David Zdrilic
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | David Allen Zdrilic | ||
| Date of birth | 13 April 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Greenwich | |||
| King Tomislav Sydney | |||
| Patrician Brothers' College | |||
| Sutherland Sharks | |||
| St George Saints | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993 | St George Saints | 20 | (8) |
| 1993–1997 | Sydney United | 114 | (39) |
| 1997–1998 | FC Aarau | 25 | (2) |
| 1998–2000 | SSV Ulm | 55 | (18) |
| 2000–2002 | SpVgg Unterhaching | 23 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Walsall | 24 | (3) |
| 2003–2004 | Aberdeen | 31 | (8) |
| 2004 | Eintracht Trier | 11 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Sydney FC | 59 | (5) |
| 2009–2010 | Sydney United | 33 | (9) |
| Total | 395 | (94) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–2005 | Australia | 30 | (20) |
| 2013– | Australia (Beach Soccer) | 11 | (21) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010 | Sydney United | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 April 2010. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 April 2010.
David Allen Zdrilic (Croatian: Zdrilić, [ˈzdrilitɕ]) (born 13 April 1974) is an Australian soccer coach and former player. He is currently a member of the Australia national beach soccer team, the Beach Socceroos, having also captained the side. He previously played for Sydney FC in the A-League and has also played in Switzerland, Germany, England and Scotland. He has played on 30 occasions for the Australia national soccer team, having once scored eight goals in a single match – the second highest recorded for any Australian player, behind Socceroos teammate Archie Thompson, who scored 13 goals in the same game.
David is a football presenter on SBS, he hosts SBS's Friday Night A-League coverage and also hosted the football entertainment show Thursday FC on SBS2
Zdrilic represented his high school Patrician Brothers' College during his time as a teenage schoolboy and featured prominently in all teams including the A Grade squad. He had the opportunity as a child to pursue a tennis career, receiving coaching and playing in tournaments, but chose football instead. After playing through the youth ranks for St George Saints he broke into the senior side in 1993 at the age of 19. Mid-way through the NSW Super League year he signed to Sydney United for the coming National Soccer League season. He made an immediate impact shortly after joining the club, scoring four goals in four games in a preseason cup competition. However, he played most of his first NSL season playing as fullback, netting only once for the year. Zdrilic's versatility meant he was often used in different positions and during the 1994/95 and 1995/96 seasons, he was more often among the goal scorers. It was in the 1996/97 season that for the first time Zdrilic was used as an out and out striker and eventually took out the Golden Boot scoring 21 goals in 26 games. During this time he combined studied a law degree at Sydney University, working full-time at a Western Sydney Law Firm with his footballing duties. It was not until this 1996/97 NSL season that his footballing career rose to the next level.
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