Tony Vidmar

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Tony Vidmar
Personal information
Date of birth	July 2, 1970
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Height	1.87 m
Position	Central Defender Full Back
Club information
Current club	Central Coast Mariners
Number	13
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1989–92 1993 1993–95 1995–97 1997–02 2002–03 2003–05 2005–06 2006–present	Adelaide City Germinal Ekeren Adelaide City NAC Breda Rangers Middlesbrough Cardiff City NAC Breda Central Coast Mariners	83 (10) 9 (1) 51 (5) 61 (4) 106 (8) 15 (0) 73 (2) 21 (0) 12 (1)
National team**
1991–06	Australia	76 (3)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 5, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of November 13, 2006.

Tony Vidmar (born July 4, 1970 in Adelaide) is an Australian football (soccer) player of Slovenian origin, currently playing with the Central Coast Mariners in the Australian A-League. He was a member of the Australian national team, competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for his native country, and is currently Australia's third highest capped player. His brother Aurelio Vidmar was also an Australian football player.

Highly criticised as one of the main weak points in the Australian defence under Frank Farina's tenure, Guus Hiddink's appointment sparked a tremendous improvement in his performance, culminating in an impressive performance in the second leg of the World Cup qualifying tie against Uruguay. Vidmar notably volunteered to take his team mate Marco Bresciano's kick in the penalty shootout (after the latter had been substituted through injury). This was successfully converted, giving Australia a 3-1 lead, and they subsequently won 4-2 on penalties.

On May 9, 2006 Vidmar announced he was withdrawing himself from World Cup team selection for medical reasons, specifically an irregular heart rhythm [1]. Doctors discovered this irregularity was due to a blood clot in his left coronary artery. Following an operation in London, Vidmar was given the all-clear to resume his professional football career. Vidmar announced his international retirement after the friendly fixture against Paraguay on Saturday, 7th October 2006, at which Australia drew 1-1.

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• Doctors give Vidmar all clear
• Vidmar joins Mariners
• Central Coast Mariners profile

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