Tony Popovic

Tony Popovic
	Popovic in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Tony Popovic
Date of birth	4 July 1973 (age 53)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Melbourne Victory (manager)
Youth career
	Fairfield Bulls
	Sydney United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1997	Sydney United
1994	→ Canberra FC (loan)
1997–2001	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2001–2006	Crystal Palace
2006–2007	Al-Arabi
2007–2008	Sydney FC
Total
International career
1988–1989	Australia U17
1990–1991	Australia U20
1992	Australia U23
1995–2006	Australia
Managerial career
2008–2011	Sydney FC (assistant)
2009	Sydney FC (caretaker)
2011–2012	Crystal Palace (assistant)
2012–2017	Western Sydney Wanderers
2017	Karabükspor
2018–2020	Perth Glory
2020–2021	Xanthi
2021–	Melbourne Victory
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tony Popovic (born 4 July 1973) is a former Australian football player. He has played for Australia national team.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[2]
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sydney United^[c]	1989–90	National Soccer League	13	0					13	0
	1990–91		17	1					17	1
	1991–92		20	1					20	1
	1992–93		24	2					24	2
	1993–94	National Soccer League	27	2					27	2
	1994–95		25	3					25	3
	1995–96		29	4					29	4
	1996–97		7	2					7	2
	Total		162	15					162	15
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1997	J1 League	11	0	0	0	6	0	17	0
	1998		25	4	3	1	2	1	30	6
	1999		23	6	5	0	1	0	29	6
	2000		21	3	2	0	3	2	26	5
	2001		7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	Total		87	13	10	1	12	3	109	17
Crystal Palace	2001–02	First Division	20	2	1	0			21	2
	2002–03		36	4	3	0			40	4
	2003–04		30	1	1	0			31	1
	2004–05	Premier League	23	0					23	0
	2005–06	League Championship	12	0	2	0	1	0	15	0
	Total		119	7	5	0			119	7
Al-Arabi	2006–07	Qatar Stars League	17	2					17	2
Sydney FC	2007–08	A-League	20	1					20	1
	2008–09	A-League	7	0					7	0
	Total		27	1					27	1
Career total			412	38	15	1	12	3	439	42

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Australia	1995	8	0
	1996	10	0
	1997	2	0
	1998	2	0
	1999	0	0
	2000	7	1
	2001	10	5
	2002	0	0
	2003	2	1
	2004	5	0
	2005	8	0
	2006	4	1
Total		58	8

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Popovic goal.

List of international goals scored by Tony Popovic
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	19 June 2000	Papeete, Tahiti	Cook Islands	10–0	17–0	Oceania Nations Cup
2	9 April 2001	BCU International Stadium, Australia	Tonga	15–0	22–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	11 April 2001	BCU International Stadium, Australia	American Samoa	5–0	31–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	11 April 2001	BCU International Stadium, Australia	American Samoa	6–0	31–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	16 April 2001	BCU International Stadium, Australia	Samoa	5–0	11–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	16 April 2001	BCU International Stadium, Australia	Samoa	11–0	11–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
7	12 February 2003	Boleyn Ground, London, England	England	1–0	3–1	Friendly
8	7 September 2006	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia	Paraguay	1–0	1–1	Friendly

As of 20 July 2023^[3]

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Western Sydney Wanderers	17 May 2012	1 October 2017	180	77	40	63	042.78
Karabükspor	1 October 2017	15 December 2017	11	3	0	8	027.27
Perth Glory	11 May 2018	2 September 2020	60	30	13	17	050.00
Xanthi	2 September 2020	22 February 2021	9	4	3	2	044.44
Melbourne Victory	21 April 2021	Present	63	28	13	22	044.44
Total			323	142	69	112	043.96

Australia

Western Sydney Wanderers

Perth Glory

Melbourne Victory

↑ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: List of Players: Australia" (PDF). FIFA. 21 March 2014. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2019.
↑ "Tony Popovic". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
↑ "Tony Popovic". ALeague Stats. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.