Clayton Zane

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Clayton Zane
Personal information
Full name Clayton Zane
Date of birth July 12, 1977 (1977-07-12) (age 30)
Place of birth    Newcastle, Australia
Height 1,93 m.
Playing position striker
Club information
Current club retired
Youth clubs
1985-1993
1993-1995		 Cessnock Hornets
Adamstown Rosebud
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1995-1998
1998-2000
2000
2001-2002
2002-2005		 Newcastle Breakers
Northern Spirit FC
Molde F.K.
Lillestrøm S.K.
R.S.C. Anderlecht
career totals		 70 (17)
30 (3)
14 (0)
29 (18)
10 (2)
163 (40)   
National team2
2000-2001 Flag of Australia Australia 14 (6)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 24 December 2005.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 22 August 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Clayton Zane (born July 12, 1977) is a retired Australian international football player. His last club was R.S.C. Anderlecht, but he ended his career in late 2005 after being injured for two years.

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[edit] Club career

Zane was first brought to Europe as a relative unknown by Norwegian team Molde. After scoring no goals in 14 matches he was deemed a failure and sold to Lillestrøm. In his first season in Lillestrøm he ended top scorer of the Norwegian Premier League with 17 goals and he was voted Norwegian Player of the Year some weeks later. He was then sold to Anderlecht in 2002.

[edit] International career

Zane represented Australia at the 2001 Confederations Cup and is best remembered for scoring the only goal when the Aussies defeated subsequent champion France in the group stage. He scored a hat-trick for Australia against Cook Islands in June 2000. Zane was a member of the Australian squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

[edit] Life after football

He is currently training to become a football manager in London, England, and works at Queens Park Rangers FC, where he coaches the under 16s.

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Preceded by
Thorstein Helstad		 Norwegian top scorer
2001		 Succeeded by
Harald Martin Brattbakk
v • d • e
Australia squad - 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
1 Schwarzer • 2 Muscat • 3 Moore • 4 Okon • 5 Vidmar • 6 Popovic • 7 Lazaridis • 8 Skoko • 9 Aloisi • 10 Emerton • 11 Zdrilic • 12 Bolton • 13 Bresciano • 14 Murphy • 15 Foxe • 16 Horvat • 17 Corica • 18 Chipperfield • 19 Vidmar • 20 Zane • 21 Thompson • 22 Sterjovski • 23 Jurić • Coach: Farina
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