Vic Bozanic (Croatian: Vic Božanić; born 30 October 1957) is an Australian former association footballer. He is the father of Oliver Bozanic[1][2] who has also played for the Australia national association football team.

Vic Bozanic
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-10-30) 30 October 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Adelaide, Australia
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977 Polonia
1978–1981 West Adelaide 90 (7)
1982–1983 Marconi 53 (10)
1984 APIA 20 (4)
1985 St George 17 (4)
1986–1987 APIA 24 (2)
1992 Central Coast
International career
1980 Australia 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Club career

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Bozanic played for Polonia Adelaide before moving to West Adelaide in the National Soccer League, where he scored what would become the championship winning goal in the last game of the 1978 season against Adelaide City.

He later played for NSL clubs APIA and St George.[1]

International career

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Bozanic played one full international match for Australia against Papua New Guinea at the 1980 OFC Nations Cup.[3] He played three matches for Australia at the tournament (only the match against PNG was a full international match), scoring two goals including a goal in the final against Tahiti.[1][4][5][6]

Honours

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International

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Australia

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Australian Player Database – B". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  2. ^ FitzGibbon, Liam (30 January 2007). "Reading signs Aussie teen". The Australian. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  3. ^ The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains. Football Federation Australia.
  4. ^ "Oceanian Cup 1980". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Oceanian Nations Cup 1980 – Goal Scorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Socceroo B Matches for 1980". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 29 December 2009.
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