Zeljko Kalac (born 16 December 1972) is an Australian

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coach and former player who is currently the goalkeeping coach for the

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. Standing at 2.02 m, Kalac is the tallest player to have represented the

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. Kalac's 24-year playing career included spells for football clubs in England, the Netherlands, Italy and Greece. Although he was a

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, Kalac's preferred playing number (when not the conventional number 1) is 18 and has generally worn this number when playing for Australia.

Club career

Early career

Growing up in the

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community, Kalac began his professional career rising through the ranks at Sydney United, competing in the Australian

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. At the age of sixteen, he was included in the first team alongside first-choice keeper

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, playing the first eleven games of the 1989–90 NSL season in Franken's absence, before returning to the substitute bench – a place occupied throughout the 1990–91 season as a stand-out Franken remained fit and was first choice all season. In the off-season, Franken transferred to local rivals APIA Leichhardt, but Kalac was now competing for a place with a young

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(a former rival at Marconi Fairfield), who had returned from an unsuccessful spell at

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. Kalac would start 21 out of 26 games in the 1991–92 season, the place cemented when Bosnich transferred to

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later in the season. When APIA Leichhardt were dumped out of the NSL for financial troubles at the end of the 1991–92 season, Franken returned to Sydney United to resume keeping duties, however selections were not as clear cut as before. Appearances were shared throughout the 1992–93 season and Kalac became first choice throughout the 1993–94 season, helping Sydney United to third place in the table before being eliminated in the semi-finals. He remained as first-choice throughout the 1994–95 season, again reaching the semi-final stage of the competition.

Move to England

In 1995, Kalac followed many Australian players in a move to Europe with English Division One side

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. Here he only made three first team appearances, one each in the league and League Cup, and his final appearance as a substitute in the 1996 Football League First Division play-off final against Crystal Palace, with the score 1–1. He came on in the final minute of extra-time as Leicester manager

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believed that due to Kalac's size, he would be able to save penalties during the shootout. But Steve Claridge scored at the other end with the last kick of the game, 20 seconds after Kalac had come onto the pitch, and the Foxes were promoted to the Premiership without needing a shootout. With Kevin Poole remaining as first choice keeper, a transfer deal was agreed for Kalac to go to

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, along with fellow Australian Steve Corica for £1.75m. But after making the move to Wolves he was unable to attain a UK work permit, and amid a long appeal process, the deal fell through and he returned to Sydney United. The next season in the NSL, he played every match for United helping them to the most successful season in over a decade, comfortably winning the league before being beaten in the grand final. A move to England was again on the cards in 1997 at

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, who was also coaching the Australian national side at the time, sought to sign Kalac but he was again denied a work permit and the deal fell through.

Roda

In 1998, he signed with

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side

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who were seeking to fill the gap left by Ruud Hesp's departure a year earlier. Starting as the club's number one, he held this position for four years. After narrowly avoiding relegation in 1997–98, Kalac's arrival helped the side rise to fifth in 1998–99 season, earning a

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berth. The 1999–2000 season was less successful in the league (finishing eighth) but he helped Roda lift the 2000

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, which Kalac rates as one of his greatest career achievements. A promising 2000–01 season (finishing fourth) earned a

place the following year that would be a memorable campaign. Roda progressed as far as the fourth round, pressing

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to penalties. After a number of saves throughout regular time, Kalac saved two penalties in the shootout from José Mari and Kakha Kaladze, but it was not enough as Milan went through 3–2.

Perugia

In July 2002, he was signed by Serie A club A.C. Perugia, quickly cementing his place as first choice, helping them to a place in the

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. The Italian side went on to win their cup final, Kalac not conceding once in the competition. The domestic

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ended in relegation after finishing fourth last and losing a playoff against

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. Kalac stayed with Perugia in Serie B in 2004–05 and played 29 times as Perugia finished third, but were demoted to

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for financial troubles.

Milan

With Perugia relegated again, Kalac joined

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in the summer of 2005 on a free transfer. It was not until February 2006 that he made his debut in a Milan shirt, when an ankle injury suffered by incumbent Dida forced a substitution in the first leg of the Champions League knockout stage against

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. As a result, he played his first Serie A match since 2004, keeping clean sheets against

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and

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He also played in the

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until Milan were eliminated by underdog Palermo on a disappointing 3–1 aggregate. On 21 November 2006, Kalac made his second UEFA Champions League appearance for Milan as he came off the bench in the final 15 minutes of the group match against

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. Dida tore knee ligaments and was predicted to be out for two to three months, which finally gave Kalac a chance to make more competitive appearances for Milan. Kalac's first full game in the 2006–07 season was on 25 November 2006 in Milan's 1–0 win over

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in the Serie A. On 14 January 2007, Kalac suffered an injury against Reggina and was replaced by a recovering Dida for the following match against

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. These goalkeeper injury concerns prompted manager

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to sign Messina goalkeeper Marco Storari, who became the third goalkeeper in the Milan first team with veteran Valerio Fiori being the fourth. Storari replaced Dida and Kalac in Milan's Serie A matches against

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and

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in mid-February, when both were out with injuries. Despite this extra competition, Kalac recovered from injury in time to play for Milan in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 against

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on 20 February. In the next Serie A match against Sampdoria five days later, Dida was nevertheless able to make his comeback after being out for nearly one month and subsequently remained in goal until suffering a shoulder injury in mid-April, which enabled Kalac to make further two Serie A appearances before Dida returned in goal for the first leg of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals against

on 24 April. Kalac finished his second season at Milan having made 10 appearances in the Serie A and another three in the Champions League. In March 2007, Kalac signed a contract extension with Milan, keeping him at the San Siro until at least 2009. In the 2007–08 season, he made appearances in the Champions League again after Dida was suspended for simulation in a match against Celtic, helping Milan through to the knockout phase. Kalac made a number of appearances in the Serie A, after Dida suffered a combination of injuries and poor form midway through the season. Kalac notably kept a clean sheet away to

on 3 February 2008 as he snuffed out a Fiorentina attack moments before the final whistle, a save that earned praise from media and coach Ancelotti. Later in the month he collected another clean sheet at the

