Daniel Visevic (born 30 November 1988) is an Australian

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who plays as a

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. Visevic was born in Melbourne and played youth football for

St Albans Saints St Albans Saints Soccer Club is an Australian semi-professional soccer club based in St Albans, Victoria. Established by local Croatian Australians as Dinamo, the club is a regular participant in the Australian-Croatian Soccer Tournament. The c ...

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and the

Victorian Institute of Sport The Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) is the government-funded sporting institute of the Australian state of Victoria. It provides high performance sports programs for talented athletes, enabling them to achieve national and international succe ...

before starting his professional career for

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory e ...

. After just one competitive appearance for the Victory, Visevic moved back to the

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, where he played until a move to Croatia to play with

Dinamo Zagreb Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb ( en, Dinamo Zagreb Citizens' Football Club, link=yes, italics=yes), commonly referred to as GNK Dinamo Zagreb or simply Dinamo Zagreb (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Zagreb. Dinamo ...

in 2007. After spending time on loan with Lokomotiva Zagreb in 2008, Visevic returned to Victoria, where he subsequently played for a number of clubs at state level. Visevic represented Australia at under-17 level.

Early life

Visevic was born in

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. His parents both moved to Australia from

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as children, graduating from the

Club career

Visevic signed a four-week contract with

in May 2005, and made his professional debut in a loss to

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in the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament in what was the Victory's first ever competitive match. Visevic returned to the Victory in late 2006 on trial. In early 2007, Visevic joined German side

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on trial, playing for

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as a guest player in a friendly win over

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. In November 2007, Visevic began training with Croatian side

. He went on to sign with the club alongside Australian compatriot

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. In 2014, Visevic returned to

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, having previously played for the club in 2007. Visevic signed with

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in November 2014 ahead of the

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season. He left the club in October 2015 after winning the 2015

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Championship, having made 27 appearances and scored twice for the side. In November 2015, it was announced that

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had signed Visevic on a two-year contract. However, left Hume in May 2017 to sign with

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, having made only four appearances for Hume due to a shoulder injury. The move marked the first time Visevic had played below top-tier level in Victoria. Visevic's time at Altona was plagued by continuing shoulder issues, including a shoulder reconstruction, before he signed with

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in April 2017. In 2018 he played with the

Dandenong City SC Dandenong City Soccer Club, formerly known as Chelsea Hajduk, is an Australian soccer club based in the South-East region of Melbourne, Victoria. The club's home is at Frank Holohan Soccer Complex in the suburb of Endeavour Hills. They compete ...

in the

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league; Dandenong won the league, earning promotion to the

International career

Visevic played several games for the Australian under-17 team. He scored in a win over a youth team of

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on a South American tour. He also scored in a loss to the United States U-17 team. Visevic represented Australia in their victorious

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campaign, including scoring five goals in a 26–0 win over

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. The

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approached Visevic and fellow

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and

to represent Croatia internationally following Visevic's arrival in Zagreb in 2007. Croatian Football Federation President

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confirmed that contact had been made with the players, saying that their families wanted them to play for Croatia and that they were cooperating with the Federation.

Honours

Club

;Melbourne Knights *

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;Bentleigh Greens *

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;Dandenong City *

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International

;Australia U17 *

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Individual

Under-21 Player of the Year: 2006

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Visevic, Daniel 1988 births Living people Australian men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders Melbourne Victory FC players Richmond SC players Melbourne Knights FC players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players NK Lokomotiva Zagreb players St Albans Saints SC players Port Melbourne SC players Bentleigh Greens SC players Hume City FC players Preston Lions FC players Victorian Premier League players National Premier Leagues players Australia men's youth international soccer players Australian people of Croatian descent Victorian Institute of Sport alumni Australian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Australian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Soccer players from Melbourne