Nik Mrdja

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Personal information
Nik Mrdja
Full name	Nik Mrdja
Date of birth	November 30, 1978 (1978-11-30) (age 29)
Place of birth	Perth, Australia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Central Coast Mariners
Number	9
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1997 1998 1998-1999 2000 2000-2003 2004-2005 2005 2005-present	Bayswater City Panthers Kingsway Olympic Canberra Cosmos Perth SC Perth Glory Olympiacos AIK Central Coast Mariners	03 0(0) 73 (25) 03 0(1) 12 0(2) 09 0(3)
National team²
2007	Australia	01 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Nik Mrdja (born 30 November 1978 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player of a Serbian Backround. He currently plays as a striker for the Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Honours
4 External links

[edit] Club career

He has the satisfaction of having scored the last goal of the now defunct NSL when he scored a golden goal winner in the Grand Final for Perth Glory against Parramatta Power. He earned the ire of Newcastle United Jets fans in 2005, when he broke Andrew Durante's leg^{[citation needed]} in a tackle during the Australian qualifiers for the Oceania Club Championship. He also scored a hat-trick in the same tournament, as Central Coast defeated Adelaide United 4-0. He later scored a hat-trick in the Mariners' 3-0 defeat of Queensland Roar in the Pre-Season Challenge Cup. This was to remain the high-point of Mrdja's season as he was injured from the final of the Pre-Season Challenge Cup. Mrdja scored his first goal for the Mariners on the 19th of November 2006 against the New Zealand Knights, after almost two years on the sidelines. It was his first in Australia since scoring the winner in the 2004 NSL Grand Final, a gap of 959 days.

[edit] International career

Mrdja made his debut for the Australian team in a friendly against Argentina, on 11 September 2007, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne.