Ivan Necevski

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Personal information
Ivan Necevski
Full name	Ivan Necevski
Date of birth	February 25, 1980 (1980-02-25) (age 28)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Sydney FC
Number	20
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2001 2001 2001-2002 2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2006 2007-present	Penrith Panthers Illawarra Lions Bonnyrigg White Eagles Rockdale City Suns Canterbury-Marrickville Sydney United Penrith Panthers Newcastle Jets Sydney FC	21 (0) 14 (0) 22 (0) 00 (0) 03 (0) 01 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Ivan Necevski (born 2 February 1980) is a goalkeeper who currently plays in the Australian A-League for Sydney FC.

1 Club career
- 1.1 Sydney FC
2 Rumors
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Club career

He has previously played for the Penrith Panthers (Soccer), Illawarra Lions, Canterbury-Marrickville, Bonnyrigg White Eagles, Sydney United, Rockdale City Suns, and A-League clubs New Zealand Knights and Newcastle Jets.

[edit] Sydney FC

Necevski signed for Sydney in 2007 as a reserve behind Clint Bolton,^[1] and an ankle injury suffered in training kept him away from duties for the first three months of the season. He made his debut for Sydney on 27 November 2007 in an exhibition match against Los Angeles Galaxy, playing the second half.^[2] A hip injury to Bolton in December, gave Necevski his first A-League game with Sydney against Central Coast Mariners.

Necevski was the first choice keeper for Sydney at the Pan-Pacific Championship 2008, due to main keeper Clint Bolton resting a small injury sustained against Queensland Roar the week before. He played both of Sydney's matches, first against Houston Dynamo where Sydney went down in a crushing 3-0 loss, and against LA Galaxy where his mistake on a simple cross from David Beckham led to Galaxy's second goal in a 2-1 loss.

He is remaining at Sydney for the 2008-09 season.

[edit] Rumors

The future of Necevski at Sydney FC was undecided when rumors poured in saying that he was on his way to Real Madrid for a record-breaking fee of $160,000,000. He denied those rumors and said at a recent press conference that he was 100% committed to his current club. Recent rumors were washed off when Soccer magazine giants Four Four Two reported that clubs like Manchester United, Liverpool FC, AC Milan and Chelsea were interested in his services, those rumored were denied quickly by Ivans agent.