Eddie Krncevic
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Eduvard Krncevic | ||
Date of birth | 14 August 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Geelong, Australia | ||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1978 | Essendon Croatia | ||
1979–1981 | Marconi | 81 | (31) |
1981–1984 | Dinamo Zagreb | 40 | (7) |
1984 | MSV Duisburg | 18 | (3) |
1985 | Sydney Croatia | 3 | (3) |
1985–1986 | Cercle Brugge | 45 | (15) |
1986–1989 | Anderlecht | 84 | (52) |
1988 | → Marconi (loan) | 1 | (0) |
1989–1990 | Mulhouse | 29 | (7) |
1990–1992 | FC Liège | 38 | (6) |
1992–1995 | Eendracht Aalst | 51 | (12) |
1995–1996 | Charleroi | 17 | (4) |
1996–1997 | Gippsland Falcons | 19 | (5) |
National team | |||
1979 | Australia U20 | ||
1979–1989 | Australia | 35 | (17) |
Teams managed | |||
1997–1999 | Carlton SC | ||
1999–2001 | Marconi | ||
2001–2002 | South Melbourne | ||
2003 | Fawkner Blues | ||
2004–2005 | Maribyrnong Greens | ||
2007 | North Geelong Warriors | ||
2010–2011 | South Melbourne | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Eduvard "Eddie" Krncevic OAM (/ˈkrɛntʃəvɪk/ KRENCH-ə-vik;[1] Croatian: Edi Krnčević; born 14 August 1960) is a retired Australian footballer who played as a striker, and a current manager.
Football career[]
Club career[]
After playing his first four years of professional football in Australia, Krncevic moved to the land of his parents in 1981, joining Croatian side NK Dinamo Zagreb, where he had relative individual success, besides helping the side win one league and one cup.
Krnčević then played four months in the German second division with MSV Duisburg, after which he embarked on his most successful spell, ten and a half years in Belgium – with one season in France with FC Mulhouse in between – where he represented Cercle Brugge KSV, Royal Charleroi, R.S.C. Anderlecht, R.F.C. de Liège and K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst; he became the first Australian-born player to be crowned top scorer in a European league.
Even though silverware was hard to come even at Anderlecht, in 1988–89 Krnčević was crowned the league's top scorer at 23 goals, and helped the capital side to the domestic cup – in that competition, he scored in all three finals he won, the first being with Cercle.
In 1996, already at 36, Krncevic returned to his country and played one final season with the Gippsland Falcons. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he had a coaching career, with all the clubs hailing from his homeland, in the National Soccer League. Internationally, he opted to represent his birth country, scoring every other match in 35 caps, and helping the country to win the 1980 OFC Nations Cup.
International career[]
Krncevic was captain of the Australia team that won the 1980 Oceania Cup, of which only one match, an 11–2 defeat of Papua New Guinea, counted as a full international match.[2][3]
Honours[]
Club[]
- Essendon Croatia
- Victorian Champions (1): 1978
- Victorian State League Cup (1): 1978
- Ampol Cup (2): 1977, 1978
- Armstrong Cup (1): 1977
- Marconi
- National Soccer League (1): 1979
- NSL Cup (1): 1980
- Dinamo Zagreb
- Yugoslav League (1): 1981–82
- Yugoslav Cup (1): 1982–83
- Cercle Brugge
- Anderlecht
Country[]
- Australia
- OFC Nations Cup (1): 1980
Individual[]
- Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) – 2021[4]
- FFA Hall of Champions Inductee – 2000
- Belgian League: Top scorer 1988–89
- NSL: Papasavas Medal (U-21) 1979
References[]
- ^ "CFMEU World Cup Tipping Competition - Socceroo Eddie Krncevic's tips". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "Soccer - Australia wins Pacific title". The Canberra Times. Vol. 54, no. 16, 230. Australian Capital Territory. 3 March 1980. p. 14. Retrieved 9 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Howe, Andrew (12 October 2006). "Australian Full International Starting Captains as at 12 Oct 2006". The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains (PDF). Football Federation Australia. p. 12. Retrieved 9 March 2021 – via OzFootball.
- ^ "Mr Eduvard KRNCEVIC". It's An Honour. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
External links[]
- FFA – Hall of Fame profile
- Oz Football profile
- Eddie Krncevic at National-Football-Teams.com
- Eddie Krncevic at WorldFootball.net
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Geelong
- Australian people of Croatian descent
- Association football forwards
- Australian soccer players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Marconi Stallions FC players
- Sydney United 58 FC players
- Melbourne Knights FC players
- Yugoslav First League players
- GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- MSV Duisburg players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- RFC Liège players
- R. Charleroi S.C. players
- S.C. Eendracht Aalst players
- Ligue 1 players
- FC Mulhouse players
- Australia international soccer players
- Australian soccer coaches
- South Melbourne FC managers
- Gippsland Falcons players
- Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
- 1980 Oceania Cup players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Yugoslavia
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia
- Australian expatriate sportspeople in France