Daniel Koprivcic

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Daniel Koprivcic
Personal information
Full name Daniel Koprivcic [1]
Date of birth (1981-08-03) 3 August 1981 (age 43) [1]
Place of birth Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2009 Waitakere United
2009–2014 Auckland City 73 (25)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 August 2015

Daniel Koprivcic (born 3 August 1981) is a retired footballer who played for Auckland City and Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC). He scored many goals for former clubs Waitakere United and Auckland City in not only the national league but the Oceania Champions League. He holds the record as the only player to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup six times.

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Early life

Koprivcic was born in Croatia and emigrated to New Zealand with his family in his early teens in 1995. [2] [3]

Club career

Early career

Koprivcic played his early football for Central United in Auckland, later moving to Mangere United. [3]

Waitakere United

He played for NZFC club Waitakere United from 2006–2009 and also appeared for the club in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup, and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup for Waitakere.

Auckland City

In 2009, he moved to Auckland City FC where he scored 4 goals in 13 appearances, as well as notching up 6 appearances in the 2009–10 OFC Champions League and scoring 7 goals. His most valuable time at Auckland City came when he was selected to represent the team at the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup in which Auckland City finished 5th out of 7th, the best an Oceania team had ever finished. [4] [5]

At the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup, he became the first player to compete at four Club World Cups. He went on to make two further tournament appearances, his last at the 2013 competition. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Koprivcic retired in 2014. [10]

International career

In 2003 Koprivcic was called up for an Under-23 international between New Zealand U-23 and Japan U-23 in Kobe. He came on as a substitute in a 4–0 loss. [2] [11]

Honours

Club

With Waitakere United

With Auckland City FC

Individual

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  2. 1 2 Young, Geoff (18 May 2003). "Croatian answers the call for his adopted country". Sunday Star-Times.
  3. 1 2 Maddaford, Terry (25 November 2011). "Soccer: Tomorrow the world - but first, Manawatu". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Third time lucky for Koprivcic". FIFA. 15 December 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Club World Cup: Auckland City Striker Daniel Koprivcic Delighted With Win Against Al Ahly". Goal.com. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Soccer: Kiwi amateur a Club World Cup record-breaker". New Zealand Herald. 20 November 2011.
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  8. ↑ "The FIFA Club World Cup in numbers". FIFA. 7 December 2014. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
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