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against

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in a 0–0 draw during the first leg of the UEFA Champions League round of sixteen, producing several good saves in the second half and being named Man of the Match by UEFA. In the second leg of the tie, he conceded two late goals as Milan were eliminated by Arsenal after a 2–0 loss at the San Siro. The combination of Christian Abbiati's return from his loan spell at

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and a poor performance in Milan's 5–0 Russian Railways Cup thrashing at the hands of Chelsea on 4 August 2008"Chelsea 5 Milan 0: Anelka's four-goal haul impresses Scolari"
''The Independent'', 8/4/08 spelled the end of Kalac's brief first-team run. He was consequently demoted to third-choice behind Abbiati and Dida, and did not play for Milan again until appearing in the second half of a friendly against

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on 29 January 2009, and one Serie A appearance against Juventus as an injury replacement on 10 May. He was released by Milan on 11 August, following an agreement reached with the club.

Kavala

On 1 September 2009, Kalac signed a two-year deal with Greek Super League side

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joining fellow goalkeeper Charles Itandje in moving to the club and

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who won

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. He made his Greek Super League debut for in the 2–2 home draw against Panathinaikos on 18 October 2009. Following the end of the 2009–10 season with Kavala, Kalac announced his retirement from club football.

International career

Kalac was an Australian international for more than fourteen years, but has spent many years as understudy to first

and later

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. He was selected as a member of Australia's

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squad, making one appearance. He was part of the Australian squad for the

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as second-choice keeper behind Schwarzer. He was again a squad member for the

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again as a second choice, but this time behind Bosnich. His first full international appearance was against

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on 11 August 1992, as a stand in for Robert Zabica. Australia lost 1–0, and he was replaced for the next match by club teammate

. In Australia's final first round match of the

between Croatia and Australia, coach

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surprisingly selected Kalac over Schwarzer. With Australia needing a draw or better to advance and with the score tied at one apiece in the second half, Kalac fumbled a long range shot from Niko Kovač and conceded what he later described as a "shit goal". Fortunately for Kalac and the Australians,

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scored later in the half and they advanced to the round of sixteen. After the match, Kalac spoke of his relief: "You're looking at the ground to eat you up. Obviously for me, it's very relieving to get that result." His performance sparked criticism in Australia, dubbed by the fact Kalac himself is of Croatian descent. Kalac announced his international retirement on 4 October 2006. He played his last game against

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on 7 October, along with fellow international retirees

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, Tony Vidmar and Stan Lazaridis, coming off as a substitute in the 90th minute for Schwarzer.

Coaching career

On 9 August 2011, it was announced he had signed a contract to be goalkeeping coach at

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club

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. Despite the dismissal of

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at the conclusion of the 2013–14 season, Kalac chose to remain at the club, working under new manager

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. At the end of the 2014–15 season, with one year remaining on his contract, it was announced that he would be leaving Sydney FC, eventually being replaced by one of Arnold's closest coaches John Crawley. On 22 May 2015, it was announced that Kalac would join cross-town rivals Western Sydney Wanderers, reuniting with fellow coach

, whom he worked with at

. On 1 October 2017, Kalac would leave his position as goalkeeper coach at the Wanderers to follow manager

and assistant coach Andrés Carrasco to Karabükspor in the Turkish League. He was replaced by fellow goalkeeping coach Davide Del Giovine, who worked with him as an understudy at

and during his time at the Wanderers. In July 2018, Kalac joined Melbourne City as their goalkeeping coach. For the 2020 NPL NSW season, Kalac joined

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as their manager, the first time he will hold a full managerial position. Kalac left Sydney United in September to join Greek 2nd Division side Xanthi FC as their goalkeeping coach, joining head coach

. Kalac left Xanthi in February 2021. In October 2021, Kalac became head coach of Croatian 3rd division side NK Urania Baška Voda, who play in the Croatian Third Football League - South. On 30th October 2022, Kalac left the position due to personal reasons. In January 2023, Kalac was signed by

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Academy team Bulls Academy as their new head coach for the upcoming 2023 NPL NSW season. But after a last placed finish which saw Bulls Academy relegated, Kalac was replaced by Craig Noone for the 2024 season NSW NPL League One season. Kalac was quickly snapped up by his former club

, as their new head coach for the 2024 NPL NSW season. After taking Sydney United to the Preliminary Final, where they were eliminated, Kalac left Sydney United and joined NSW NPL League One side Inter Lions as their Head of Men's Football. In May 2025, Kalac became

goalkeeping coach, alongside head coach

Personal life

Kalac has a daughter Abby, and a son Oliver who is also a goalkeeper playing for APIA Leichhardt in the

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Career statistics

Club

''Updated 1 September 2009'' ¹Include one match at Playoffs
²Include 2 matches at

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³Include 6 matches at 2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup
⁴Include two matches at Relegation Playoffs

International

Honours

Leicester City * First Division play-offs: 1996 Sydney United *

Premiership: 1996-97 Roda JC *

: 2000 Perugia *

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2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

A.C. Milan *

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: 2006–07 *

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2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

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Australia *

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: runner-up,

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

References

External links

OzFootball profile

Interview with Zeljko Kalac – OleOle's coverage of the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2007
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