Thomas Carl Veart (born 21 May 1970 in

Whyalla Whyalla was founded as "Hummocks Hill", and was known by that name until 1916. It is the fourth most populous city in the Australian state of South Australia after Adelaide, Mount Gambier and Gawler and along with Port Pirie and Port Augusta ...

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, Australia) is an Australian former

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who is the head coach for

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Club career

He previously played in England for

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and

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. During his time at

he earned the affectionate title of "goal machine". Whilst at Sheffield United he is remembered for scoring the winning goal against

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side

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in the

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. He scored the first ever goal in the newly formed

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against the

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in a 1–0 opening day victory. Veart retired from football on 23 May 2007, after Adelaide United's match against Vietnamese team Gach Dong Tam Long An in the

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. He works at Adelaide United, as the

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International career

He made his debut for the

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in 1992 and played 18 'A' matches, scoring 7 goals.

Honours

With

: * A-League Premiership: 2005–2006 With

Adelaide City Adelaide City Football Club is a soccer club based in Adelaide, South Australia. The club was known historically as Juventus — the original name given to the club by its founders in Adelaide's Italian community. Adelaide City is one of Aust ...

: * NSL Championship: 1991–1992, 1993–1994 * NSL Cup: 1989, 1991–1992

Managerial statistics

References

External links

Adelaide United profile

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Veart, Carl 1970 births Living people People from Whyalla Association football forwards Australian soccer players Australian expatriate soccer players Australia international soccer players A-League Men players FFSA Super League players Premier League players Salisbury United FC players Adelaide City FC players Adelaide United FC players Crystal Palace F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players National Soccer League (Australia) players Olympic soccer players of Australia Expatriate footballers in England Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1998 OFC Nations Cup players