Adrian Santrac (born 29 June 1958) is an Australian soccer coach and former player for

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and West Adelaide in the

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Playing career

Santrac was born in

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, on 29 June 1958. A

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, Santrac played 170 games in the

. He played for

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and Adelaide City FC.

Coaching career

When Santrac retired from playing, he was assistant coach of West Adelaide Sharks in the men's National Soccer League for four years, after which he became head coach of the West Adelaide Sharks for two years. He was the assistant coach of the Australia U23 national team from 1998 and into the Sydney

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. He was named coach of the Australia women's national team in November 2001, taking part in the 2003 Women's World Cup and 2004 Athens Olympic Games. In December 2004, he was replaced as the Australian women's national football coach by

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. He was also head coach of the Australian Women's Youth Team in 2004 which competed in the U/19 Youth World Cup in Thailand.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Santrac, Adrian Living people 1958 births Australian people of Serbian descent Australian men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders West Adelaide SC players Australian soccer managers 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup managers Australia women's national soccer team managers Soccer players from Adelaide