Vedrana Popovic

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Vedrana Popovic
Vedrana Popovic Brisbane.jpg
Popovic playing for Brisbane Roar in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-10) 10 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
2000 Annerley Football Club
Queensland Academy of Sport
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008 Queensland Lions Soccer Club
2008–2009 Queensland Roar 3 (1)
2009–2010 Melbourne Victory 9 (0)
2010–2011 Adelaide United 10 (0)
2011–2015 Brisbane Roar 39 (4)
International career
2013– Australia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 February 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 January 2013

Vedrana Popovic (born 10 January 1992 in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina [1] ) is an Australian football (soccer) player who last played for Australian W-League team Brisbane Roar. [2] [3] [4]

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Playing career

Popovic has played for Brisbane Roar, Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United in the Australian W-League. [5]

In 2013, Popovic made her debut for Australia. [5]

Honours

With Brisbane Roar:

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References

  1. "Player profile - Vedrana Popovic". Queensland Roar FC . Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  2. "Popovic hopes for reward". The World Game. 8 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  3. "Athlete Profiles - Vedrana Popovic". Queensland Institute of Sport. Archived from the original on 18 February 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  4. "Queensland Roar Westfield W-League Player Stats". Queensland Roar FC . Retrieved 19 February 2009.
  5. 1 2 Howe, Andrew. "Westfield W-League 2013/14 and Westfield Matildas Media Guide". Football Federation Australia. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.