled as the qualification tournament to the 2006 Football World Cup, except the two-legged final (A separate playoff (betweenDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic