Oliver Bozanic

Oliver Bozanić

Personal information
Full name	Oliver John Bozanic
Date of birth	8 January 1989 (1989-01-08)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Central Coast Mariners
Number	11
Youth career
	Avoca FC
	Parramatta Eagles
2004–2005	Blacktown City Demons
2005–2006	NSWIS
2006–2007	Central Coast Mariners
2007	Reading
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2007–2010	Reading	0	(0)
2009	→ Woking (loan)	18	(2)
2009	→ Cheltenham Town (loan)	4	(0)
2009–2010	→ Aldershot Town (loan)	25	(2)
2010–	Central Coast Mariners	49	(3)
National team‡
2006–2009	Australia U-20	17	(2)
2010–	Australia U-23	9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:15, 13 March 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:15, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Oliver John Bozanic (born 8 January 1989) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Central Coast Mariners in the Australian A-League. He is a left sided attacking midfielder.

Club career

Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Bozanic started his professional career with Australian A-League side Central Coast Mariners, where he was one of the locals drafted into the Mariners squad by team manager Lawrie McKinna, during the 2006–07 Pre-Season Cup as cover for a host of long-term injuries. Despite several appearances in the tournament, and later joined Reading on a two and a half year contract on 29 January 2007. Bozanic played for both the under 18s and reserves at Reading during his first 18 months at the club, and was a crucial part of the side that won the Reserve League title in the 2006–07 season. On 23 January 2009, he signed for Woking on loan for one month.

During pre-season of 2009–2010 Bozanic joined Cheltenham Town on loan and made his first team debut in Cheltenham's 2–1 home win against Grimsby Town on 8 August 2009. On 26 November 2009, Bozanic joined the former Reading assistant manager Kevin Dillon at League Two team Aldershot Town on a one month loan deal. On 5 January 2010 it was announced that Bozanic would spend another month at Aldershot Town, after having his loan spell extended.

After being released by Reading at the end of the 2009–2010 season, Bozanic returned to Australia to rejoin Central Coast Mariners.

Career statistics

Club	Season	Conference National		FA Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Woking F.C. -on loan from Reading FC	2008-09	18	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	2
Club	Season	Football League Two		FA Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Cheltenham Town F.C. -on loan from Reading FC	2009-10	4	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0
Aldershot Town F.C. -on loan from Reading FC	2009-10	25	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	27	3
Club	Season	A-League		Finals		Asia		Other		Total
Central Coast Mariners	2010-11	29	0	4	2	-	-	-	-	33	2
Total		76	4	6	3	0	0	0	0	82	7

International career

Bozanic is a member of the Australian 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup development squad, which competed in and won a four-team tournament in Japan against the Under-20 teams of Hungary and Japan in 2006. He was a member of all the lead-up squads prior for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, but missed out on his place at the tournament due to injury.

He received his first full international call up in August 2009 for a friendly international against the Republic of Ireland. Bozanic was again included in a 50-man preliminary squad for the 2011 Asian Cup.

Personal life

He is the son of former Socceroo Vic Bozanic.

Honours

With Australia:

• International Cor Groenewegen Tournament (U-20): 2009

External links

• Central Coast Mariners profile
• OzFootball profile
• FFA – Young Socceroo profile