Eddie Krncevic

Eddie Krncevic
Personal information
Full name	Edward Krncevic
Date of birth	14 August 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth	Geelong, Australia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1976–1978	Essendon Croatia
1979–1981	Marconi
1981–1984	Dinamo Zagreb
1984	MSV Duisburg
1985	Sydney Croatia
1985–1986	Cercle Brugge
1986–1989	Anderlecht
1988	→ Marconi (loan)
1989–1990	Mulhouse
1990–1992	FC Liège
1992–1995	Eendracht Aalst
1995–1996	Charleroi
1996–1997	Gippsland Falcons
International career
1979	Australia U20
1979–1989	Australia
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

Edward Krncevic (/ˈkrɛntʃəvɪk/ KRENCH-ə-vik^[1]; Template:Lang-hr; born 14 August 1960) is a retired Australian footballer who played as a striker, and a current manager.

Football career

After playing his first four years of professional football in Australia, Krncevic moved to the land of his parents in 1981, joining Croatian side NK Dinamo Zagreb, where he had relative individual success, besides helping the side win one league and one cup.

Krnčević then played four months in the German second division with MSV Duisburg, after which he embarked on his most successful spell, ten and a half years in Belgium – with one season in France with FC Mulhouse in between – where he represented Cercle Brugge KSV, Royal Charleroi, R.S.C. Anderlecht, R.F.C. de Liège and K.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, in 1988–89 Krnčević was crowned the league's top scorer at 23 goals, and helped the capital side to the domestic cup – in that competition, he scored in all three finals he won, the first being with Cercle.

In 1996, already at 36, Krncevic returned to his country and played one final season with the Gippsland Falcons. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he had a coaching career, with all the clubs hailing from his homeland, in the National Soccer League. Internationally, he opted to represent his birth country, scoring every other match in 35 caps, and helping the country to win the 1980 OFC Nations Cup.