Dario Vidošić ( ; ; born 8 April 1987) is a former

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player and current coach who is the manager of

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club

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. Born in Yugoslavia, he represented Australia at international level.

Club career

Early life

Vidošić was born on 8 April 1987 in

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to Croatian parents, mother Jasna and father

Rado Vidošić Rado Vidošić (born 4 April 1961) is a Croatian Australian soccer manager. He is currently Head of Women's and Girl's coaching at WSL club Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. Managerial career Brisbane Roar Vidošić had served as the assistant co ...

. He moved with his parents from

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to Australia in 1988 when his father received an offer to play for the Queensland Lions. The family settled in

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, and he attended Yugumbir State School for his early education at Regents Park, when Dario grew up he attended Cavendish Road State High School. His father has been assistant coach at

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club

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since 2005 and as of May 2008, is the club's National Youth Team coach. Vidošić played with Queensland Lions in 2004 and also competed in the 2004 National Schoolboys football competition. He received a scholarship to the

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and trained in their

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program before moving onto the

, signing a two-year contract with Queensland Roar at the start of the 2006–07 season.

Brisbane Roar

In Round 1, coming on as a substitute in the second half, Vidošić set up a goal for Scotsman Simon Lynch before scoring a goal himself. Vidošić started up front for Queensland Roar in Round 8 against

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and scored to make it 2–1 in the Roar's favour, before being substituted. In Round 17, with midfielder

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out injured, Vidošić started against the Central Coast Mariners and scored two goals; becoming the first player under the age of 21 to score 2 goals in an A-League game, and the first player under the age of 20 to score more than three goals in a season. Vidošić scored once more in the season, against Melbourne Victory in Round 20.

1. FC Nürnberg

His performance in the season was enough for the German Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg to give him a two-week trial. 1. FC Nürnberg was a club that had strong Australian ties with four other players at the time, two of whom had come from the A-League the previous season. It was confirmed on 22 March 2007 that Vidošić had accepted a three-year contract with the Bundesliga club. He was rarely used in his first season at the club, seeing just 60 minutes of playing time in four games for the Bundesliga side that was relegated at the end of the season. However, he was an integral part of the reserve side's promotion efforts that saw 1. FC Nürnberg II reach the newly organised Regionalliga Süd. In the following season, he was hampered by injury trouble early on, seeing just three matches for the professional team and four – with one goal – for the reserve side before the winter break. He went on to unsuccessfully trial with Danish club

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. Surprisingly, Vidošić appeared back on the scene when he was brought on in a first-team match against

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in which he scored his first competitive goal for 1. FC Nürnberg, giving the team the 1–0 win at

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. After that match, Vidošić won more opportunities in the Nürnberg first-team scoring another crucial goal in a 1–0 win over

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in early May, before another a week later in the

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n derby against Greuther Fürth which ended 1–1. Vidošić went on to help Nürnberg seal promotion back to the

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. In an interview in May 2009, Vidošić admitted a debut call-up to the Australian national football team would be a dream end to a great season.

MSV Duisburg

On 19 January 2010 his club 1. FC Nürnberg announced that the 22-year-old offensive midfielder will play on loan for

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the rest of the season.

Arminia Bielefeld

On 1 January 2011, Vidošić moved to

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on loan for the rest of the 2010–11 season after only making five appearances for Nürnberg prior to the loan.

Adelaide United

In July 2011, Vidošić returned to Australia and signed a 3-year contract with

club

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as their Australian marquee on a reported AU$320,000 a season. He scored his first goal for the club in just his second game against Sydney F.C.

FC Sion

On 26 August 2013,

announced that they had released Dario from his contract so he could continue his career playing for Swiss club

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for a transfer fee of AU$700,000.

Western Sydney Wanderers

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confirmed that Vidošić has joined the club on a two-year deal on 21 September 2015.

Liaoning Whowin

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confirmed that Vidošić has joined the club on 22 June 2016. He was introduced right away into the starting line-up and made his debut the same week against

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. Following changes to the Chinese Super League's foreign allowance and Liaoning Whowin signing Australians

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and James Holland, Vidošić was released along with his Australian teammate

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in February 2017.

Seongnam FC

On 17 February 2017, a Korean media reported his move to

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as a free agent. In June 2017, Vidošić's contract was officially terminated by mutual consent.

Wellington Phoenix

On 4 August 2017, it was reported that Vidošić would be joining his father Rado at

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on a one-year deal. On 20 December 2017, both Vidošić and his father left the club.

Melbourne City

On 29 December 2017, shortly after leaving

, Vidošić joined Melbourne City.

ATK

In July 2019, ATK confirmed that they had signed Vidošić as their final foreign signing for the 2019–20 ISL season. His start to his career with ATK was rough, as he sustained an injury in preseason that kept him out of action for the first half of the season.

International career

In October 2006, Vidošić was selected in the Australian Under-20 squad, known as the

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, and went on to compete in the 2006

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s in

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. In February 2007, he played for the Australian Under-23 team, the

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, in an Olympic qualifier in

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, scoring the 11th goal in Australia's 11–0 win over

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. In July 2008, after being left out of the Australian Olympic team for Beijing by Olyroos head coach

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, he publicly mooted the possibility of playing for the Croatian national team at a senior level. However, according to FIFA Article 18, Vidošić has been ineligible to represent any country other than Australia in international football since April 2008, when he turned 21. On 17 June 2009, Vidošić made his debut for the Socceroos in their last World Cup qualifier against

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, he was substituted in for

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in the 86th minute. His second cap was received while playing in a friendly against the Netherlands on 10 October 2009. , -

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Club

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References

External links

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Adelaide United Profile

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vidosic, Dario Living people 1987 births Footballers from Osijek Soccer players from Brisbane Sportsmen from Queensland Croatian emigrants to Australia Yugoslav emigrants to Australia Men's association football midfielders Australian men's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Australian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Australian expatriate men's soccer players A-League Men players Brisbane Roar FC players Adelaide United FC players Western Sydney Wanderers FC players 1. FC Nürnberg players Seongnam FC players Wellington Phoenix FC players Melbourne City FC players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Swiss Super League players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Australia men's international soccer players MSV Duisburg players Arminia Bielefeld players FC Sion players Liaoning F.C. players ATK (football club) players Expatriate men's footballers in China Australian expatriate sportspeople in China Chinese Super League players 2010 FIFA World Cup players 2014 FIFA World Cup players Australian Institute of Sport soccer players Marquee players (A-League Men) Australian people of Croatian descent A-League Women managers Melbourne City FC (women) managers Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. managers Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate football managers in England 21st-century Australian sportsmen