1. Ante Covic was born on 13 June 1975 and is an Australian football manager and former soccer goalkeeper, and is the current manager of Bankstown City in NSW League One.
16 Facts About Ante Covic
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Ante Covic is married to Vanessa Covic and has two children, Emelie and Christopher.
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Ante Covic formerly played for Marconi Stallions and Sydney Olympic in Australia's National Soccer League, PAOK and Kavala in Greece and Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia.
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About a month into the Swedish Allsvenskan series, Ante Covic made his debut between the posts and after that he was more or less given in the starting eleven.
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Ante Covic was the starting goalkeeper for Newcastle Jets in the 2007 season, in which he won the A-League championship.
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On 17 March 2009, it was announced that Ante Covic was leaving the Jets for a three-year deal with Swedish club IF Elfsborg.
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On 4 October 2011, Ante Covic signed a one-year deal with Melbourne Victory as an injury replacement for Tando Velaphi, who was ruled out for 12 weeks.
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Ante Covic debuted in the opening game of the A-League season against Sydney FC at the Etihad Stadium.
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Ante Covic was again named man of the match after the Melbourne Derby two weeks later.
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On 2 July 2012, Ante Covic joined A-League expansion club Western Sydney Wanderers on a free transfer.
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The Wanderers performed above expectations and won the Premier's Plate in their maiden season, with Ante Covic being named in the inaugural A-League All-Star team.
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Ante Covic helped his side to win 2014 AFC Champions League, keeping 8 clean sheets in 12 matches.
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In June 2016, at the end of his contract, Ante Covic decided to leave Perth Glory to return east to be closer to his family, and joined Rockdale City Suns in January 2017.
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Ante Covic retired from football at the end of the 2018 NPL season in November 2018, after two seasons at the club, to take a position as goalkeeper coach for Marconi Stallions.
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Ante Covic was part of the Australian squad for the 2006 World Cup play-offs against Uruguay and was Australia's third choice goalkeeper behind Mark Schwarzer and Zeljko Kalac for the finals in Germany.
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Ante Covic made his debut for Australia against Bahrain on 22 February 2006 in an Asian Cup qualifier.