David Tarka
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Neil Tarka | ||
| Date of birth | 11 February 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Perth, Western Australia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Centre Back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Spearwood Dalmatinac | |||
| Fremantle United | |||
| 2000–2001 |
AIS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2003 | Perth Glory | 45 | (1) |
| 2003–2005 |
Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | Perth Glory | 33 | (1) |
| 2010–2016 |
Cockburn City | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003 |
Australia U-20 | ||
| 2004 |
Australia U-23 | ||
| 2004 |
Australia | 2 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 December 2007 | |||
David Tarka (born 11 February 1983 in
association footballer
, who played two games for the national team.
Club career
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Tarka was an
UAE and played in the Australia under 23 team's 2004 Olympic Games Qualifiers. Tarka turned down a chance for a trial at West Ham in April 2003, instead staying in Australia to help Perth Glory win the NSL championship. In the middle of 2003 Tarka moved to Nottingham Forest in England
for a fee of £100,000.
International career
Tarka earned two full international caps against Vanuatu and Solomon Islands in 2004.
A-League career statistics
(Correct as of 2 February 2009)
| Club | Season | League | Finals | Asia | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
Perth Glory
|
2005–06
|
3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2006–07
|
20 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 1 | 0 | |
2007–08
|
1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
2008–09
|
9 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
With Australia:
- OFC Nations Cup: 2004
With Perth Glory:
- NSL Championship: 2002-2003
Personal honours:
- 2006-2007
- 2006-2007
- 2006-2007
- Australian Electrician of the Year 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021
External links
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