Josip Magdić (born 19 December 1985) is a Croatian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who also played professionally in Australia.

Club career

Magdić began his career with

Perth SC Perth Soccer Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in West Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1987 as the result of a merger between three local clubs, though its pre-merger history is regarded to be that of Perth ...

, before transferring to

Floreat Athena Floreat Athena Football Club is a 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 crowned the Western Austr ...

. He later signed with Croatian second division side

NK Slavonija Požega NK Slavonija is a Croatian football club based in the town of Požega in Slavonia. History The club was founded in 1946 as ''SD Jedinstvo''. Since 1959 it has been named ''NK Zvečevo''. In 1964, the two football clubs from Požega, NK Zvečev ...

. He returned to Floreat Athena 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 Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

. In the 2006/2007

A-League A-League Men, also known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional soccer league in Australia and New Zealand and the highest level of the Australian soccer league system. Established in 2004 as the A-League by the ...

season Magdić played 5 times and scored 1 goal, but he did not remain on the Perth Glory roster for the 2007/2008 season as Ron Smith did not renew his contract. After a great season with Floreat Athena in 2007, in which he helped the club to their first Premiership in 10 years, he received a trial with A-League club

Queensland Roar Brisbane Roar Football Club is a professional Association football, soccer club based in Brisbane, Queensland. competing in Australia's premier men's competition, A-League Men, which is the top tier Australia's Australian soccer league system ...

before signing on for Perth Glory for the second time but he never played a game due to injury. Magdić signed for the

Melbourne Knights Melbourne Knights Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sunshine North, Melbourne. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the second-tier of the Australian soccer league ...

competing in the Victorian Premier League for the 2010 season.

A-League career statistics

(''Correct as of 20 September 2008'')

References

External links

Perth Glory profile
1985 births A-League Men players Living people Melbourne Knights FC players Perth Glory FC players Australian men's soccer players Croatian emigrants to Australia Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Croatia-footy-midfielder-stub