Ante Kovacevic

Ante Kovacevic
Personal information
Full nameAnte Kovacevic
Date of birth13 June 1974
Place of birthMelbourne, Australia
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentral Defender
Club information
Current team
Canning City
Youth career
St Albans Saints
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1994St Albans Saints41(3)
1994–2000Melbourne Knights134(14)
1998Green Gully Cavaliers22(4)
2000–2003Adelaide City Force80(7)
2001Adelaide Raiders (loan)6(0)
2003–2004South Melbourne26(2)
2004–2005Selangor FA8(0)
2005–2007Perth Glory32(0)
2007–2011Floreat Athena
2012–Canning City
Total366(35)
Teams managed
2011Floreat Athena
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 April 2012.
† Appearances (Goals).

Andrew Kovacevic (born 13 June 1974 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for Floreat Athena.

Biography

Ante Kovacevic started off his senior career at St Albans Dinamo in '92, the club at which he played as a junior for some time. He spent two years in the senior team at Dinamo, making 41 appearances before moving to Dinamo's sister club Melbourne Knights in '94. At the Knights, Ante won back to back NSL titles in '95 and '96, the NSL cup in '95 and the Dockerty Cup in '96 over the six years that he spent there. Kovacevic had a short spell at Green Gully Cavaliers in '98.

Ante made his first interstate move in 2000, when he moved to NSL club Adelaide City FC. He spent three years there and had a short spell at Croatian backed club Adelaide Raiders in the meantime, making six appearances for the club in 2001.

Kovacevic then returned to Melbourne in 2003 to play for South Melbourne FC. The next year, Ante made his first overseas move as he left for Selangor FA, a side in the Malaysia Super League. He spent just the one year with the Malaysians before returning to play football in Australia.

He signed a two year contract with A-League side Perth Glory in 2005 and retired after his contract ran out.

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