Lucy Zelić

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lucy Zelić
Born (1986-11-09) 9 November 1986 (age 34)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
NationalityAustralian
OccupationTelevision presenter
EmployerSpecial Broadcasting Service
TelevisionThe World Game
Partner(s)Corey Gameiro
Children1

Lucy Zelić (born 9 November 1986)[1] is an Australian television presenter .

Career[]

Zelić was the host of Canberra radio station 2XX FM's football show "The Far Post". She later became a commentator for Canberra United F.C. W-League matches for the radio station, and was a guest-host on the Balls n' All football show on 106.3FM.[2] Zelić hosted Football Federation Australia's official A-League podcast for the 2012–13 A-League season and is a former host of the nationally streamed football podcast Nearpost.[3]

Zelić joined SBS in 2013, where she began as a sideline reporter for SBS's Friday night coverage of the A-League and sports television segment presenter for SBS World News Australia.[3][1] In 2014, she also shared hosting responsibilities with David Zdrilic and hosted SBS's coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.[citation needed]

She then started hosting the weekly football program The World Game.[citation needed]

In 2018, Zelić appeared as a guest quiz master on Have You Been Paying Attention?. Zelić hosted SBS's coverage of the 2018 World Cup along with Craig Foster.[4]

In June 2021, it was announced that Zelić will leaves SBS after almost eight years of broadcasting career.[5]

Personal life[]

Zelić was born to Croatian parents. She is the younger sister of former football players Ivan Zelic and Ned Zelić.[6][7] She supports Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund.[8][9] Zelić was a Miss Universe Australia finalist in 2007,[1] and holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Sports Business from the University of Canberra.[3] She has also been nominated in Cosmopolitan Australia's 2014 Fun, Fearless, Female television personality category, was a 2014 Logies 'newcomer' award nominee and a Peter Leonard Scholarship nominee in 2010.

On 7 November 2018 Zelić announced that she is expecting her first child with partner Corey Gameiro.[10][needs update]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Page, Fleta. "More than just a pretty face". Canberra Times. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Lucy Zelic joins SBS A League Team". TV Tonight. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "News Media Releases : View : SBS Corporate". www.sbs.com.au. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. ^ "How to watch all the simultaneous World Cup games LIVE". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. ^ Jaspan, Calum (4 June 2021). "The World Game duo Lucy Zelić and Nick Stoll depart SBS". Mumbrella. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. ^ Zelić, Lucy (3 March 2014). "There is room for us all in this beautiful game". The World Game. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Lucy Zelic signs on for SBS football coverage | The Football Sack". www.thefootballsack.com. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ Rota, Genevieve (21 November 2018). "'It feels quite surreal': Lucy Zelić expecting first child with football star". Canberra Times. Retrieved 21 November 2018.

External links[]


Flag of AustraliaSoccer icon

This biographical article related to Australian football (soccer) is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Stub icon

This biographical article related to television in Australia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""