Gabriel Popovic (born 28 July 2003) is an Australian professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian club

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Club career

On 7 August 2019, he made his professional debut against

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in the

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. On 10 August 2023, Popovic signed with

in Italian third-tier

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Personal life

Popovic is the son of former

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and

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player

Tony Popovic Tony Popovic (born 4 July 1973) is an Australian association football manager and former player. He is the current manager of A-League club Melbourne Victory. As a player Popovic's usual position was centre-back. Starting in 1989 at Sydney Un ...

, and the younger brother of

Kristian Popovic Kristian Popovic (born 14 August 2001) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Macarthur. Club career Perth Glory On 18 April 2019, at 17 years of age, Kristian Popovic made his first appearance for P ...

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* 2003 births Living people Footballers from Westminster Australian people of Croatian descent Men's association football forwards Australian men's soccer players Western Sydney Wanderers FC players Perth Glory FC players Xanthi F.C. players NK Rudeš players Catania FC players National Premier Leagues players First Football League (Croatia) players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Australian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Australian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Soccer players from Sydney {{Australia-footy-forward-stub