David Tarka

David Tarka

Personal information
Full name	David Tarka
Date of birth	11 February 1983 (1983-02-11)
Place of birth	Perth, Australia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Centre Back
Youth career
	Spearwood Dalmatinac
	Fremantle United
2000–2001	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2003	Perth Glory	45	(1)
2003–2005	Nottingham Forest	0	(0)
2005–2009	Perth Glory	33	(1)
2010-	Cockburn City
National team‡
2003	Australia U-20
2004	Australia U-23
2004	Australia	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2007. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 December 2007

David Tarka (born 11 February 1983 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He plays as a central defender for WA state league club Cockburn City.

Club career

David was an Australian youth international and was an Australian schoolboy international in 1999. David helped the Australia under 20 team qualify for the 2003 World Youth Championships in the UAE and played in the Australia under 23 team's 2004 Olympic Games Qualifiers. David turned down a chance for a trial at West Ham in April 2003, instead staying in Australia to help Perth Glory win the NSL championship. In the middle of 2003 Tarka moved to Nottingham Forest in England for a fee of £100,000. He has been released from Perth Glory after subsequent injury problems.

International career

David earned two full international caps against Vanuatu and Solomon Islands in 2004.

A-League career statistics

(Correct as of 2 February 2009)

Club	Season	League			Finals			Asia			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Perth Glory	2005–06	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0	0
	2006–07	20	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	1	0
	2007–08	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	0	0
	2008–09	9	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	0	0
Total		33	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	1	0

Honours

With Australia:

• OFC Nations Cup: 2004

With Perth Glory:

• NSL Championship: 2002-2003

Personal Honours:

• Perth Glory Most Glorious Player Award: 2006-2007
• Perth Glory Player's Player of the Year: 2006-2007
• Perth Glory Young Player of the Year: 2006-2007

External links

• Perth Glory profile
• Oz Football profile

Awards
Preceded by Bobby Despotovski	Perth Glory Most Glorious Player Award 2006/07	Succeeded by Nikolai Topor-Stanley