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| Full name | Goran Lozanovski | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1974-01-11)11 January 1974 (age 51) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Melbourne,Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Altona Magic (Head Coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Altona Magic | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | AIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Preston Makedonia | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Adelaide City | 86 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Collingwood Warriors | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2001 | South Melbourne | 97 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Alemannia Aachen | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Adelaide City | 29 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | Adelaide United | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Western Strikers | 12 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Heidelberg United | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | Preston Lions | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Australia U20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Australia U23 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Australia | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Preston Lions | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Hume City FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Bentleigh Greens | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Northcote City FC(Asst.) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Northcote City FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Port Melbourne SC(Asst.) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Altona Magic | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Westgate FC | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Hume City | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Sydenham Park | ||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Altona Magic | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
Goran Lozanovski (born 11 January 1974) is a formerAustraliansoccer player and current manager holding the role of senior coach atAltona Magic.
Noted for his ability at taking set pieces, began hisNational Soccer League career withPreston Lions, before joiningAdelaide City where he was a part of that club's championship winning team in the 1993/94 season.[1]
Later joiningCollingwood Warriors, after that club's dissolution, Lozanovski signed withSouth Melbourne in 1997 underAnge Postecoglou, where he would go on to win 2 grand finals in both the 1997–1998, and 1998–1999 seasons. In the1999 Grand Final againstSydney United, Lozanovski was awarded the prestigiousJoe Marston Medal in South Melbourne's 3–2 victory.[2]
Lozanovski's success at South Melbourne paved the way for him to link up with fellow AustralianMark Rudan at then-2. Bundesliga clubAlemannia Aachen. However, his stay at the club would last only 12 games after being embroiled in the 'suitcase affair' corruption scandal in 2001, after financial irregularities arose following both Australian players transfers to the club.[3] After Rudan was briefly arrested by German authorities over the scandal,[4] charges were laid on the clubs treasurer Bernd Krings, who was convicted of financial fraud.[5] Both Lozanovski and Rudan were eventually cleared, with both players departing the club shortly after.
Returning home, Lozanovski had stints inSouth Australia withAdelaide City,Adelaide United, andWestern Strikers during the dying years of theNational Soccer League. He saw out his career in theVictorian State Leagues withHeidelberg United andPreston Lions respectively, where he retired in 2008.
Following his retirement, Lozanovski immediately took up a head coaching position atPreston Lions. He would go on to briefly coach bothHume City, and his 2013 Grand Final opponents,Bentleigh Greens before joiningNorthcote City. During the 2012 season at Northcote, Lozanovski was promoted to head coach, following Peter Tsolakis' departure toSouth Melbourne.[6]
In 2013, Lozanovski tookNorthcote FC to their first everVictorian Premier League Championship, defeatingBentleigh Greens in which would be the last season of the Victorian Premier League system, before it was re-branded into theNational Premier Leagues Victoria.[7] Lozanovski decided to resign as Manager at Northcote following the 2015 season[8] and joinedPort Melbourne SC as an Assistant Manager ahead of the 2016 season.[9]
In 2023, Lozanovski return to Altona Magic for second time as manager. Lozanovski said he was "excited and proud" to be back at the Magic. It is great to be back at my home club, and it felt exciting to be walking back through the front gate, he said. I have some unfinished business at Magic and I have already hit the ground running in preparation for 2024.[10]
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