Mark Rudan
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marko Ante Rudan | ||
| Date of birth | 27 August 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sydney United 58 | |||
| 1992–1993 | AIS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1998 | Sydney United | 73 | (6) |
| 1998–2000 | Northern Spirit | 46 | (2) |
| 2000–2002 | Alemannia Aachen | 45 | (1) |
| 2002 | Nanjing Yoyo | 24 | (3) |
| 2003–2004 | Sydney United | 37 | (0) |
| 2004 | Public Bank | 21 | (4) |
| 2005–2007 | Sydney FC | 61 | (6) |
| 2008 | Avispa Fukuoka | 26 | (0) |
| 2009 | FC Vaduz | 17 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Adelaide United | 19 | (0) |
| Total | 371 | (23) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993–1995 | Australia U-20 | 21 | (3) |
| 1995–1996 | Australia U-23 | 14 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011–2012 | Rockdale City Suns | ||
| 2013–2016 | Sydney United 58 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Rudan (born 27 August 1975) is an Australian former footballer and current assistant coach of the Australian U/20 team. Mark was one of the inaugural inductees into the Sydney FC Hall of Fame in 2015. After 4 successful years which included 2 Australian NPL Championships Rudan decided to leave his post as head coach of Sydney United 58 to work with the Australian U/20 team.
Rudan joined NSL club Sydney United in 1993 at completion of the AIS program. He spent much of his five seasons at United totalling 73 NSL appearances by the end of the 1997–98 season. He was signed to new club Northern Spirit for the 1998–99 NSL season. In the first match of the season he was sent off. After serving a one-match suspension, he made amends in Round 3 scoring twice in a 2–1 win. He went on to start almost all matches that year, although saw red again in Round 16 (also against Olympic). Spirit finished fifth, but were eliminated in the first semi-final stage. Rudan was again a key figure in the 1999–00 season, playing 22 games, a less successful year for the club, slumping to the bottom half of the table.
In mid-2000, unhappy with his situation at Spirit, Rudan bought out the remainder of his contract and moved to German second division club Alemannia Aachen on a free transfer. Eligibility for a Croatian passport ensured he could play in Europe. The move started well on the pitch, working his way into the first team, but he would later become embroiled in a corruption scandal known as the 'suitcase affair'. In 2001, allegations of financial irregularity arose over the transfers of Rudan and fellow Australian Goran Lozanovski. Rudan was arrested by German authorities and later released. Charges were eventually laid on Aachen's treasurer Bernd Krings, who was convicted of financial fraud. It was revealed that persons claiming to represent Rudan and Northern Spirit collected DM290,000 in a suitcase from Aachen as a transfer fee. Documents outlining the transfer fee were shown to be falsified as Spirit neither requested or received any fee for the player. Similar circumstances were revealed surrounding Lozanovski's transfer from South Melbourne, but both players were cleared of any wrongdoing.
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