Petrovski playing for the Central Coast Mariners in 2008
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sašo Petrovski | ||
Date of birth | 5 March 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Bankstown, Australia | ||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Sydney Macedonia | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1996 | Bankstown City | 25 | (5) |
1996–1997 | Parramatta Eagles | 41 | (30) |
1997–2001 | Wollongong Wolves | 69 | (40) |
2001–2003 | Viborg FF | 53 | (16) |
2003–2004 | Parramatta Power | 15 | (7) |
2005–2007 | Sydney FC | 50 | (20) |
2007–2009 | Central Coast Mariners | 39 | (13) |
2009–2011 | Newcastle Jets | 45 | (8) |
2011–2013 | South Coast Wolves | 42 | (14) |
National team‡ | |||
2001–2006 | Australia | 2 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:00, 13 February 2011 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 13 November 2010 (UTC) |
Sasho Petrovski (Macedonian: Сашо Петровски, Sašo Petrovski) (born 5 March 1975) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for South Coast Wolves. Petrovski has two caps for the Australian national team. Petrovski was known in the A-League as one of the most prolific strikers, scoring 41 goals between the 3 clubs.
In the old National Soccer League, Petrovski played 94 games and scored 47 goals. Petrovski scored the second hat trick in A-League history. He played for Viborg FF in the Danish Superliga.
In 2005 he returned home to play in the newly formed A-League with Sydney FC, where he scored 20 goals in 50 appearances, becoming a fan favorite. On 5 January 2007, it was announced that Petrovski would be reunited with former Sydney FC manager Pierre Littbarski at Japanese second division club Avispa Fukuoka when the current A-League finishes.
However, this deal fell through, due to a limit of foreign players in the squad. He then signed with the Central Coast Mariners on 12 February 2007. Petrovski achieved his first milestone for the Gosford club, when he scored his 10th goal in the 3–2 loss to his former club Sydney FC in round 2 of the 2008–09 A-League season.
On 3 February 2009 he signed a 2-year deal with rivals Newcastle Jets after he could not agree on terms for a new deal with the Mariners. Petrovski has enjoyed a successful start to his time at the Jets, scoring three goals in Newcastle's ACL campaign, topping their goal scorers list. He became a fan favorite with the Newcastle faithful, with whom he had been disliked, due to his time with Sydney FC and the Central Coast Mariners.