John Wayne Shroj
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Wayne Srhoj is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player. He is a central midfielder currently playing for A-League
A-League
The A-League is the top Australasian professional football league. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia , it was founded in 2004 following the folding of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005–06. It is sponsored by Hyundai Motor Company...

 club Melbourne Heart.

Club career

Between summer of 2006 and February 2007, Srhoj and team-mate Abiodun Agunbiade
Abiodun Agunbiade
Abiodun Agunbiade is a Nigerian football player, who currently is Free Agent. The pacey midfielder usually plays on the right wing....

 did not play a single official game, as they claimed their contract with FC Naţional had run out at the end of the 2005/2006 season. After seven months of controversial court hearings and delays, the final decision favoured the players who then signed with the Timişoara
Timisoara
Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...

 based team FC Timişoara.

FC Timişoara released Srhoj from his contract at the end of the 2007-08 Season
Liga I 2007-08
The 2007-08 season of Liga I began on July 27, 2007 and ended on May 7, 2008. CFR Cluj became champions, winning their first trophy and ending a 17-year long reign of Bucharest-based teams....

. On 4 September 2008 Srhoj signed with Perth for the second time in his career.

On 13 April 2010 Melbourne Heart announced Srhoj would be joining the new franchise for 2010-11 season. He soon became an integral part of the new side, starting in 10 of their first 12 matches. He also picked up five yellow cards in this time, meaning he was suspended for one match.

International career

Srhoj has represented Australia at U-17
Australia national under-17 football team
The Australia national under-17 association football team, more commonly known as the Joeys, is controlled by Football Federation Australia and represents Australia in international Under 17 or youth football competitions.-FIFA U-17 World Cup:...

, U-20
Australia national under-20 football team
The Australia national under-20 association football team, more commonly known as the Young Socceroos, is controlled by Football Federation Australia and represents Australia in international Under 20 or youth football competitions....

 and U-23
Australia national under-23 football team
The Australia Olympic football team, more commonly known as the Olyroos, is controlled by Football Federation Australia and represents Australia at association football in the Olympic Games...

 levels. He started in all of Australia's games at both the 1999 U-17 World Cup in New Zealand
1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1999 was held in the cities of Auckland, Christchurch, Napier, and Dunedin in New Zealand between 10 November and 27 November 1999...

 and the 2001 U-20 World Cup in Argentina
2001 FIFA World Youth Championship
The 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Argentina between June 17 and July 8, 2001. The 2001 championship was the 13th contested. The tournament took part in six cities, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Mendoza, Rosario, Salta, and Mar del Plata...

. Srhoj featured in many of the Olyroos
Australia national under-23 football team
The Australia Olympic football team, more commonly known as the Olyroos, is controlled by Football Federation Australia and represents Australia at association football in the Olympic Games...

' lead up games for 2004 Olympics
Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament
The men's football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured 16 men's national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, in which each team would play each of the others once...

, including the Oceania region Olympic qualifying series
OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once in four years times to decided the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation and representatives at the Olympic Games.-Previous Tournaments:...

 and a lead up tour of Switzerland in June, but did not make the final 18 man squad for Athens.

A-League career statistics

(Correct as of 8 March 2010)
Club Season League Finals Asia Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Perth Glory 2008–09
A-League 2008-09
The 2008–09 A-League season was the fourth season of the Australasian A-League association football competition. Two new clubs, North Queensland Thunder and Gold Coast Galaxy had received tentative licences from the FFA but these were revoked for the 2008–09 season on 12 March 2008. Expansion...

15 1 1
15 1 1
2009–10 20 4 0 1 0 0
21 4 2
Melbourne Heart 2010–11 20 0 0
20 0 3
Total 5551100--- 5656

Honours

With Australia
Australia national football (soccer) team
The Australia national association football team represents Australia in international association football competitions. Its official nickname is the "Socceroos"...

:
  • FIFA U-17 World Championship: 1999
    1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship
    The FIFA U-17 World Championship 1999 was held in the cities of Auckland, Christchurch, Napier, and Dunedin in New Zealand between 10 November and 27 November 1999...

     (Runners-Up)

With Sydney Olympic: NSL Championship: 2001-2002
With Perth Glory
Perth Glory FC
Perth Glory Football Club is a professional football club in Perth, Western Australia, Australia, competing in Australia's top football competition the A-League. Perth Glory is one of only three clubs to survive from the now defunct National Soccer League...

:
NSL Championship: 2003-2004

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