Michael Petkovic (born 16 July 1976) is an Australian former goalkeeper.

Club career

Petkovic is of

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n origin and is the brother of former

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goalkeeper

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South Melbourne

Petkovic started off his career with

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in the NSL as a 19-year-old. As the second choice to youth product Dean Anastasiadis, Petkovic was relegated to cup games for game time. Petkovic however took advantage of his limited opportunities and produced numerous man of the match performances in South Melbourne's successful NSL Cup run in the 1995/96 Season. Following this season, Petkovic would reclaim the number 1 spot and establish himself as one of Australia's finest goalkeepers as he earned half of his Socceroos caps during his time at South Melbourne. Petkovic would form a key role under

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's all-conquering South side as they went on to win back-to-back Championships in 1997/1998 and 1998/1999. Petkovic was awarded the NSL goalkeeper of the year title in 1999, 2001 and 2002 and was awarded the Theo Marmaras medal in 1999 which is given to the best player in that season for South Melbourne. His performances for the club led him to be voted by an expert panel as the starting goalkeeper in South Melbourne's team of the century in 2002. Overall during his 2-stints at the Hellas, Petkovic played 172 times keeping 54 clean sheets.

Later career

In 1999, he moved to French side

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but didn't play a single league game and in 2000 he moved back to his old team South Melbourne. During his 2nd stint with the club, he moved on loan to

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, a Norwegian club. In 2002, he moved to Turkish

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and played 87 games for the club but left the club in 2005. He moved to

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and played 129 league games there and even managed to score a goal with the club. In 2010, he left the club to join

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. He played over 25 games in his first a league season and looked to stay there for the next campaign. He looked to be 2nd choice goalkeeper for the next campaign as

goalkeeper

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joined the Melbourne Victory. He announced his retirement from football shortly after the end of Melbourne Victory's Asian Champions League campaign.

International career

Petkovic's most notable appearance for his national side was when he kept goal in his team's world record breaking 31–0 win over

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. He has had a total of six caps for Australia.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Individual

* South Melbourne FC Team of the Century * NSL Goalkeeper of the year: 1999, 2001, 2002 * Theo Marmaras Medal: 1999

South Melbourne FC

* NSL Championship: 1998/1999, 1997/1998 * NSL Cup: 1996 Trabzonspor *

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: 2002–03, 2003–04

References

External links

Melbourne Victory profile

FFA – Socceroo profile

on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Petkovic, Michael 1976 births Living people Soccer players from Perth, Western Australia Australian soccer players Australia men's international soccer players Australian expatriate soccer players Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic soccer players for Australia 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2007 AFC Asian Cup players South Melbourne FC players Trabzonspor footballers Sivasspor footballers RC Strasbourg Alsace players Lillestrøm SK players Melbourne Victory FC players Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Norway Australian people of Croatian descent Süper Lig players National Soccer League (Australia) players Men's association football goalkeepers