Mile Sterjovski
Personal information
Full name	Mile Sterjovski
Date of birth	27 May 1979 (1979-05-27) (age 29)
Place of birth	Wollongong, Australia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Right Winger, Second Striker
Club information
Current club	Derby County
Number	16
Youth clubs
1996–1998	Illawarra Wollongong Wolves AIS
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–1996 1997 1997–1999 1999–2000 2000–2004 2004–2007 2007 2008–	Wollongong Wolves Illawarra Lions Sydney United Parramatta Power Lille FC Basel Hacattepe S.K. Derby County	02 0(0) 37 (20) 31 (11) 91 (15) 73 (10) 24 0(8) 14 0(1)
National team2
1999 2000 2000–	Australia U-20 Australia U-23 Australia	06 0(3) 07 0(0) 39 0(7)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:09, 29 November 2008 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 17:19, 30 October 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Mile Sterjovski (Macedonian: Миле Стерјовски) (born 27 May 1979 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder of Macedonian origin, who currently plays for Derby County and the Australian national team.

Mile and his wife Sharon have 2 sons, Luka and their son Sonny was born on June 2nd, 2008.

[edit] Club career

Sterjovski has previously played for Lille OSC in Ligue 1, Parramatta Power, Sydney United and Wollongong Wolves in Australia. He joined Basel from Lille in the summer of 2004.

On 2 September 2007 Sterjovski scored on debut after coming off the bench for his new club Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ in their match against Fenerbahçe.

On January 9th 2008, Sterjovski announced his plan to leave Turkey for personal reasons relating to his family. He announced that he was in negotiations with Premier League side Derby County and joined them after work permit problems on the 24th of January, 2008. He made his debut as a substitute against Tottenham in a 3-0 defeat, and was a regular in the side towards the end of the season, usually playing out on the right wing. He scored his first goal for Derby in their 3-2 loss to Blackpool

[edit] International career

He made his Australian national team debut against Scotland in 2000. Sterjovski was selected to represent Australia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. In the build-up, he made an appearance in the Australia vs. Greece friendly at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and also played against Liechtenstein, scoring the first goal for the Socceroos in a 3-1 win. In the finals he started in the games against Brazil and against Croatia.

Sterjovski was selected for the first group match in Australia's 2007 Asian Cup campaign, starting against Oman and substituted in the 46th minute, which Australia drew 1–1. Due to illness Sterjovski did not feature further in Australia's failed campaign in its first Asian Cup. Sterjovski scored against Ghana during friendly match, at the Sydney Football Stadium but was sent off at the 85th minute after receiving a second Yellow Card on Ghana's Richard Manu. He scored again on 20 August in a friendly against South Africa in which the Socceroos drew 2-2.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Derby County profile
• Macedonian Football
• FFA - Socceroo profile
• Oz Football profile
• Mile Sterjovski career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Australia squad – 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Schwarzer • 2 Muscat • 3 Moore • 4 Okon • 5 T. Vidmar • 6 Popovic • 7 Lazaridis • 8 Skoko • 9 Aloisi • 10 Emerton • 11 Zdrilic • 12 Bolton • 13 Bresciano • 14 Murphy • 15 Foxe • 16 Horvat • 17 Corica • 18 Chipperfield • 19 A. Vidmar • 20 Zane • 21 Thompson • 22 Sterjovski • 23 Jurić • Coach: Farina

v • d • e Australia squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Schwarzer • 2 Muscat • 3 Moore • 4 Neill • 5 Vidmar • 6 Popovic • 7 Emerton • 8 Skoko • 9 Viduka • 10 Cahill • 11 Chipperfield • 12 Petkovic • 13 Wilkshire • 14 Colosimo • 15 Aloisi • 16 Zdrilic • 17 McKain • 18 Kalac • 19 Čulina • 20 Miličević • 21 Elrich • 22 Thompson • 23 Sterjovski • Coach: Farina

v • d • e Australia squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Schwarzer • 2 Neill • 3 Moore • 4 Cahill • 5 Culina • 6 Popovic • 7 Emerton • 8 Skoko • 9 Viduka • 10 Kewell • 11 Lazaridis • 12 Covic • 13 Grella • 14 Chipperfield • 15 Aloisi • 16 Beauchamp • 17 Thompson • 18 Kalac • 19 Kennedy • 20 Wilkshire • 21 Sterjovski • 22 Milligan • 23 Bresciano • Coach: Hiddink

v • d • e Australia squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup 1 Schwarzer • 2 Neill • 3 Kisnorbo • 4 Cahill • 5 Čulina • 6 Beauchamp • 7 Emerton • 8 Wilkshire • 9 Viduka • 10 Kewell • 11 Thompson • 12 Jones • 13 Grella • 14 Holman • 15 Aloisi • 16 Thwaite • 17 Valeri • 18 Petkovic • 19 Carle • 20 Burns • 21 Sterjovski • 22 Milligan • 23 Bresciano • Coach: Arnold