11 Facts About Bobby Despotovski

Slobodan "Bobby" Despotovski was born on 14 July 1971 and is an Australian soccer player who played 12 seasons in the top tier of Australian soccer.

Bobby Despotovski played in National Soccer League for Heidelberg United and Morwell Falcons before moving to Perth Glory where he played eight seasons in the NSL and two in the A-League.

When Bobby Despotovski was 15 he had a choice to continue either handball which he says had always played a large part in his life, or to pursue a career in professional football, eventually he chose football and was selected to play for the reserve team at his first senior club, Dinamo Pancevo.

Bobby Despotovski's career took off when he received a call from the then Perth Glory general manager, Roger Lefort.

Bobby Despotovski was in the centre of a controversy when playing against the Melbourne Knights at the Knights Stadium on 21 May 2001 he gave a three fingered salute to the predominantly Croatian crowd which is a Serbian Orthodox symbol that represents Orthodox Christianity.

Bobby Despotovski was one of the most successful strikers in the now defunct Australian National Soccer League.

Bobby Despotovski was with the Western Australian team Perth Glory for 10 years, and holds their all-time goal scoring record.

Bobby Despotovski finished the season as joint top goal scorer of the league and winner of the Johnny Warren Medal.

Bobby Despotovski played 4 games for Australia, three of them at the 2002 OFC Nations Cup where he blasted four goals past the New Caledonia goalkeeper.

Bobby Despotovski was the coach of Inglewood United in 2007, and the coach of Perth boys school Hale School's 1st XI Soccer side in 2008.

Bobby Despotovski was variously the coach of the Perth Glory NPL U20s team and the Perth Glory's Women's team between 2015 and 2020.