Paul Bilokapic

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Paul Bilokapic
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-08-08) 8 August 1976 (age 47)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
0000 Yaralla
0000–1994 Sydney United
1994Australian Institute of Sport (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1998 Sydney United 92 (8)
1998–2001 Northern Spirit 66 (5)
2001–2003 Sydney United 51 (2)
2003 Wollongong United 11 (2)
2003–2004 APIA Leichhardt 20 (1)
2004–2005 Rockdale City Suns
International career
1993 Australia U17 4 (2)
1995 Australia U20 4 (0)
1998 Australia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Bilokapic (born 8 August 1976) is an Australian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Playing career

Club career

After playing youth football for Yaralla, he moved to Sydney Croatia (later Sydney United) where he played until the end of the 1997–98 National Soccer League season. After two seasons with Northern Spirit FC, he returned to Sydney United, where he played until the end of the 2002–03 National Soccer League season. [1]

International career

Bilokapic made his full international debut for Australia in February 1998 in a friendly match against Chile. [2] He made two appearances for Australia, both in 1998. [3]

Personal life

He is the uncle of Nicholas Bilokapic who plays as a goalkeeper for English club Peterborough United.

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References

  1. "Bilokapic, Paul". Australian Player Database. OzFootball. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  2. "The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  3. Paul Bilokapic at National-Football-Teams.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg