20 Facts About Mile Sterjovski

Mile Sterjovski was born on 27 May 1979 and is an Australian former professional soccer player.

Mile Sterjovski played predominantly as a right winger or as a second striker, but played as a left winger and central midfielder.

Mile Sterjovski played youth football with Wollongong Wolves and the AIS before making his senior debut for Wolves in the National Soccer League.

Mile Sterjovski spent time in Switzerland and Turkey before joining Derby in the English Premier League.

Mile Sterjovski eventually returned to Australia to play in the A-League for Perth Glory and Central Coast Mariners, separated by a period playing for Dalian Aerbin in the Chinese Super League.

Mile Sterjovski then returned to the A-league to win the championship with the Central Coast Mariners.

Mile Sterjovski played for the Australia national team from 2000 to 2010, making 43 appearances and scoring 8 goals, including three games at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and an international hat-trick against Tahiti.

Mile Sterjovski began playing as a junior with the Wollongong Olympic Junior Soccer Club and Lake Height Junior Football Club.

Mile Sterjovski began his career in Australia at Wollongong Wolves and briefly played for Illawarra Lions before making a name for himself with successful spells at Sydney United and Parramatta Power.

On 14 May 2004, it was announced that Mile Sterjovski had signed a three-year contract with FC Basel.

Mile Sterjovski played in all ten of these European matches, scoring two goals.

Mile Sterjovski's contract was not renewed and so he left the club.

Mile Sterjovski scored 15 goals in the domestic league, seven in the cup, three in the European games and the other 13 were scored during the test games.

On 2 September 2007, Mile Sterjovski scored on his debut after coming off the bench for his new club Genclerbirligi OFTAS in their match against Fenerbahce.

On 9 January 2008, Mile Sterjovski announced his plan to leave Turkey for personal reasons relating to his family.

Mile Sterjovski announced that he was in negotiations with Premier League side Derby County and joined them after work permit problems on 24 January 2008.

On 5 February 2014, Mile Sterjovski announced that he will retire at the end of the season.

Mile Sterjovski made his Australia national team debut against Scotland in 2000.

Mile Sterjovski was selected to represent Australia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

Mile Sterjovski scored against Ghana during a friendly match at the Sydney Football Stadium, but was sent off in the 85th minute after receiving a second yellow card for a tackle on Ghana's Richard Manu.