Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Kristian Popovic | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 14 August 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Macarthur FC | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Sydney United 58 | |||||||||||||||||
Western Sydney Wanderers | |||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Perth Glory | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Perth Glory NPL | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Perth Glory | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Xanthi | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | NK Rudeš | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | → NK Kurilovec (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | NK Međimurje | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Macarthur FC | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2019 | Australia U-20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2021 | Australia U-23 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 July 2021 |
Kristian Popovic (born 14 August 2001) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Macarthur. [1]
On 18 April 2019, at 17 years of age, Kristian Popovic made his first appearance for Perth Glory coming on as a substitute for Jake Brimmer. [2] On 19 October 2019, Popovic scored his first professional goal, coming against Western United in a 1–1 draw. [3]
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Perth Glory | 2018–19 | A-League | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 |
Popovic is the son of former Crystal Palace and Socceroos player Tony Popovic, and the older brother of Perth Glory player Gabriel Popovic. [4]
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