David Tarka

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David Tarka
Full name	David Tarka
Date of birth	February 11, 1983 (1983-02-11) (age 25)
Place of birth	Perth, Australia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Centre Back
Club information
Current club	Perth Glory
Number	3
Youth clubs
2000-2001	Spearwood Dalmatinac Fremantle United AIS
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-present	Perth Glory Nottingham Forest Perth Glory	45 (1) 00 (0) 24 (1)
National team²
2003 2004 2004	Australia U-20 Australia U-23 Australia	02 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 4 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

David Tarka (born February 10, 1983 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He currently plays as a central defender for A-League club Perth Glory. This is David's second spell at the club after he had a nightmare run of injuries while at Nottingham Forest F.C.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 A-League career statistics
4 Honours
5 External links

[edit] Club career

David was an Australian youth international and was an Australian schoolboy international in 1999. David helped the Australia under 20 team qualify for the 2003 World Youth Championships in the UAE and played in the Australia under 23 team's 2004 Olympic Games Qualifiers. David turned down a chance for a trial at West Ham in April 2003, instead staying in Australia to help Perth Glory win the NSL championship. In the middle of 2003 Tarka moved to Nottingham Forest in England for a fee of £100,000.

[edit] International career

David earned his two full international caps against Vanuatu and Solomon Islands in 2004 and his excellent performances in the 2006/2007 A-League season has led to talk of a recall to the Socceroos for the talented defender. Unfortunately for David a serious knee injury was sustained during his first game of the season ageinst Newcastle United Jets which will likely see him out of action for the rest of the season.

[edit] A-League career statistics

(Correct as of 10 June 2008)

Club	Season	League			Finals			Asia			Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Perth Glory	2005–06	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0	0
	2006–07	20	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	1	0
	2007–08	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	0
Total											24	1	0