Antoni Sarcevic

Antoni Sarcevic

Sarcevic playing for Fleetwood Town in 2013
Personal information
Full nameAntoni Charles Sarcevic[1]
Date of birth13 March 1992
Place of birthManchester, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Fleetwood Town
Number18
Youth career
Manchester City
2008–2009Woodley Sports
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2009–2010Woodley Sports
2010–2011Crewe Alexandra12(1)
2010→ Chester (loan)4(0)
2011–2013Chester60(15)
2013–Fleetwood Town78(15)
National team
2013England C1(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:42, 27 April 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Antoni Charles Sarcevic (born 13 March 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays for Fleetwood Town as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Manchester, Greater Manchester,[2] Sarcevic was in the youth system of boyhood club Manchester City aged seven to 15,[3] before joining the youth system at Woodley Sports in 2008.[4] He made his first team debut for Woodley in August 2009 and was offered a trial with Premier League club Blackburn Rovers during the 2009–10 season.[4] Sarcevic was signed by League Two side Crewe Alexandra for an undisclosed fee in May 2010, on a one-year contract with an option to extend for a further year.[5]

Chester

He was loaned out to Northern Premier League Division One North club Chester in October 2010.[6] After two goals in seven appearances he was recalled to Crewe by Dario Gradi.[7] Impressive in his loan spell,[8] he scored on his Crewe debut on 1 February 2011, the last goal of a 6–2 defeat to Northampton Town.[9] On 23 November 2011 he returned to Chester as a permanent signing.[10] During his first two seasons with Chester, they were promoted twice to the Football Conference, in the process winning the Northern Premier League Premier Division, Peter Swales Shield, Conference North and Cheshire Senior Cup. After impressive performances for Chester Sarcevic reportedly attracted interest from football league clubs and won a call up to the England C.[11]

Fleetwood Town

On 26 June 2013 Fleetwood Town signed Antoni Sarcevic for an undisclosed fee.[12] He made his debut for the club as Fleetwood Town beat Dagenham & Redbridge 3–1. On 23 November Sarcevic scored his first Football League hat-trick in the 5–4 home victory against Mansfield Town 5–4.[13] His 15th goal of the season was a 75th-minute free-kick in the play-off final against Burton Albion on 26 May, which won promotion to League One.[14]

International career

Antoni was called up to England C for the first to face Bermuda in a friendly on 5 May 2013. He scored the first goal in the game.[15]

Personal life

He is of Italian and Serbian descent.[3]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 April 2015.
Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crewe Alexandra 2010–11[16] League Two 6100000061
2011–12[17] League Two 6010003[lower-alpha 1]0100
Total 121100030161
Chester (loan) 2010–11[18] NPL Division One North 4000—3[lower-alpha 2]272
Chester 2011–12[19] NPL Premier Division 23300—3[lower-alpha 3]1264
2012–13[20] Conference North 371241—6[lower-alpha 4]44717
Total 641541—1278023
Fleetwood Town 2013–14[21] League Two 421330108[lower-alpha 5]25415
2014–15[22] League One 36210101[lower-alpha 6]0392
Total 78154020929317
Career total 15431912024918941
  1. ↑ Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. ↑ Two appearances and two goals in Northern Premier League President's Cup, one appearance in Cheshire Senior Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in FA Trophy
  4. ↑ Four appearances and four goals in Cheshire Senior Cup, two appearances in FA Trophy
  5. ↑ Five appearances and one goal in Football League Trophy, three appearances and one goal in League Two play-offs
  6. ↑ One appearance in Football League Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/11/2011 and 30/11/2011" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 3. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Crewe Alex: Sarcevic aiming to prove to boss he's no long-shot selection". The Sentinel (Stoke). 22 August 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Badcock, Matt (11 June 2013). "Taste Of The Caribbean? Paradise For Me Is Chester!". The Non-League Football Paper (London). Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Alex snap up Sarcevic". Manchester Evening News. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Crewe Alexandra sign Woodley Sports' Antoni Sarcevic". BBC Sport. 13 May 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Chester FC swoop for Antoni Sarcevic and Steve Beck". Liverpool Echo. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  7. ↑ "Crewe recall Antoni Sarcevic from Chester loan". BBC Sport. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "Antoni Sarcevic poised for Crewe Alexandra call-up". BBC Sport. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  9. ↑ "Northampton 6 – 2 Crewe". BBC Sport. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  10. ↑ "CCrewe Alex: Antoni Sarcevic happy to move on". Crewe Chronicle. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  11. ↑ "England C news: squad selected for Bermuda Trip". England C. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  12. ↑ "Fleetwood Town sign Chester midfielder". Chester FC. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  13. ↑ "Fleetwood's Antoni Sarcevic scored a stoppage-time penalty after Mansfield had equalised in the 89th minute". Fleetwood. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  14. ↑ "Sky Bet League Two play-off final: Fleetwood beat Burton 1-0 to earn promotion". Sky Sports News. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  15. ↑ Norris, Tom (6 June 2013). "Three Lions pride for Chester FC hero Sarcevic". The Leader (Wrexham). Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Antoni Sarcevic in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Antoni Sarcevic in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  18. ↑ "Statistics 2010/11". Chester F.C. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  19. ↑ "Statistics 2011/12". Chester F.C. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  20. ↑ "Statistics 2012/13". Chester F.C. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Antoni Sarcevic in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Antoni Sarcevic in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

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