Personal information | |||
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Full name | Noah Vinko Botic [1] | ||
Date of birth | 11 January 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia [1] | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Western United | ||
Number | 38 | ||
Youth career | |||
Hurstville Zagreb | |||
St George | |||
Football NSW Institute | |||
2016 | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||
2017 | Sydney Olympic | ||
2018–2019 | Rockdale City Suns | ||
2019–2021 | Hoffenheim | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Rockdale City Suns | 2 | (0) |
2021– | Western United | 43 | (11) |
2022 | Western United NPL | 5 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Australia U16 | 5 | (5) |
2019 | Australia U17 | 5 | (5) |
2023– | Australia U23 | 10 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024 |
Noah Vinko Botic (born 11 January 2002) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a forward for Western United. Noah was named in The Guardians Next Generation 2019: 60 of the best young talents in world football
Botic was born in Sydney, Australia, and played for numerous different clubs in Australia at youth level. [2]
Following trials with English sides Manchester United, as well as interest from Everton and German champions Bayern Munich, Botic signed a two-year scholarship deal with Hoffenheim in 2019. [3] [4]
In October 2019, he was named among the 60 best young talents in the world by English newspaper The Guardian. [5] [6]
Due to his potential, Botic has been tipped to be Australia's successor to clinical striker Mark Viduka, who captained Australia to their best finish at a World Cup, as well as being the top-scoring Australian in the UEFA Champions League. [7] [8]
On 1 August 2021, Botic returned to Australia to sign for Western United. [9]
Botic has represented Australia at under-16 and under-17 level. He was joint-top scorer at the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship with five goals from five games, as Australia went out to Japan at the semi-final stage. [10] [11] He followed this up with four goals in four games at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil. [12] He also scored in a friendly against England under-17s. [12]
For his performances at youth level, Botic received the inaugural Dylan Tombides medal, awarded to the best Australian soccer player from under-17 to under-23 level, in 2019. [3]
Born in Australia, Botic is of Croatian descent and holds dual-citizenship. [13] He is the cousin of Australian international soccer player Tomi Juric and his brother, Deni. [14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Rockdale City Suns | 2018 | NPL NSW 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Western United | 2021–22 | A-League Men | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Western United NPL | 2022 | NPL Victoria 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Career total | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
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