Tony Vidmar

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Tony Vidmar
Personal information
Full name Antony Vidmar [1]
Date of birth (1970-07-04) 4 July 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Adelaide, Australia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1995 Adelaide City 134 (15)
1993 → Germinal Ekeren (loan) 9 (1)
1995–1997 NAC Breda 61 (4)
1997–2002 Rangers 104 (9)
2002–2003 Middlesbrough 12 (0)
2003–2005 Cardiff City 73 (2)
2005–2006 NAC Breda 21 (0)
2006–2008 Central Coast Mariners 33 (0)
Total448(31)
International career
1990–1992 Australia U23 18 (7)
1991–2006 Australia 76 (3)
Managerial career
2009–2010 Adelaide United Youth (assistant)
2009–2012 FFSA NTC
2012–2017 FFA CoE
2012–2013 Australia U-17 (assistant)
2013–2017 Australia U-17
2017–2019 Melbourne City (assistant)
2019– Australia (assistant)
2019–2022 Australia U23 (assistant)
2022– Australia U23
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Men's Association football
FIFA Confederations Cup
Runner-up 1997 Riyadh
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Yokohama
OFC Nations Cup
Winner 2004 Honiara / Sydney
OFC U-23 Championship
Winner 1991
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antony Vidmar (born 4 July 1970) is an Australian soccer coach and former player, who serves as an assistant coach with the Australia and head coach of Australia. [2] He was a member of the Australia national team, competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for his native country, and with 76 caps, is one of Australia's most capped players. His brother Aurelio Vidmar is also a former footballer.

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Club career

Vidmar was born in Adelaide to a Slovenian father and Italian mother. [3] His biggest impact in club football came whilst at Scottish side Rangers, for whom he played over 150 games and won the Scottish Premier League twice, the Scottish League Cup twice and the Scottish Cup three times. His goal against Italian side Parma in a UEFA Champions League qualifying round tie in 1999 cemented him a place in Rangers folklore. [4] He left the club in 2002 and joined Middlesbrough on a free transfer. [5]

He then joined Welsh side Cardiff City on a free transfer in 2003, with manager Lennie Lawrence being quick to sign him after missing out the previous year following his release from Rangers. [6] Vidmar quickly became a fans favourite at Cardiff and made 73 appearances for the club before leaving in 2005 to re-sign for Dutch side NAC Breda, the club he had left to join Rangers. [7]

International career

Highly criticised as one of the main weak points in the Australia national team's defence under Frank Farina's tenure,[ citation needed ] Guus Hiddink's appointment sparked a tremendous improvement in his performance, culminating in an impressive performance in the second leg of the World Cup qualifying tie against Uruguay. Vidmar notably volunteered to take his teammate Mark Bresciano's kick in the penalty shootout (after the latter had been substituted through injury). This was successfully converted, giving Australia a 3–1 lead, and they subsequently won 4–2 on penalties.

On 9 May 2006, Vidmar announced he was withdrawing himself from World Cup team selection for medical reasons, specifically an irregular heart rhythm. [8] Doctors discovered this irregularity was due to a blood clot in his left coronary artery. Following an operation in London, Vidmar was given the all-clear to resume his professional football career. [9] Vidmar announced his international retirement after the friendly fixture against Paraguay on 7 October 2006, in which Australia drew 1–1.

Retirement

On 14 February 2008, Vidmar announced his retirement and an end to his decorated playing career after the 2008 A-League Grand Final. The former Socceroo defender said he wanted to end speculation about his future and thought the domestic decider was the best way to end his career. [10]

"There has been a lot of speculation on what I was going to do, whether to continue on or to end my career. I made up my mind about three weeks ago and thought that it was probably the right time to finish and that was well before we clinched our Grand Final berth." "My aim at the start of the season was to help qualify the team for the AFC Champions League and to top that now would be very difficult."

Vidmar said there had been many influential players on his career, which began at Adelaide City in 1989:

"There are a lot of people that I'd like to thank – when I first started in the National Soccer League my first coach Zoran Matic was a huge influence for my career and every other coach that I've had since has influenced me in some way." "I'd like to thank everyone at the Mariners – everyone in the office to the coaching staff and my team-mates, after what happened with my medical condition it was a gamble that they took to bring me here and I'd like to thank them for giving me the opportunity to finish my career in Australia, it would definitely be nice to finish it off with a Championship."

The Mariners went on to lose the Grand Final to the Newcastle Jets.

Personal life

Vidmar is the brother of Aurelio Vidmar who is also a former footballer. [11] His daughter Mikayla Vidmar who is also a footballer recently played in A-League Women for Canberra United FC. [12]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupContinentalOther [lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Adelaide City 1989 National Soccer League 101101
1989–90 National Soccer League264264
1990–91 National Soccer League23330263
1991–92 National Soccer League20140241
1992–93 National Soccer League4141
Total83107000009010
Germinal Beerschot 1992–93 Belgian First Division 9191
Adelaide City 1993–94 National Soccer League22341264
1994–95 National Soccer League22120241
Total12714131000014015
NAC Breda 1995–96 Eredivisie 302302
1996–97 Eredivisie312311
Total614000000614
Rangers 1997–98 Scottish Premier Division 12020140
1998–99 Scottish Premier League 2811140332
1999–2000 Scottish Premier League2761150337
2000–01 Scottish Premier League1511030191
2001–02 Scottish Premier League221405030341
Total1049721903013311
Middlesbrough 2002–03 Premier League 1201020150
Cardiff City 2003–04 First Division 4511020481
2004–05 First Division2811040331
Total732200060812
NAC Breda 2005–06 Eredivisie210210
Central Coast Mariners 2006–07 A-League 15020170
2007–08 A-League1503030210
Total300300050480
Career total4373426319016049839

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [13]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Australia 199120
199250
199360
199460
199541
199610
1997130
199800
199900
200030
2001131
200200
200330
2004101
200590
200610
Total763
Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vidmar goal.
List of international goals scored by Tony Vidmar [14]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
118 June 1995 Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, AustraliaFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1–02–1Friendly
29 April 2001 BCU International Stadium, Coffs Harbour, AustraliaFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 16–022–0 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying
312 October 2004Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, AustraliaFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 3–06–0 2004 OFC Nations Cup

Honours

Player

Adelaide City

Rangers

Central Coast Mariners

Australia U23

Australia

Individual

Manager

Australia U16

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  2. ↑ "Tony Vidmar and Gary van Egmond announced as Socceroos assistant and Young Socceroos boss". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
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  4. ↑ "Rangers put Parma in the shade" BBC Sport Retrieved on 23 October 2018
  5. ↑ "Boro sign Vidmar" BBC Sport Retrieved on 10 October 2007
  6. ↑ "Vidmar joins Cardiff". BBC Sport. 16 July 2003. Retrieved 10 October 2007.
  7. ↑ "Croft shown exit door by Cardiff" BBC Sport Retrieved on 10 October 2007
  8. ↑ "Vidmar out of World Cup" Archived 12 September 2012 at archive.today The World Game 9 May 2006
  9. ↑ "Doctors give Vidmar all clear" SMH 6 July 2006
  10. ↑ ""Vidmar calls it a day"". Archived from the original on 3 June 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2008.
  11. ↑ Rosengarten, Jake (5 May 2020). "Catch-Ups: John Aloisi with Tony and Aurelio Vidmar". Optus. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
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