Eugene Galekovic
Galeković with Adelaide United in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Eugen-Josip Galeković | ||
| Date of birth | 12 June 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Adelaide United | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1997 | Chelsea Hajduk | ||
| 1997–1998 | Bulleen Lions | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Melbourne Knights | ||
| 2000–2001 | Eastern Pride | 11 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | South Melbourne | 37 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | S.C. Beira-Mar | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Melbourne Victory | 15 | (0) |
| 2007– | Adelaide United | 232 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003–2004 | Australia U-23 | 4 | (0) |
| 2009– | Australia | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 July 2013 |
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Eugen-Josip "Eugene" Galekovic (Croatian: Eugen-Josip Galeković; Croatian pronunciation: [êuːd͡ʒin ɡalêːkoːʋit͡ɕ]; born 12 June 1981) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Adelaide United in the A-League and internationally for Australia.
Galekovic's junior football was mostly played at Chelsea Hajduk in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs.
Galekovic played school football for St Bede's College.
Galekovic started his career with Morwell based National Soccer League (NSL) side Gippsland Falcons as a 19-year-old in December 2000 before signing with South Melbourne the following season. He stayed with South Melbourne until the NSL's closure in 2003–04 where at season's end he secured a place on the list of Beira Mar in Portugal on the back of holding the number one spot for Australia's Olympic football campaign in Athens in 2004.
The period at Beira Mar was generally unsuccessful for Galekovic, with him seeing little first team action and thus, he returned to Melbourne to sign for the city's inaugural A-League side Melbourne Victory for season 2005–06, debuting in the opening match against Sydney FC.
Galekovic played 11 matches for the season in an unusual goalkeeper rotation policy employed by Melbourne manager Ernie Merrick in which the other 10 matches saw teammate Michael Theoklitos in goal. Galekovic was second choice keeper for the Victory in the 2006–07 season but an injury to Theoklitos gave Galekovic his first start of the season in the round 13 clash against Queensland Roar at Suncorp Stadium.
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