Dario Vidosic

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Dario Vidosic (born April 8, 1987 in Osijek, Croatia) is an Australian football (soccer) player, of Croatian descent. He currently plays as an attacking midfielder for the Australian A-League club Queensland Roar.

Vidosic's family moved to Australia in 1988 and settled in Brisbane. His father, Rado, is currently an Assistant Coach at Queensland Roar.

He previously played with the Queensland Lions in the 2003-04 season and also competed in the 2004 National Schoolboys football competition. Vidosic received a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport and trained in their football (soccer) programme before moving onto the A-League.

In October 2006, Vidosic was selected in the Australian Under-20 squad, known as the Young Socceroos, for the 2006 AFC Youth Championships in India.

[edit] Queensland Roar FC 2006-07 Season

In Round 1, Vidosic showed why he is considered one of the up and coming stars of Australian football. Coming on as a substitute in the second half, Vidosic set up a goal for Scotsman Simon Lynch before scoring a goal himself.

Vidosic started up front for Queensland Roar in Round 8 against Perth Glory and scored to make it 2 - 1 in the Roar's favour, before being substituted.

Queensland Roar FC - Current Squad
1 Willis | 2 Packer | 3 Buess | 4 Gibson | 5 McCloughan | 6 McLaren | 7 Wedau | 8 Murdocca | 9 Lynch | 10 Milicic | 11 Reinaldo | 12 Zhang | 13 Dilevski | 14 Griffin | 15 McKay | 16 Hyuk-Su Seo | 17 Mori | 18 Vidosic | 19 Ognenovski | 20 Reddy | 25 Recchia | 26 Kruse | Coach Farina