| David Allen Zdrilić (Croatian: ; born 13 April 1974) is an Australian association football coach and former player, who was most recently the head coach of A-League Men club Perth Glory. Zdrilic has also been a football presenter on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), including in their coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Zdrilic played on 30 occasions for the Australia national soccer team, having once scored eight goals in a single match – the second highest recorded for any Australian player, behind Socceroos teammate Archie Thompson, who scored 13 goals in the same game. He was also a member of the Australia national beach soccer team, the Beach Socceroos, having captained the side. He previously played for Sydney FC in the A-League after forging a professional career in Switzerland, Germany, England and Scotland.
As a football presenter on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Zdrilic hosted the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil which won a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Sport Coverage as well as SBS's Friday Night A-League coverage. He has hosted games from the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, various international cup competitions and the football entertainment show Thursday FC on SBS2.
Over the last few years, Zdrilic served in a variety of coaching roles in Germany, Belgium, Italy, the MLS and the A-League. In early 2022, he became an assistant at Serie A club Genoa - the first Australian to coach in Serie A - after turning down the offer of coaching Australia at the 2024 Olympic Games. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
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