Tony Popovic

Tony Popovic
Popovic in 2013
Personal information
Full name Tony Popovic[1]
Date of birth (1973-07-04) 4 July 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Melbourne Victory (manager)
Youth career
Fairfield Bulls
Sydney United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1997 Sydney United 162 (14)
1994 → Canberra FC (loan) 5 (1)
1997–2001 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 87 (13)
2001–2006 Crystal Palace 123 (6)
2006–2007 Al-Arabi 17 (2)
2007–2008 Sydney FC 27 (1)
Total 421 (37)
National team
1988–1989 Australia U17 7 (2)
1990–1991 Australia U20 9 (1)
1992 Australia U23 4 (0)
1995–2006 Australia 58 (8)
Teams managed
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2]
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Total
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 7 0 7 0
Total 27 1 27 1
Career total 412 38 15 1 12 3 439 42
  1. ↑ Includes Emperor's Cup, FA Cup, Emir Cup.
  2. ↑ Includes J.League Cup, League Cup, Sheikh Jassem Cup.
  3. ↑ "Sydney Croatia" until 1993

International

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
6–0
5 16 April 2001 BCU International Stadium, Australia  Samoa
5–0
 11–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
6
11–0
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

Managerial statistics

As of 20 July 2023[3]
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Australia Western Sydney Wanderers 17 May 2012 1 October 2017 180 77 40 63 042.78
Turkey Karabükspor 1 October 2017 15 December 2017 11 3 0 8 027.27
Australia Perth Glory 11 May 2018 2 September 2020 60 30 13 17 050.00
Greece Xanthi 2 September 2020 22 February 2021 9 4 3 2 044.44
Australia Melbourne Victory 21 April 2021 Present 63 28 13 22 044.44
Total 323 142 69 112 043.96

Honours

Player

Australia

Manager

Western Sydney Wanderers

Perth Glory

  • A-League Men: Premiers 2018–19
  • A-League Men Finals runner-up: 2019

Melbourne Victory

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Tony Popovic". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  3. ↑ "Tony Popovic". ALeague Stats. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.