Louie Acevski

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Louie Acevski
Personal information
Full name Lupce Acevski
Date of birth (1977-11-14) 14 November 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Melbourne, Australia
Height1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Preston Lions
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–1996 St Albans Saints 17 (0)
1997–1999 Preston Lions 73 (0)
1999–2001 Melbourne Knights 35 (0)
2001–2002 Northern Spirit 11 (0)
2003–2004 Adelaide City 18 (0)
2005–2006 Heidelberg United 59 (0)
2006–2007 Preston Lions 14 (0)
2007–2008 FK SIAD Most 7 (0)
2008 Melbourne Victory 0 (0)
2008–2009 Preston Lions 27 (0)
2009–2012 Hume City 25 (0)
Managerial career
2012–2016 Hume City FC
2017– Preston Lions
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lupce "Lou" Acevski (born 14 November 1977 [1] ) is an Australian former soccer goalkeeper who later became a coach. As a player, he played 71 times in the Australian National Soccer League (NSL) for Melbourne Knights, Northern Spirit and Adelaide City. He had a short stint in Czech football where he played seven times for FK SIAD Most. He also made over 200 senior appearances in the Victorian Premier League. Lupce was coach of Hume City FC in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, [2] but left on 21 July 2016. [3] He now works as head coach of Preston Lions. [4] [5]

Notes

  1. Past and Present FFV Registered Players – as at September 2010 Archived 8 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Lupce Acevski at World Football
  3. "CLUB STATEMENT: ACEVSKI AND MARKOVSKI DEPART HUME CITY". Hume City FC. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  4. Windon, Jacob (7 May 2019). "Best mates to reunite in opposite dugouts for Preston v Avondale". MyFootball. Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  5. Michell, Tim (17 April 2017). "Lou Acevski returns to boyhood club Preston Lions with National Premier League future in mind". Preston Leader. Retrieved 18 March 2021.


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