Ante Covic
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| Full name | Ante Covic | |
| Date of birth | June 13, 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
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| Current club | Newcastle Jets | |
| Number | 1 | |
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| Hurstville ZSC | ||
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| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1996-1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001 2002-2006 2007-present |
APIA Leichhardt Marconi Stallions PAOK Salonika NK Dinamo Zagreb Hammarby Newcastle Jets |
23 (0) 46 (0) 8 (0) 0 (0) 121 (0) 33 (0) |
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| 2006-present |  Australia |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Ante Covic [ˈaːntɛ ˈtʃɔːʋitɕ] (born June 13, 1975) is an Australian football (soccer) player of Croatian descent. He is a goalkeeper who currently plays for Newcastle United Jets in the Australian A-League. Covic, who was a member of the Australian national squad as third-string goalkeeper in the 2006 FIFA World Cup Finals in Germany, is currently the No. 2 'keeper for the Socceroos.
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[edit] Club career
He formerly played for Hammarby in Sweden, as well as Marconi Stallions and Sydney Olympic in Australia's old National Soccer League, PAOK Salonika and AO Kavala in Greece and Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia.
[edit] Newcastle Jets
Covic made his A-League debut in a 3-2 loss to Adelaide United in December 2006 at Hindmarsh Stadium. His performances since his return to the A-League have prompted many to question the wisdom of spending a large proportion of the team budget on a goalkeeper. Indeed, his lack of form since his return to Australia have seen him slip down the national team pecking order behind Adam Federici, Brad Jones, Michael Petkovic and Danny Vukovic at a time when he would have hoped to have established himself as a real successor to Mark Schwarzer after Zeljko Kalac's international retirement. After his bad start, however, Covic has begun to find his form of old, keeping 4 clean sheets in his last 7 Hyundai A-League games, and with his giant figure standing in front of the Jets goal they are expected to be a very tough defensive outfit this new A-League season. During 07/08 he was in tremendous form and only narrowly missed out on goalkeeper of the year which was won by Victory keeper Michael Theokolitos although many felt either Covic or Sydney keeper Clint Bolton should have received the award.
[edit] International career
He was part of the Australian squad for the 2006 World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and was Australia's third choice goalkeeper behind Mark Schwarzer and Željko Kalac for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. He made his debut for Australia against Bahrain on February 22, 2006 in an Asian Cup qualifier. On March 22, 2008 he earned his second cap against Singapore in an international friendly and was captain for part of the second half after Harry Kewell and Jade North left the field.
[edit] Honours
With Newcastle Jets:
Personal Honours:
- Newcastle Jets Player's Player of the Year: 2007-2008
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