Kaz Patafta
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kaz Phonesak Patafta | ||
Date of birth | 25 October 1988 | ||
Place of birth | Canberra, Australia | ||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Attacking Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2004 | ACTAS | ||
2004–2005 |
AIS | ||
2006–2007 | Benfica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2008 | Benfica | 0 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Melbourne Victory (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2008–2012 | Newcastle Jets | 33 | (1) |
2013–2014 |
Canberra FC | 6 | (4) |
2014 |
Sydney United | 8 | (0) |
2015 | Khonkaen United | 8 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Lanexang United | ? | (?) |
International career | |||
2004–2005 |
Australia U-17 | 18 | (2) |
2005–2006 |
Australia U-20 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kaz Phonesak Patafta (born 25 October 1988) is a former
Patafta previously played as a
Early life and education
Kaz Patafta was born in Canberra, ACT to parents of Croatian and Laotian descent.[5] Growing up, Patafta played football at northside-based junior football clubs Belsouth FC and Belnorth FC.[6] He was a student at Radford College.[7]
Patafta attended Deakin University in 2011 to undertake a Bachelor of Laws, which he completed in 2014. He subsequently completed his Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice at the Australian National University.[8]
Club career
Patafta attended the
Benfica
2006–07 season
Patafta joined
Loan to Melbourne Victory
Patafta joined Australian A-League champions
Newcastle United Jets
In May 2008, Patafta secured a release from the remainder of his contract with Benfica with the assistance of the
Canberra FC
Patafta returned to playing football in a guest appearance, playing for
Lanexang Intra FC
Patafta joined Lao Premier League side
In March 2016, Patafta announced that he was retiring from the game at the age of 28 to become the general manager of Lanexang. Patafta said that he had earned his law degree from Deakin University in 2014 and felt that he felt he could make a large impact on the business side of football.[17] He remained in that role until the dissolution of the team in January 2017.[18]
International career
Australia U–17 national team
In 2004, Patafta was included in the Australia U-17 national team squad for a tour of the United States in December 2004 but due to injury he was not considered by Ange Postecoglou for the squad the 20-man squad for a five-match tour of Chile against Palestino U–17, Universidad Catolica U–17, Colo-Colo U–17 and Chile U–17.
Australia U–20 national team
In 2006, the Australia U-20 national team participated in a five-match South American tour in against
Australia
Patafta was included as part of Australia's "train-on" squad before the 2006 FIFA World Cup, along with fellow promising young Australian players Kristian Sarkies and Neil Kilkenny. Unlike these players, he was not given a senior cap in the team's three pre-World Cup friendly matches.
Laos
In 2015, Patafta announced his intention to play for the
Honours
- Australia
- OFC U-17 Championship: 2005
Football Academy
In early 2013 Patafta and Shaun Ontong set up a football academy in Canberra, Ontong Patafta Bernal Football Academy.[29] Andy Bernal later joined the pair as a partner in the football academy. The academy offers youth players in Canberra a professional training environment and pathways to elite level football.[30]
In October 2013, the Ontong Patafta Bernal Football Academy was nominated as a finalist and won the 2013 Canberra Business Point Award in the Micro-Enterprise Business category.[31]
References
- ^ a b https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/brisbane-roar-appoint-new-offfield-leadership-team-of-kaz-patafta-and-zac-anderson/news-story/498ca5e16d9d531078426765e835c8a1
- ^ "Brutally honest Patafta and Anderson blueprint to build 'beast of a club'". 15 September 2023.
- ^ "What really happened to Aussie wonderkid Kaz Patafta - in his own words". 23 November 2023.
- ^ Monteverde, Marco (2 January 2014). "Kaz Patafta, once Australia's best young player, aiming to revive career with Brisbane Roar". The Courier-Mail. News Corp. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8381043/it-was-a-long-shot-how-a-canberra-star-ended-up-in-charge-of-an-a-league-club-at-34/
- ^ Castleton, Thomas. "Junior Club Focus: Belsouth". Capital Football. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ "Belconnen soccer star Portugal bound". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. 7 March 2006. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2012 – via HighBeam Research.
- ^ "Kaz Patafta". LinkedIn. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "The next big thing is ... small". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 26 November 2005. Retrieved 10 May 2007.
- ^ "Melbourne Victory vs. Wellington Phoenix 3-0". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "Patafta, Kaz". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
- ^ "Patafta heads north to Jets". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. Archived from the original on 28 July 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
- ^ "Patafta Can Bloom With Jets". Australian FourFourTwo. Haymarket Media Group. Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
- ^ "Last gasp winner sees Canberra FC defeat Malaysia". Capital Football. Archived from the original on 24 June 2013.
- ^ Dutton, Chris (25 August 2013). "Woden Valley makes the final four". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media.
- ^ Noveanto, Eric (8 April 2015). "Former Australian Prospect Kaz Patafta Joins Lao's Lane Xang United". Football Channel Asia. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ Jason Dasey (19 December 2016). "Ex-Benfica junior Kaz Patafta now Lanexang United GM, targets A-League". ESPN FC. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- ^ "Lanexaung United pull out of AFC Cup". Fox Sports Asia. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Qantas Joeys Named For Chile Tour". Football Federation Samoa. Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "Joeys jet off for tournament". The World Game. Special Broadcasting Service. 21 July 2005. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "Joeys share spoils with Peru : The World Game on SBS". Archived from the original on 31 December 2012.
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- ^ "Give Me Football". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ "AusItalia.com > Australian and Italian Sports, Fashion, Life Style - Young Socceroos: FFA Names Squad to tour South America". www.ausitalia.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ Dasey, Jason (23 April 2015). "Former teenage prodigy Kaz Patafta chasing second chance with Laos". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ "Little Laos ready to take it to Malaysia and co". FourFourTwo. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
- ^ opbfa.com.au: Media Archived 10 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Polkinghorne, David (21 September 2015). "ACCC looks at football body deals". The Canberra Times. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ "Canberra BusinessPoint — Winners of the 2013 Canberra BusinessPoint Awards!". Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.