Jason Polak
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jason Polak | ||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1968 | ||
| Playing position | CM, LM, CF | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Retired | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1987 | Watford F.C. | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1987-1989 | Sydney Olympic | 14 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Panathinaikos | 3 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | De Graafschap | 17 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | South Melbourne | 21 | (2) |
| 1995–1996 | Brisbane Strikers | 27 | (1) |
| 1996–1999 | South Melbourne | 56 | (5) |
| 1999–2000 | Canberra Cosmos | 23 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 1988–1996 | Australia | 32 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Jason Polak (born 9 January 1968) is an Australian former association football player.
Playing career
Club career
Polak began his National Soccer League career with Sydney Olympic in 1989 after having spent three years at the Australian Institute of Sport.[1] In the 1989/90 season Polak spent time with Greek club Panathinaikos.[2]
International career
In 1985 Polak was selected for an Australian Schoolboys team to tour the United Kingdom, however he did not tour.[3]
In 1987, Polak played three matches for the Australia national under-20 football team at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.[4]
Polak made his debut for the Australia national association football team in 1988 against Fiji in Newcastle. He played his last match in 1996 in Australia's defeat of Tahiti in the second leg of the 1996 OFC Nations Cup final in Canberra.[4][5]
In 1989 Polak made three appearances for the Australia national futsal team at the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship.[4][6]
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 June 1994 | Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia |  South Africa | 1 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 21 September 1996 | Pretoria, South Africa |  Kenya | 1 | 4–0 | Friendly |
References
- ↑ "Australian Player Database – P". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ↑ "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ↑ "AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLBOYS TEAMS 1977–2009". NSW Schools Football. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "FIFA Player Statistics: Jason POLAK". FIFA. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ↑ The Australian National Men’s Football Team: Caps And Captains. Football Federation Australia.
- ↑ "Futsalroo Internationals for 1989". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
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