Ante Milicic
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anthony Josip Milicic | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 4 April 1974||
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
Sydney United | |||
Hurstville ZFC | |||
1990–1991 |
AIS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1993 |
Sydney United | 6 | (1) |
1993 |
Canberra Deakin | 13 | (6) |
1993–1997 |
Sydney United | 114 | (39) |
1997–1999 | NAC Breda | 47 | (10) |
1999–2001 |
NK Rijeka | 51 | (15) |
2001–2002 |
Sydney United | 14 | (8) |
2002–2003 | Sydney Olympic | 39 | (30) |
2003–2004 |
Parramatta Power | 26 | (20) |
2004 |
Pahang | 11 | (9) |
2004–2005 |
Sydney United | ||
2005–2006 | Newcastle Jets | 20 | (7) |
2006–2008 | Queensland Roar | 24 | (4) |
2008 |
Shahzan Muda | (10) | |
2009 |
Sydney United | ||
2010 |
Dandenong City | (7) | |
International career | |||
Australia U-20 | |||
Australia U-23 | |||
2002–2005 |
Australia | 6 | (5) |
Managerial career | |||
2009 |
Sydney United | ||
2010–2012 |
Melbourne Heart (Assistant) | ||
2012–2014 | Western Sydney Wanderers (Assistant) | ||
2014–2018 |
Australia (Assistant) | ||
2017–2018 |
Australia U23 | ||
2018–2019 |
Australia U23 (Assistant) | ||
2018–2019 |
Australia U20 | ||
2019–2020 | Australia Women | ||
2020–2022 | Macarthur FC | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2007 |
Ante Milicic (
Personal life
The son of Croatian immigrants, Milicic grew up in Strathfield, a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney. Milicic was largely brought up by his father after his mother died when he was 17. At 16, he was selected to train at the Australian Institute of Sport.[2]
Club career
He played for a variety of sides in two stints in the
In the last season of the
Ante Milicic was the first player in the
National team statistics
Australia national team
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2002 | 2 | 1 |
2003 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | 3 | 2 |
2005 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 6 | 5 |
Coaching
Milicic returned home to his club
He was also called up as an assistant coach to the Australia men's national under-20 soccer team team for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt and 2011 Under 20s World Cup in Colombia.
On 18 November 2009, it was announced that he would be joining
After being passed over for the vacant manager position at
At the end of the 2013–14 A-League season, Milicic joined Ange Postecoglou as assistant coach of Australia's men’s national football team, the Socceroos.[8]
On 18 February 2019, Milicic was announced by the
On 15 May 2019, Milicic was announced as the inaugural head coach for new
After two seasons with Macarthur, on 26 April 2022, Milicic informed the club that the 2021–22 season would be his last choosing to return to Croatia for family reasons.
Managerial statistics
- As of 18 May 2022
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Australia women's | 2019 | 2020 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 68.75 | |
Macarthur | 2020 | 2022 | 56 | 22 | 12 | 22 | 39.29 | |
Total | 72 | 33 | 14 | 25 | 45.83 |
Honours
With
- OFC Nations Cup: 2004
With
With
With Trinity Grammar 4th XI:
- Cassen Cup- Most Outstanding Opens Team: 2009
Personal honours:
- Sydney Olympic
- Parramatta Power
- Parramatta Power– 20 goals
References
- ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™ - Coaches - Ante MILICIC". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ Mark, David (June 2019). "From fringe Socceroo to accidental head coach: Ante Milicic's path to the Matildas' top job". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ Milicic goes through a gamut of emotions in debut match with Pahang - The Star, 19 April 2004.
- ^ Malaysia 2004 - RSSSF.
- ^ "Milicic leaves Roar for good". The World Game. 8 December 2007. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2007.
- ^ Ante Milicic at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Davutovic, David (22 May 2012). "Ante's heart is back in Sydney". thetelegraph.com.au. News Limited. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ "UAE will be formidable Asian Cup hosts for defending champions Australia, says Ante Milicic" The National. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- TheGuardian.com. 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Milicic quits Matildas as A-League beckons". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ "Milicic to take the helm of new club Macarthur FC". The World Game. Retrieved 15 May 2019.