Steve Corica
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Stephen Christopher Corica | ||
| Date of birth | 24 March 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Innisfail, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Sydney FC (Youth) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Innisfail United | |||
| 1990 | AIS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1995 | Marconi Stallions | 103 | (14) |
| 1995–1996 | Leicester City | 16 | (2) |
| 1996–2000 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 100 | (5) |
| 2000–2001 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 43 | (14) |
| 2002–2004 | Walsall | 73 | (9) |
| 2005–2010 | Sydney FC | 106 | (23) |
| Total | 441 | (67) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1989 | Australia U-17 | 2 | (1) |
| 1990–1991 | Australia U-20 | 6 | (0) |
| 1992–1996 | Australia U-23 | 7 | (0) |
| 1993–2006 | Australia | 32 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010– | Sydney FC (Youth) | ||
| 2011– | Sydney FC (Assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Sydney FC (Caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:47, 27 December 2009 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 26 October 2009 (UTC) |
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Stephen Christopher Corica IPA: [stiːv ˈkorika] born 24 March 1973 in Innisfail, Australia) is a former Australian football (soccer) player and coach of Sydney's National Youth League side. A technically gifted and skillful player playing primarily as an attacking midfielder, he is very versatile, able to play both centrally or out wide, or even pushed up as a second striker. He announced his retirement from professional football on 16 February 2010 due to injury.
Corica started playing football in his home town of Innisfail, in Far North Queensland and joining the elite player program at the Australian Institute of Sport in 1990.
On completion of the scholarship he signed with Marconi-Fairfield in the now defunct National Soccer League. In his first NSL season he made just three starts, but developed to a regular selection in following years. In 1992/93 he helped Marconi to a grand final win and was named Under 21 Player of the Year. The next two years were less successful for the Marconi and in 1995, Corica sought a career move to Europe.
Corica signed with Leicester City in the English First Division. He debuted for the club on 12 August 1995 and scored in a 2–1 win. Adding to his tally was harder to come by for following games, and in February, Corica and fellow Australian Zeljko Kalac were signed by their former Leicester manager Mark McGhee for Wolverhampton Wanderers in a joint £1.75 million deal (the component for Corica was £1.1m). Kalac was unable to gain a work permit for Wolves and returned to Australia, but Corica remained. In four-and-a-half seasons at Wolves, Corica made over 100 appearances, although hampered by a series of knee injuries.
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