Ante Juric (Croatian: Ante Jurić; born 11 November 1973) is an Australian football manager and former professional player. He was recently the Matildas assistant coach (201-15), the Australian under-17s and 19s women's national coach (2014–16) and was the Assistant national technical director (2013-2016) for the Football Federation AUs. He is currently the head coach for Sydney FC in the A-League Women competition.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ante Juric | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Canberra, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Canberra Deakin | |||
| 1991 | AIS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992 | Canberra Deakin | 13 | (0) |
| 1993 | Canberra Deakin | 13 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Melbourne Knights | 1 | (0) |
| 1994 | Fawkner Blues | 12 | (2) |
| 1994–1995 | Sydney Olympic | 21 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Benfica Castelo Branco | 11 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Canberra Cosmos | 10 | (0) |
| 1997 | A.P.I.A. Leichhardt | 19 | (3) |
| 1997–2004 | Sydney Olympic | 189 | (17) |
| 2001 | Molde | 3 | (0) |
| 2003 | Johor FC | 17 | (0) |
| 2004-05 | Pahang FA | 18 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Sydney United | 51 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1992–93 | Australia U20 | 23 | (0) |
| 1994-96 | Australia U23 | 6 | (0) |
| 2002 | Australia | 4 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2009 | Sydney FC (W-League) (Assistant) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Australia U-13/14s (Head Coach) | ||
| 2017–Current | Sydney FC (W-League) (Head Coach) | ||
| 2020–2022 | Sydney Olympic (Head Coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career edit
Ante Juric, born in Canberra in 1973, has arguably been one of Australia's most cultured defenders produced in Australia. He played professionally for 13 years and has represented Australia as a Socceroo, Olyroo and Young Socceroo where the team finished fourth in the World Youth Cup of 1993. However Juric, with all his natural talent surprisingly did not play a huge part for the national team and indeed represented his country late in his career. In fact, it was after he produced a heroic performance in the 2002 National Soccer League Grand Final win over Perth Glory, playing with a dislocated elbow that he finally received his senior cap that same year. In an era of Australian football where talent was overlooked for brawn and fitness, Juric was unlucky to miss the recent Dutch and technical influence in the game which would no doubt have highlighted his talents on the world stage.
Juric learnt his trade at one of Australia's great junior nursery's Canberra Croatia/Deakin/FC. The club has produced the likes of Ned Zelic, Josip Simunic and George Kulscar. From here he went on to represent Australia at the World Youth Cup in 1993, culminating in a 4th-place finish, losing to eventual champions Brazil.
Juric went on to have a successful National Soccer League career playing for the Melbourne Knights, Sydney Olympic/Sharks and the Canberra Cosmos, playing over 200 games and scoring over 20 goals and winning premierships and championships.
Juric in his twilight years has played in the NSW Premier League winning a title with Sydney United in the NSWPL.
In 2009 Juric was inducted into the ACT Sports Hall of Fame for his Football exploits and additionally in the same year he was inducted into the Capital Football Hall of Fame.
Managerial career edit
Juric is currently embarking on a coaching career, currently coaching Sydney olympic in the NSWNPL and Sydney FC Women's in the W-League.
Juric was a former Women's U19 and Women's U17 national Australian coach and also the NSWIS Football men's coach.[2]
In June 2017, Juric was appointed head coach of Sydney FC's women's team.[3]
In 2020, Juric was appointed head coach of Sydney Olympic FC.[4]
Career statistics edit
International edit
- Source:[5]
| Australia national team | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 1 |
References edit
- ^ "Sydney FC announce new Westfield W-League Coach". footballaustralia.com.au. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Football". About the School. Trinity Grammar School. Archived from the original on 5 May 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Ante Juric returns to Sydney FC as head coach". The Women's Game. 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Sydney Olympic FC appoint new head coach Ante Juric ahead of season reboot". Greek Herald. 8 July 2020. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ Ante Juric at National-Football-Teams.com
External links edit
- Oz Football profile
- "Sydney FC profile". Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2008.
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