Ante Milicic
Personal information
Full name	Ante Milicic
Date of birth	4 April 1974 (1974-04-04) (age 35)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Sydney United
Youth career
1990-1991	Sydney Croatia FC Hurstville Zagreb AIS
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–1993 1993 1993–1997 1997–1999 1999–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2008 2008 2009–	Sydney United Canberra Deakin Sydney United NAC Breda NK Rijeka Sydney United Sydney Olympic Parramatta Power Pahang FA Sydney United Newcastle Jets Queensland Roar Shahzan Muda FC Sydney United FC	006 0(1) 013 0(6) 114 (39) 047 (10) 051 (15) 014 0(8) 039 (30) 026 (20) 020 0(7) 044 (11)
National team
2002–2005	Australia U-20 Australia U-23 Australia	006 0(5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Ante Milicic (born 4 April 1974 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian association football player. He is currently one of the Assistant Managers of A-League club, Melbourne Heart^[1]. He is of Croatian Australian origin.

[edit] Club career

He played for a variety of sides in two stints in the National Soccer League. The first stint was played almost entirely for Sydney United, for whom he played as a junior, and which culminated in playing in their runner-up 1996/97 side. After that season he moved to NAC Breda in the Netherlands, and after 2 seasons there went to Croatia's Rijeka. On his return to the NSL in season 2001/02, he rejoined Sydney United for a brief stay, before moving to city rival Sydney Olympic during the same season. He would spend the rest of the season and the next playing there, including scoring the only goal of the 2001/02 Grand Final against Perth Glory. In the final he was awarded the Joe Marston Medal, delivering Sydney Olympic their second NSL title, as well as playing in the runner up side the following season against Perth Glory.

In season 2003/04, the NSL's last, Milicic moved once again, this time to Parramatta Power, where he would once again taste Grand Final defeat against the Perth Glory. After the NSL was disbanded, Milicic played in the Malaysian League for Pahang. It was widely felt that with the $1.5 million salary caps imposed on all Hyundai A-League clubs, Milicic would not be able to be brought back to Australia. However, he joined the Newcastle United Jets, who finished 4th on the Hyundai A-League ladder in 2005/2006, also joining close friends Labinot Haliti, Ned Zelic and Harry Hezbolla.

Ante Milicic was the first player in the A-League to score a Hat-Trick in the game Newcastle Jets vs New Zealand Knights on 4 November 2005 in round 11. He was also the first player to do a rabona in the a-league.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2006 Ante signed to transfer to rival A-League team Queensland Roar, where he played in 44 matches scoring 11 goals.

On 8 December 2007, Milicic had his contract terminated by mutual consent and joining Malaysian Premier League Shahzan Muda FC, citing that "It wasn't quite happening for me at Queensland Roar."^[2]

[edit] Coaching

Milicic returned home to his club, Sydney United as Player/Coach for season 2009 and 2010 in the NSW Premier League. It is his first venture as coach and currently boasts a record of 9 wins (8 in Premier League 1 Tiger Turf Cup), 2 Draws and 1 Loss.

Milicic has also been called up as an Assistant Coach to the Under 20's Young Socceroos team as part of their preparation for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup to be held in Egypt in September / October.

[edit] Honours

With Australia:

• OFC Nations Cup: 2004

With Sydney Olympic:

• NSL Championship: 2001-2002

With Trinity Grammar 4th XI:

• Cassen Cup- Most Ouststanding Opens Team: 2009

Personal Honours:

• Joe Marston Medal: 2001-2002 with Sydney Olympic
• Johnny Warren Medal: 2003-2004 with Parramatta Power
• NSL Top Scorer: 2003-2004 with Parramatta Power - 20 goals

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Oz Football profile