Jason Naidovski (born 19 July 1989) is an Australian

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Biography

Jason previously played for the

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

in the

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. He scored a

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against the

Fawkner Blues Manningham United Blues Football Club is an Australian soccer club from Templestowe, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed in 1965 by local Italian Australians and was formerly known as Fawkner Blues. In 2010, Fawkner SC split ...

in his final game for the AIS. Naidovski made his mark on the

A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...

scene scoring a late winner against

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in Round 1 of the

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season. Fellow Jets' striker Sean Rooney crossed the ball into Naidovski who neatly headed the ball into the bottom corner of the net. In September 2014 Jason announced his retirement at 25. Reason of his early retirement was because of on-going knee issues. He requires a fourth knee reconstruction in 5 years.

Honours

With

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AFF U19 Youth Championship The AFF U-19 Youth Championship is an annual international football competition contested by the national teams of the members of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) and occasionally invited nations from the rest of Asia. The tournament was pre ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

References

External links

Newcastle Jets profile

FFA - Young Socceroos profile
1989 births Living people Australian people of Macedonian descent Australian soccer players A-League Men players Newcastle Jets FC players Australian Institute of Sport soccer players New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni Men's association football forwards Mounties Wanderers FC players Soccer players from Sydney {{Australia-footy-forward-stub