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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eduvard Krncevic | ||
| Date of birth | (1960-08-14)14 August 1960 (age 65) | ||
| Place of birth | Geelong, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1978 | Essendon Croatia | ||
| 1979–1981 | Marconi | 81 | (31) |
| 1981–1984 | Dinamo Zagreb | 40 | (7) |
| 1984 | MSV Duisburg | 18 | (3) |
| 1985 | Sydney Croatia | 3 | (3) |
| 1985–1986 | Cercle Brugge | 45 | (15) |
| 1986–1989 | Anderlecht | 84 | (52) |
| 1988 | →Marconi(loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Mulhouse | 29 | (7) |
| 1990–1992 | FC Liège | 38 | (6) |
| 1992–1995 | Eendracht Aalst | 51 | (12) |
| 1995–1996 | Charleroi | 17 | (4) |
| 1996–1997 | Gippsland Falcons | 19 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| 1979 | Australia U20 | ||
| 1979–1989 | Australia | 35 | (17) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1997–1999 | Carlton SC | ||
| 1999–2001 | Marconi | ||
| 2001–2002 | South Melbourne | ||
| 2003 | Fawkner Blues | ||
| 2004–2005 | Maribyrnong Greens | ||
| 2007 | North Geelong Warriors | ||
| 2010–2011 | South Melbourne | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Eduvard"Eddie" KrncevicOAM (/ˈkrɛntʃəvɪk/KRENCH-ə-vik;[1]Croatian:Edi Krnčević; born 14 August 1960) is an Australian retiredfootball player and manager who played as aforward.
After playing his first four years of professional football in Australia, Krncevic moved to the land of his parents in 1981, joining Croatian sideNK Dinamo Zagreb, where he had relative individual success, besides helping the side win oneleague and onecup.
Krnčević then played four months in theGerman second division withMSV Duisburg, after which he embarked on his most successful spell, ten and a half years inBelgium – with oneseason in France withFC Mulhouse in between – where he representedCercle Brugge KSV,Royal Charleroi,R.S.C. Anderlecht,R.F.C. de Liège andK.S.C. Eendracht Aalst; he became the first Australian-born player to be crowned top scorer in a European league.
Even though silverware was hard to come even at Anderlecht, in1988–89 Krnčević was crowned theleague's top scorer at 23 goals, and helped thecapital side to thedomestic cup – in that competition, he scored in all three finals he won, the first being with Cercle.
In 1996, aged 36, Krncevic returned to Australia and played one final season with theGippsland Falcons.[2] In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he had a coaching career, with all the clubs hailing from his homeland, in theNational Soccer League. Internationally, he opted to represent his birth country, scoring every other match in 35caps, and helping the country to win the1980 OFC Nations Cup.
Krncevic was captain of the Australia team that won the1980 Oceania Cup, of which only one match, an 11–2 defeat ofPapua New Guinea, counted as a full international match.[3][4]
Essendon Croatia
Marconi
Dinamo Zagreb
Cercle Brugge
Anderlecht
Australia
Individual
