Joey Didulica
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Anthony Didulica | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Geelong, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| North Geelong Warriors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | North Geelong Warriors | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Melbourne Knights | 60 | (0) |
| 1999–2003 | Ajax | 16 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Germinal Beerschot (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Austria Vienna | 87 | (0) |
| 2006–2011 | AZ | 29 | (0) |
| Total | 195 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1998–2000 | Australia U23 | 10 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Croatia | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012– | Melbourne Heart (youth GK coach) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Joseph Anthony "Joey" Didulica (Croatian pronunciation: [dǐdulit͡sa]; born 14 October 1977) is an Australian-born Croatian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. On 11 October 2011 he quit his career after ongoing neck and head complaints.
Didulica was born in Geelong, Victoria to a Croatian father, Luka, a Croatian-Australian mother, Mary and an older brother, John and sister, Trish. His father emigrated to Australia from Poličnik, a village in northern Dalmatia, about 10 kilometres outside of Zadar.
Didulica started to play football in the North Geelong Warriors. In 1996, he moved to the Melbourne Knights, a club whose team primarily consists of Australian Croats, and played for them until 1999. Then he transferred to Ajax Amsterdam, whence he was first loaned to Belgian side Germinal Beerschot for a couple of months in 2001 before eventually moving to Austria Vienna in 2003. After spending three seasons as a regular in goal for Austria Wien, Didulica returned to the Netherlands and was signed by AZ Alkmaar. He made seven Eredivisie appearances with the club before being forced to take a longer break following a brain concussion he sustained in a league match against PSV Eindhoven in October 2006 after being hit with the ball in his head from a shot by PSV's Australian international Jason Čulina.
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