Clayton Zane
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Clayton Zane | ||
| Date of birth | 12 July 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1993 | Cessnock City Hornets | ||
| 1993–1995 | Adamstown Rosebud | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1998 | Newcastle Breakers | 70 | (17) |
| 1995–2000 | Northern Spirit | 57 | (6) |
| 2000 | Molde | 14 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Lillestrøm | 29 | (18) |
| 2002–2005 | Anderlecht | 10 | (2) |
| Total | 163 | (40) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996–1997 | Australia U-20 | 3 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | Australia U-23 | 15 | (9) |
| 2000–2001 | Australia | 14 | (6) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2012 | Newcastle Jets (W-League) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Newcastle Jets Youth | ||
| 2014 | Newcastle Jets | ||
| 2015– | Newcastle Jets Youth | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:47, 20 February 2011 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 20 February 2011 (UTC) |
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Clayton Zane (born 12 July 1977) is a retired Australian international football (soccer) player who served as the head coach of the Newcastle Jets. His last club as a player was R.S.C. Anderlecht, where a two-year-long injury prematurely ended his career in late 2005.
In the 2001 season, he was the top scorer and awarded the Kniksen award as Striker of the Year in Norway. He earned 14 caps for Australia, scoring 6 goals.
Zane was first brought to Europe as a relative unknown by Norwegian team Molde. After scoring no goals in 14 matches he was deemed a failure and sold to Lillestrøm. In his first season in Lillestrøm he ended top scorer of the Norwegian Premier League with 17 goals and he was voted Norwegian Player of the Year some weeks later. He was then sold to Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht in 2002 where he scored twice in ten games.
Zane represented Australia at the 2001 Confederations Cup and is best remembered for scoring the only goal when Australia defeated subsequent champion France in the group stage. He scored a hat-trick for Australia against Cook Islands in June 2000. Zane was a member of the Australian squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
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