Adem Poric (born 22 April 1973) is a soccer coach and former professional player, who is the chief executive and the head coach of

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, as well as the president of youth academy side Magic United. As a player, he was a midfielder from 1992 to 2002 and most notably played in the Premier League for Sheffield Wednesday. He also spent time in England playing in the

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with Southend United, Rotherham United and Notts County as well as Australian sides

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, Northern Spirit FC and City of Gold Coast. Born in England, he was capped twice by Australia U20.

Club career

During the 1991–92 season he had an unsuccessful trial at

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, playing in three reserve team games. Sheffield Wednesday signed Poric for £60,000 from

on 1 October 1993. He found it difficult to break into the first team at

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and loan spells at Southend United and Rotherham United followed. He made just 13 league appearances in two seasons for the Owls, then a Premier League side, under Trevor Francis. He eventually joined Notts County on a free transfer on 27 March 1998. He had not appeared in a competitive game for Sheffield Wednesday for almost three years by this stage, his last appearance coming as a substitute against

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in a 1–0 defeat at

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in the league on 7 May 1995.

International career

He represented

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at youth level.

Coaching career

Poric has returned to Australia where he is involved in running the Total Football Academy. The Academy has developed links to Sheffield Wednesday with the first of an anticipated influx of academy players coming to

in September 2008. He is the president of Magic United. He is now also the Head Coach and CEO of

Personal life

Poric was born in London, England to Australian parents of Bosnian heritage.

References

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* 1973 births Living people Australian men's soccer players English men's footballers English people of Australian descent Premier League players Notts County F.C. players Rotherham United F.C. players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Sydney Olympic FC players Men's association football midfielders English emigrants to Australia {{Australia-footy-midfielder-stub