Josip Magdic
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Josip Magdić is a professional football (soccer)
player. He currently plays as an attacking midfielder for the Australia
n club Melbourne Knights
.
Premier League club Floreat Athena
, later signing with Croatia
n second division side NK Slavonija Požega
. He returned to Floreat Athena
for the 2006 season and was playing so well that he was snapped up half way through the season by Perth Glory
. In the 2006/2007 A-League
season Magdić played 5 times and scored 1 goal, but he did not remain on the Perth Glory
roster for the 2007/2008 season as Ron Smith
did not renew his contract. After a great season with Floreat Athena
in 2007, in which he helped the club to their first Premiership in 10 years, he received a trial with A-League
club Queensland Roar before signing on for Perth Glory
for the second time but he never played a game due to injury.
Magdić signed for the Melbourne Knights competing in the Victorian Premier League for the 2010 Season
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 currently plays as an attacking midfielder for the 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 club Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights
Melbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...
.
Club career
He started his career with WAWestern Australia
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Premier League club Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena Football Club is a football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the Football West Premier League. The club's founders were of Greek heritage....
, later signing with Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n second division side NK Slavonija Požega
NK Slavonija
NK Slavonija is a Croatian football club based in the town of Požega in Slavonia....
. He returned to Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena Football Club is a football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the Football West Premier League. The club's founders were of Greek heritage....
for the 2006 season and was playing so well that he was snapped up half way through the season by 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...
. In the 2006/2007 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...
season Magdić played 5 times and scored 1 goal, but he did not remain on the 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...
roster for the 2007/2008 season as Ron Smith
Ron Smith
Ron or Ronald Smith may refer to:*Ron Smith , American poet born in Georgia*Ron Smith , British comic artist*Ron Smith , Canadian author, poet and publishing house founder...
did not renew his contract. After a great season with Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena
Floreat Athena Football Club is a football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club competes in the Football West Premier League. The club's founders were of Greek heritage....
in 2007, in which he helped the club to their first Premiership in 10 years, he received a trial with 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 Queensland Roar before signing on for 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...
for the second time but he never played a game due to injury.
Magdić signed for the Melbourne Knights competing in the Victorian Premier League for the 2010 Season
A-League career statistics
(Correct as of 20 September 2008)| Club | Season | League | Finals | Asia | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Perth Glory | 2006–07 A-League 2006-07 The 2006–07 A-League season was the second season of the Australian football competition, the A-League. Football Federation Australia hoped to build on the success of the first season and on the interest generated by the Socceroos competing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup... |
4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 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... |
0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | |