Antun Kovacic
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Antun Kovacic (born 10 July 1981) is a former Australian footballer.
Club career
Melbourne Victory recruited Kovacic from Oakleigh Cannons as a short-term replacement for the injured Daniel Piorkowski towards the end of the 06/07 season, featuring in two games. He also played for several years in the now defunct National Soccer League with the Melbourne Knights.
In June 2008 Kovacic began trialling with the Newcastle Jets and impressed in two pre-season games, including one against the Central Coast Mariners.[1][2] In early July Kovacic signed with the Newcastle Jets on a two-year deal to bolster their defence.[3]
In March 2009, Kovacic moved to Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i to take up the club's '3+1' ACL roster spot.[4]
He returned to Australia for one season, helping Richmond Eagles to the Victorian Premier League Premiership and Grand Final in 2010. In 2011, he moved to Indian I-League side Churchill Brothers.[5]
In February 2014, Kovačić returned to the Melbourne Knights.[6] With the Knights, he won the Dockerty Cup, helping the club to their first piece of silverware in 18 years. At the end of the season, Kovacic retired from competitive football.
References
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- ↑ Kovacic on trial to fill Newcastle defensive hole Template:Webarchive
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External links
- Template:K League player
- profile at newcastlejets.com.au
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- Australian people of Croatian descent
- Soccer players from Melbourne
- Australian expatriate men's soccer players
- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
- A-League Men players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Melbourne Victory FC players
- Melbourne Knights FC players
- Newcastle Jets FC players
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea
- Ulsan HD FC players
- K League 1 players
- I-League players
- Churchill Brothers FC Goa players
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in India
- Expatriate men's footballers in India
- Men's association football central defenders
- Australian men's soccer players
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen