Steve Corica

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Steve Corica
Personal information
Full name	Steven Christopher Corica
Date of birth	March 24, 1973
Place of birth	Innisfail, Australia
Position	Centre Midfield
Club information
Current club	Sydney FC
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1990 - 1995 1995 1996 - 2000 2000 - 2001 2001 - 2004 2005 -	Marconi Stallions Leicester City Wolverhampton Wanderers Sanfrecce Hiroshima Walsall F.C. Sydney FC	103 (14) 16 (2) 100 (5) 43 (14) 44 (7) 29 (7)
National team**
1993 -	Australia	32 (5)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 8, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of November 8, 2006.

Steve Corica (born March 24, 1973 in Innisfail, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player for Australian A-League team Sydney FC. Playing primarily as an attacking midfielder, he is very versatile; he can play both centrally or outwide, or even pushed up as a support striker.

His career began at Marconi Stallions in Australia's now defunct National Soccer League, where he won the championship and was named Under 21 player of the year in season 1992/93. He then furthered his career by moving overseas, where he played in both England (with Leicester City, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Walsall) and the J. League in Japan (with Sanfrecce Hiroshima). He finally decided to return home after spending 10 years abroad.

Corica scored the only goal in Sydney FC's 1-0 victory over the Central Coast Mariners to help the team win the inaugural A-League Championship.

[edit] Representative honours

Corica has represented Australia at both youth and national team level. He represented Australia at the FIFA U-17 World Championship in Scotland in 1989. Although his team finished last in a very tough group, he did have his moments, such as scoring against Brazil in a 3-1 loss. In 1991, he was selected for the FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal, where Australia performed remarkably well and reached the semi finals before losing to the hosts. He then went on to play in two Olympic Games football tournament, the first being the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, where Australia made another impressive run to the semi finals, this time falling to Poland at the pemultimate stage. Four years later, he was part of the 1996 Olympics team in Atlanta. He was part of a generation of Australian players (including Paul Okon, Ned Zelic, Mark Bosnich and Zeljko Kalac) dubbed the "Golden Generation".

On April 16, 1993, Corica was given his full national team debut by the late Eddie Thomson (former national coach) against Kuwait in a friendly match in Singapore. He then went on to play for the national team, earning over 40 caps and scoring 6 goals. After a five year absence from the national team, he appeared in an Asia Cup qualifier against Kuwait on August 16, 2006 as one of eight Sydney FC players called up to the national team.

[edit] External Links

• Sydney FC profile
• Pint Culture profile

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