Josip Magdić (born 19 December 1985) is a
footballer
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who plays as an
attacking midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Cent ...
for the
Australia
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n club
Melbourne Knights.
Club career
He started his career with
WA Premier League club
Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena Football Club is an association football (soccer) club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia. The club's founders were of Greek heritage.
Floreat Athena has been c ...
, later signing with
Croatia
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n second division side
NK Slavonija Požega
NK Slavonija is a Croatian football club based in the town of Požega in Slavonia.
Honours
Treća HNL
The Druga nogometna liga ( eng, Second football league), commonly Druga NL or 2. NL) is the third tier of the football league system ...
. He returned to
Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena Football Club is an association football (soccer) club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia. The club's founders were of Greek heritage.
Floreat Athena has been c ...
for the 2006 season and was playing so well that he was snapped up halfway through the season by
Perth Glory
Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues.
Founded in 19 ...
. In the 2006/2007
A-League
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season Magdić played 5 times and scored 1 goal, but he did not remain on the
Perth Glory
Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues.
Founded in 19 ...
roster for the 2007/2008 season as
Ron Smith did not renew his contract. After a great season with
Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena Football Club is an association football (soccer) club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the National Premier Leagues Western Australia. The club's founders were of Greek heritage.
Floreat Athena has been c ...
in 2007, in which he helped the club to their first Premiership in 10 years, he received a trial with
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 ...
club
Queensland Roar
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before signing on for
Perth Glory
Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues.
Founded in 19 ...
for the second time but he never played a game due to injury.
Magdić signed for the Melbourne Knights competing in the Victorian Premier League for the 2010 season.
A-League career statistics
(''Correct as of 20 September 2008'')
External links
Perth Glory profile
1985 births
A-League Men players
Living people
Melbourne Knights FC players
Perth Glory FC players
Australian soccer players
Croatian emigrants to Australia
Association football midfielders
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