Mark Bosnich
Bosnich playing for the Central Coast Mariners in 2008
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mark Bosnich | ||
| Date of birth | 13 January 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1989 | Sydney Croatia | ||
| 1989–1990 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | Manchester United | 3 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Sydney United | 5 | (0) |
| 1992–1999 | Aston Villa | 179 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Manchester United | 23 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Chelsea | 5 | (0) |
| 2008 | Central Coast Mariners | 4 | (0) |
| 2009 | Sydney Olympic | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 227 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991 | Australia U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Australia U23 | 6 | (0) |
| 1993–2000 | Australia | 17 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Bosnich (born 13 January 1972) is an Australian former goalkeeper and sports pundit. He played in England for Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Manchester United and Chelsea. He also played in Australia for Sydney United, Central Coast Mariners and Sydney Olympic, as well as representing Australia 17 times during his career, scoring 1 goal for his nation.
Bosnich was born and raised in Liverpool, New South Wales in a Croatian family and attended Casula Primary School and later Liverpool Boys High School. Bosnich played for Sydney Croatia youth team before moving to England. In 1989, at the age of 17, he joined Manchester United on a non-contract basis and made his debut for them in a First Division fixture against Wimbledon on 30 April 1990.
He only played two more games for Manchester United before his registration with the club was cancelled on 30 June 1991. He then returned to Sydney Croatia briefly in the 1991–92 season. He returned to England signing for Aston Villa on a free transfer on 28 February 1992.
Bosnich did not claim a regular place in the Aston Villa first team until the 1993–94 season. In the League Cup semi-final against Tranmere Rovers that season, he dramatically stopped three shots in a penalty shoot-out. He later admitted that he should have been sent off before extra-time began for fouling Tranmere's John Aldridge. Villa would go on to win the final, against his former club, Manchester United. In March 1994 Bosnich saved two penalties against Tottenham Hotspur, one from Darren Anderton and one from Nick Barmby, to help secure a 1-1 draw. These were his fourth and fifth penalty saves from open play that season.1994–95 was Bosnich's first full season as Villa's first-choice goalkeeper, but it was a hugely disappointing season for the club as they narrowly avoided relegation.
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