Daniel Koprivcic (born 3 August 1981) is a retired footballer who played for

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and

Waitakere United Waitakere United was a football club based in Waitakere City, New Zealand. They were one of the franchises in the ISPS Handa Premiership. They played their home games at Fred Taylor Park in Kumeu and The Trusts Arena. History Waitakere United ...

in the

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(NZFC). He scored many goals for former clubs

and Auckland City in not only the national league but the

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. He holds the record as the only player to participate in the

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six times.

Early life

Koprivcic was born in Croatia and emigrated to New Zealand with his family in his early teens in 1995.

Club career

Early career

Koprivcic played his early football for

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in Auckland, later moving to

Mangere United Mangere United is a community football club football (soccer) club in Mangere, Auckland, New Zealand. They are currently a member of the Auckland Football Federation. In 2018, Mangere United went in a partnership with fellow South Auckland cl ...

Waitakere United

He played for NZFC club

from 2006–2009 and also appeared for the club in the

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, and the

2008 FIFA Club World Cup The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental c ...

for Waitakere.

Auckland City

In 2009, he moved to

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where he scored 4 goals in 13 appearances, as well as notching up 6 appearances in the

2009–10 OFC Champions League The 2009–10 OFC Champions League, also known as the 2010 O-League for short, was the 9th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 4th seas ...

and scoring 7 goals. His most valuable time at Auckland City came when he was selected to represent the team at the

2009 FIFA Club World Cup The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played from 9 to 19 December 2009. It was the sixth FIFA Club World Cup and was played in A ...

in which Auckland City finished 5th out of 7th, the best an Oceania team had ever finished. At the

2011 FIFA Club World Cup The 2011 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2011 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament that was played from 8 to 18 December 2011. It was the eighth edition of the FIFA Club Worl ...

, he became the first player to compete at four Club World Cups. He went on to make two further tournament appearances, his last at the 2013 competition. Koprivcic retired in 2014.

International career

In 2003 Koprivcic was called up for an Under-23 international between New Zealand U-23 and Japan U-23 in Kobe. He came on as a substitute in a 4–0 loss.

Honours

Club

With

Premiers: 2007 *

Champions 2007, 2008 *

7th: 2007, 2008 *

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Champions:

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With

5th: 2009

Individual

Golden Ball:

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* Daniel Koprivcic has the record number of participations in the FIFA Club World Cup, taking part in the six tournaments: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013

References

External links

Auckland City FC profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Koprivcic, Daniel 1981 births Living people Footballers from Osijek New Zealand men's association footballers Auckland City FC players Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand Croatian emigrants to New Zealand Men's association football forwards