Kris Trajanovski
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 February 1972 | ||
| Place of birth |
Geelong, Victoria , Australia | ||
| Position(s) |
Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Geelong SC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Altona | |||
| 1989–1990 |
AIS | ||
| 1990–1992 | Preston Makedonia | 62 | (9) |
| 1992 |
Rockdale Ilinden | ||
| 1993–1994 |
Sydney Olympic | 25 | (5) |
| 1994 | Happy Valley | ||
| 1994–1995 | South China | ||
| 1995–1997 |
Sydney Olympic | 59 | (28) |
| 1997–1998 |
Adelaide City | 27 | (3) |
| 1998–2001 | Marconi | 89 | (22) |
| 2001–2003 |
Brisbane Strikers | 36 | (9) |
| 2003 | Tanjong Pagar United | 15 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Melbourne Knights | 11 | (2) |
| 2004 |
Whittlesea Stallions | ||
| 2005–2008 |
White City Woodville | 73 | (15) |
| 2009 |
Seaford Rangers | 21 | (9) |
| 2010–2012 |
Adelaide Cobras | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1991 |
Australia U-20 | ||
| 1996–1998 |
Australia | 16 | (10/11[1]) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2012 |
Adelaide Cobras | ||
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 September 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 August 2011 | |||
Kris Trajanovski (born 19 February 1972 in
Geelong, Victoria
) is an Australian association football player and coach.
Playing career
Club career
After playing with
Trajanovski joined Hong Kong team Happy Valley for the final six matches of the 1992–93 Hong Kong First Division League season.[4]
He returned to Hong Kong for the 1994–95 Hong Kong First Division League season, playing for South China.
Returning to Australia, he joined NSL club
2003–04 NSL season.[3]
His career at national league level finished with the demise of the
South Australian Premier League.[5]
As of March 2011 he was a playing-coach with the
South Australian Premier League
.
International career
In 1991 Trajanovski was a member of the
Australian under-20 team at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal. He played in four matches at the tournament, including the semi-final against eventual champions Portugal.[6][7]
In 1996 Trajanovski played for
Sampdoria in Jakarta.[8]
Trajanovski made his debut for
Australia in 1996 against Kenya in Pretoria. Despite scoring in only three full international matches for the Socceroos, each time he scored a hat-trick. The first hat-trick was in the first leg of the 1996 OFC Nations Cup final against Tahiti in Papeete when he scored four of Australia's six goals. In the second leg of the final in Canberra he scored three goals to lead Australia to an 11–0 aggregate win. His third hat-trick was almost two years later in September 1998. Playing against Cook Islands he scored three or four goals[1] as a substitute in Australia's 16–0 win.[9][10][11]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 October 1996 | Olympic Stadium, Papeete, Tahiti |  Tahiti |
0–3 | 0–6 | 1996 OFC Nations Cup |
| 2 | 0–4 | |||||
| 3 | 0–5 | |||||
| 4 | 0–6 | |||||
| 5 | 1 November 1996 | Bruce Stadium, Canberra , Australia |
Tahiti |
2–0 | 5–0 | 1996 OFC Nations Cup |
| 6 | 4–0 | |||||
| 7 | 5–0 | |||||
| 8 | 28 September 1998 | Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane , Australia |
 Cook Islands |
9–0 | 16–0 | 1998 OFC Nations Cup |
| 9 | 12–0 | |||||
| 10 | 13–0 | |||||
| 11 | 15–0 |
Coaching career
In 2011 Trajanovski was appointed coach of
South Australian Premier League.[12]
Honours
Country
- Australia national soccer team
- OFC Nations CupChampions: 1996
- OFC Nations CupRunners up: 1998
References
- ^ a b Sources differ over number of goals scored against Cook Islands. FFA records his career total as ten with three scored against Cook Islands, while his OzFootball profile shows him scoring ten career goals and four against Cook Islands.
- ^ a b Lynch, Michael (29 November 2003). "Struggling Knights aim to rebound". The Age. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Trajanovski, Kris". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ Walker, Jeremy (19 December 1993). "Hong Kong soccer's top 10". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ "Whittlesea Stallions – 2004 Playing Roster". OzFootball. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- ^ "FIFA Player Statistics: Kris TRAJANOVSKI". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ "Portugal 1991: Back-to-back triumph for hosts". FIFA. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ Hay, Roy (13 September 2010). "The Italian Jobs". Goal Weekly. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
- ^ "Socceroo Internationals for 1998". OzFootball. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- ^ The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains. Football Federation Australia. pp. 20, 31, 32.
- ^ "Oceania's Championship – The Future has only just begun". FIFA. 31 October 1997. Retrieved 23 March 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "NEWS ON SENIOR COACHES FOR 2011". Adelaide Cobras Football Club. Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
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