Steven Ugarkovic

Steven Ugarkovic

Ugarkovic with Western Sydney Wanderers in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Steven Peter Ugarkovic
Date of birth	(1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth	Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Melbourne City
Number	6
Youth career
0000	Sydney United
0000	Marconi Stallions
0000	Blacktown Spartans
2013	Osijek
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Osijek	42	(1)
2015	→ HNK Gorica (loan)	8	(0)
2016–2021	Newcastle Jets	135	(9)
2021–2022	Western Sydney Wanderers	32	(3)
2022–2023	Wellington Phoenix	27	(1)
2023–	Melbourne City	27	(3)
International career‡
2013–2014	Croatia U19	2	(0)
2014–2017	Australia U23	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2015

Steven Ugarkovic (born 19 August 1994) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for A-League club Melbourne City. ^[1]

Career

Osijek

Ugarkovic started his professional career at Croatian club NK Osijek, moving from his home city of Sydney, Australia to pursue a career in football at the age of 17. ^[2]

Newcastle Jets

Ugarkovic returned to Australia in the January transfer window of the 2015-16 A-League season. ^[3] Ugarkovic's first appearance for the Newcastle Jets was on 31 January 2016, in a 1–0 loss to Adelaide United. ^[4]

In January 2021, it was announced that Ugarkovic would play out the rest of the 2020-21 A-League season at Newcastle before joining Western Sydney Wanderers FC for the 2021-22 A-League season. ^[5] Ugarkovic spent 4+1⁄2 seasons at Newcastle. ^[6] Ugarkovic made 144 appearances for Newcastle across all competitions, scoring 9 goals.

Western Sydney Wanderers

Ugarkovic completed his transfer early in a swap deal involving Jordan O'Doherty joining Newcastle, ^[7] and spent the end of the 2020-21 season as well as the 2021-22 season at Western Sydney.

Ugarkovic departed the Wanderers at the completion of his first full season at the club. ^[8] Ugarkovic made 35 appearances and scored 4 goals in all competitions for the Wanderers.

Wellington Phoenix

Ugarkovic joined Wellington Phoenix ahead of the 2022-23 season. ^[9]

Ugarkovic was also at the Phoenix for a single season only, in March announcing his impending departure at the end of the season. ^[10] Ugarkovic made 27 appearances for Wellington, scoring one goal.

Personal life

His father, John Ugarkovic, played in the NSL for Sydney United. ^[11]

In June 2022, Steven Ugarkovic married Bianka Ugarkovic.

Career statistics

As of 5 August 2020 ^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Asia		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Osijek	2013–14	Croatian First Football League	23	1	3	1	-	-	26	2
	2014–15	Croatian First Football League	8	0	2	0	-	-	10	0
	2015–16	Croatian First Football League	11	0	1	0	-	-	12	0
	Total		42	1	6	1	0	0	48	2
Gorica (loan)	2014–15	Croatian Second Football League	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Newcastle Jets	2015–16	A-League	11	1	0	0	0	0	11	1
	2016–17	A-League	25	1	0	0	0	0	25	1
	2017–18	A-League	29	1	1	0	0	0	25	1
	2018–19	A-League	27	0	2	0	2	0	31	0
	2019–20	A-League	25	4	2	0	0	0	27	4
	Total		117	7	5	0	2	0	124	7
Career totals			167	4	7	1	0	0	112	5

References

1. Petorica igrača sporazumno napustila Istru 1961 Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine at NogometPlus
2. "19-year-old Australian-born Steven Ugarkovic making waves following move to Croatia". Fox Sports Australia . 13 January 2014.
3. "News: Jets sign Olyroo Steven Ugarkovic". Newcastle Jets FC . 7 January 2016.
4. "Steven Ugarkovic". Newcastle Jets. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
5. "Ugarkovic Jets off to Wanderers - next season". SBS Australia .
6. "Midfielder Steven Ugarkovic bails out on Newcastle Jets". Newcastle Herald . 6 May 2021.
7. "Midfielder Wanderers land Jets' Ugarkovic in A-League". The West Australian . 7 May 2021.
8. "Ugarkovic departs Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers FC . 2 June 2022.
9. "Wellington Phoenix sign experienced Australian midfielder Steven Ugarkovic". Stuff . 2 June 2022.
10. "Wellington Phoenix exodus: Oli Sail, Clayton Lewis and Steven Ugarkovic to leave next season". Stuff.co.nz . 3 March 2023.
11. "Hyundai A-League lads and their dads". 4 February 2016.
12. Steven Ugarkovic at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

External links

• Steven Ugarković at Soccerway.com
• Steven Ugarković at FBref.com