Sterjovski training for the Australian national team
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mile Sterjovski | ||
Date of birth | 27 May 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Wollongong, Australia | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Right Winger / Second Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1985–1988 | Wollongong Olympic Junior Soccer Club | ||
1988–1993 | Lake Heights JFC | ||
1993–1995 | Wollongong Wolves | ||
1996–1998 | AIS | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1996 | Wollongong Wolves | 2 | (0) |
1997 | Wollongong United | 3 | (3) |
1997–1999 | Sydney United | 37 | (20) |
1999–2000 | Parramatta Power | 31 | (11) |
2000–2004 | Lille | 91 | (15) |
2004–2007 | FC Basel | 73 | (10) |
2007–2008 | Hacettepe | 24 | (8) |
2008–2009 | Derby County | 27 | (2) |
2009–2012 | Perth Glory | 63 | (15) |
2012 | Dalian Aerbin | 14 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Central Coast Mariners | 50 | (4) |
Total | 415 | (88) | |
National team‡ | |||
1998–1999 | Australia U-20 | 7 | (3) |
1998–2000 | Australia U-23 | 7 | (0) |
2000–2010 | Australia | 43 | (8) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 March 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 January 2010 |
Mile Sterjovski (Macedonian: Миле Стерјовски, born 27 May 1979) is a retired Australian football (soccer) player. Sterjovski played mainly as a right winger or as a second striker, but also played as a left winger and central midfielder.
Sterjovski played youth football with Wollongong Wolves and the AIS before making his senior debut for Wolves in the National Soccer League. After also playing for Wollongong United, Sydney United and Parramatta Power, Sterjovski moved overseas to play for French club Lille OSC. He also spent time in Switzerland (with Basel) and Turkey (with Hacettepe) before joining Derby in the English Premier League. He eventually returned to Australia to play in the A-League for Perth Glory and Central Coast Mariners, separated by a period playing for Dalian Aerbin in the Chinese Super League.
He played for the Australian national team from 2000 to 2010, making 43 appearances and scoring 8 goals, including 3 games at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and an international hat-trick against Tahiti.