10 Facts About Clayton Zane

Clayton Zane was born on 12 July 1977 and is an Australian association football coach and former player, who played as a striker.

Clayton Zane earned 14 caps for the Australia national team, scoring six goals.

Clayton Zane was first brought to Europe as a relative unknown by Norwegian team Molde.

Clayton Zane represented the Australia national team at the 2001 Confederations Cup and is best remembered for scoring the only goal when Australia defeated subsequent champion France in the group stage.

Clayton Zane scored a hat-trick for Australia against Cook Islands in June 2000.

Clayton Zane was a member of the Australian squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

On 9 August 2011, it was announced that Clayton Zane had signed a contract to be the coach of the Newcastle Jets W-League team.

In January 2014 Newcastle Jets head coach Gary van Egmond was sacked due to poor results and Clayton Zane was appointed interim head coach until the end of the season.

On 7 September 2016, Clayton Zane became the caretaker coach of the Newcastle Jets after the termination of Scott Miller.

Clayton Zane is regarded as well liked by the playing group and has a "Calming presence".