Ante Moric

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Ante Moric
Personal information
Full name Ante Tomislav Moric
Date of birth (1974-04-19) 19 April 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Geelong (Head Coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1997 Sydney United 102 (9)
1997 Zadar 1 (0)
1997–1998 Canberra Cosmos 20 (3)
1998–2000 Sydney United 31 (2)
2000–2001 Sydney Olympic 10 (1)
2002–2002 Sydney United 7 (0)
2002 Fraser Park 7 (0)
2002–2003 APIA Leichhardt Tigers 24 (4)
2003–2004 Rockdale City Suns 21 (1)
Total223(20)
International career
1996 Australia U23 3 (0)
Managerial career
2019 Dandenong City
2021 Western United Youth NPL
2022-2023 Bankstown City
2023 Pascoe Vale
2024- Geelong
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ante Tomislav Moric (born 19 April 1974) is an Australian professional soccer coach and former player who is the head coach for Geelong.

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A midfielder, Moric represented Australia at youth, Olympic, and senior levels. After retirement he become a coach, initially at the Under 20 level at Sydney United in the NSW NPL, then St George, before being appointed head coach of Victorian NPL side Dandenong City in 2019.

Playing career

Moric played at club level in Australia and Croatia for St. George, AIS, Sydney United, Zadar, Canberra Cosmos, Sydney Olympic, Fraser Park, APIA Leichhardt Tigers and Rockdale City Suns. [1]

He also participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [2]

Coaching career

In September 2011, Moric was hired as U13 manager for Sydney United 58 FC for the 2012 season. [3] After a stint with the youth side of National Premier Leagues NSW 2 side St George FC, in April 2019 Moric was appointed as the new head coach of National Premier Leagues Victoria side Dandenong City SC, taking over the club in bottom place on the ladder. [4] He left the position on 17 September 2019 and became a part of the technical staff and fitness department of Western United. [5] Upon the announcement of Western United entering a team in the National Premier Leagues Victoria 3, Moric was named as the assistant coach of the squad as well as the head of youth football for the club. [6] [7]

In mid-2022, Moric signed as head coach for Bankstown City FC in NSW League Two. [8] In May 2023 he became head coach of Pascoe Vale, [9] before moving to Geelong. [10]

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  2. Ante Moric FIFA competition record (archived)
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  4. "Dandenong City appoint former Australian internationals to coaching staff". National Premier Leagues. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
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