Aurelio Vidmar

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Personal information
Aurelio Vidmar
Image:Aurelio Vidmar.jpg
Full name	Aurelio Vidmar
Date of birth	February 3, 1967
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Nickname	Viddie
Position	Assistant Coach
Club information
Current club	Adelaide United FC
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1985-1991 1991-92 1992-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996 1996-98 1998-99 1999-2003 2003-04	Adelaide City K.V. Kortrijk K.S.V. Waregem Standard Liège Feyenoord Sion CD Tenerife Sanfrecce Hiroshima Adelaide City Adelaide United	157 (29) 30 (10) 57 (25) 32 (22) 15 (2) 13 (7) 25 (1) ?? (??) 110 (21) 27 (2)
Teams managed
2005-	Adelaide United
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Aurelio Vidmar (born February 3, 1967 in Adelaide) is an Australian football (soccer) player of Slovenian origin. He retired from playing in 2005 at Adelaide United; he remains at the club as Assistant Coach. He is the older brother of Tony Vidmar, also an Australian football player. He previously played in Europe in the mid 1990's in Belgium, where he was the league's top scorer in the 1994-95 season. He also played in Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands and in Japan. He captained the Australian national team for several years.

[edit] World Cup Campaigns

Vidmar was a member of the Socceroos team for 12 years and was a member of three unsuccessful FIFA World Cup campaigns. He played and scored against Diego Maradona's Argentina in 1993, he played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against Iran in 1997 when a 2-0 lead slipped from Australia's grasp and he played at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo when the Aussies were soundly beaten 3-0 by a more prepared Uruguay. He announced his international retirement shortly after this loss. His Socceroo career included 53 caps and 18 goals.