Eugene Galekovic

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Personal information
Eugene Galeković
Full name	Eugen-Josip Galeković
Date of birth	June 12, 1981 (1981-06-12) (age 26)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Adelaide United
Number	30
Youth clubs
	Chelsea Dingley Bulleen
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2000 2000-2001 2002-2004 2004 2005-2007 2007-present	Melbourne Knights Morwell Falcons South Melbourne Beira Mar Melbourne Victory Adelaide United	00 (0) 11 (0) 37 (0) 00 (0) 17 (0) 08 (0)
National team²
2004	Australia U-23
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 18 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Eugen-Josip "Eugene" Galeković (born June 12, 1981) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Adelaide United in the A-League.

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

[edit] Club career

Galeković's junior football was mostly played at Chelsea Hajduk in Melbourne's South-Eastern suburbs.

Galekovic started his career with Morwell based National Soccer League (NSL) side Gippsland Falcons as a 19-year-old in December 2000 before signing with South Melbourne the following season. He stayed with South Melbourne until the NSL's closure in 2003/04 where at season's end he secured a place on the list of Beira Mar in Portugal on the back of holding the number one spot for Australia's Olympic football campaign in Athens in 2004.

The period at Beira Mar was generally unsuccessful for Galekovic, with him seeing little first team action and thus, he returned to Melbourne to sign for the city's inaugural A-League side Melbourne Victory for season 2005/06, debuting in the opening match against Sydney.

Galeković played 11 matches for the season in an unusual goalkeeper rotation policy employed by Melbourne manager Ernie Merrick in which the other 10 matches saw teammate Michael Theoklitos in goal. Galeković has been second choice keeper for the Victory in the 2006/07 season but an injury to Theoklitos gave Galeković his first start of the season in the round 13 clash against Queensland Roar at Suncorp Stadium. On Tuesday 30th, October, Eugene signed for Melbourne Victory arch-rivals Adelaide United as a replacement for injured keeper Daniel Beltrame.

On the 20th January 2008, Galekovic kept his first clean sheet for Adelaide in a 2-0 win over Queensland at Hindmarsh Stadium.

[edit] A-League career statistics

(Correct as of 26 January 2008)

Club	Season	League			Finals			Asia			Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Melbourne Victory	2005–06	11	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	0	0
	2006–07	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0	0
	2007–08	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	0
Adelaide United	2007–08	11	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	0	0
Total											26	0	0