Anthony Šerić

Anthony Šerić

Personal information
Date of birth	15 January 1979 (1979-01-15)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Karabükspor
Number	20
Youth career
	AIS Canberra
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1999	Hajduk Split	33	(0)
1999–2001	Parma	0	(0)
1999–2001	→ Verona (loan)	22	(1)
2001–2005	Verona	25	(0)
2002–2003	→ Brescia (loan)	30	(1)
2003–2004	→ Parma (loan)	17	(0)
2004–2005	→ Lazio (loan)	17	(0)
2005–2008	Panathinaikos	50	(1)
2008	Beşiktaş	3	(0)
2009–2010	Hajduk Split	22	(1)
2010–	Karabükspor	50	(1)
National team‡
1999	Croatia U20	1	(0)
1998–2001	Croatia U21	21	(2)
1998–2006	Croatia	16	(0)
Honours Competitor for Croatia Bronze FIFA World Cup 1998
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:28, 24 May 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:28, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Anthony Šerić (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈʃɛːritɕ]; born 15 January 1979), is a Croatian Australian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Karabükspor.

Club career

Šerić was born to a Croatian family in Sydney, Australia and received a football scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport. He began his professional football career in Split, Croatia where he played for Hajduk Split.

Verona & Parma

He then moved to Italy to play in Serie A, initially with Parma. But due to 3+2 non-EU quota, he was loaned to Verona and Adaílton was also signed by Verona from Parma in co-ownership deal.

In 2000, his loan was extended. The quota abolished during the 2000-01 season but Šerić did not earned a return to Parma. In June 2001, team-mate Martin Laursen was bought back by Parma (Parma already bought half in 2000) and Šerić now co-owned by Verona and Parma. Later team-mate striker Alberto Gilardino also bought by Parma in co-ownership deal but loaned back to Verona.

Verona relegated to Serie B in 2002. In June 2002, Šerić was bought back by Verona, and Gilardino was bought in full by Parma. Šerić did not stayed at Serie B, and was loaned Serie A side Brescia.

In 2003-04 season, he rejoined his former Verona coach (in 1999-2000 season) Cesare Prandelli at Parma, while Florian Myrtaj moved to opposite direction.

In 2004-05 season, he left for Lazio as the club has lost Jaap Stam, Siniša Mihajlović, Giuseppe Favalli and only Fernando Couto, Paolo Negro, Massimo Oddo remained. Lazio also signed defender Sebastiano Siviglia and Óscar López.

Panathinaikos

In 2005 he left for Panathinaikos to re-joined Alberto Malesani his another coach at Verona (2001-02 season).

Hajduk Split

In June 2008 he moved to the Turkish side Beşiktaş on a free transfer closely followed by a move back to his original side Hajduk Split in January 2009. He was a crucial member of Hajduks defence. He played 11 league games by the end of the 2008/2009 season.

International career

He made his debut for the Croatian national team in a friendly match against Slovakia on 29 May 1998 in Pula and collected up to this time a total of 16 international caps for the team. In 1998, he was infamously picked for both Australia and Croatia. He opted to play for Croatia, and his decision immediately paid dividends as the nation finished 3rd at France 1998. He has since been a part of the Croatian squad at the 1998, 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, but did not play any matches at any of these three tournaments.

External links

• Anthony Šerić – FIFA competition record
• Anthony Šerić statistics and biography at FootballDatabase.com
• Anthony Šerić at National-Football-Teams.com
• Anthony Šerić international stats at the Croatian Football Federation website
• Profile at TFF