Australia Popović, T

Tony Popovic

Born:04-Jul-73
Region/City:Sydney

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AU Australia since 23-Sep-24



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Tony Popovic (born 4 July 1973) is an Australian association football manager and former player. He is currently head coach of the Australia national football team. He guided the team to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, thus becoming the first Australian to play for and manage the team at a World Cup. As a player Popovic's usual position was centre-back. Starting in 1989 at Sydney United he went on to play for Sanfrecce Hiroshima of Japan and Premier League side Crystal Palace, among other clubs. He appeared with the Australian national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where he played against reigning World Champions Brazil. Popovic started his coaching career in 2008 with Sydney FC. After a brief stint as assistant manager at Crystal Palace he was chosen as the inaugural manager of Western Sydney Wanderers at the start of the 2012–13 season. His major achievements as a manager are winning the 2012–13 A-League Premiership and 2014 AFC Champions League with the Wanderers, the 2018–19 A-League Premiership with Perth Glory and an Australia Cup with Melbourne Victory in 2022. He holds the record of coaching the most A-League Grand Final losses with 5 to the end of the 2023/2024 season. He was appointed as coach of Australia in 2024 and led them to qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article




AU Western Sydney Wanderers12/17
A-League 12/1329
A-League 13/1429
    afcACL 14 14
    FFA Cup 141
A-League 14/1527
    fifaClub World Cup 142
    afcACL 156
    FFA Cup 153
A-League 15/1629
    FFA Cup 163
A-League 16/1717
    afcACL 176
TR Kardemir Karabükspor17
Süper Lig 17/188
AU Perth Glory18/20
A-League 18/1929
A-League 19/2028
    afcACL 201
GR Xanthi20/21
AU Melbourne Victory21/24
A-League 21/2228
    afcACL Qualifying 221
A-League 22/2326
A-League 23/2431
AU Australia24/now
    Qualif WC 268

Popović, T last games

Australia

10-Jun-25 away Saudi Arb 1-2 in Qualif WC



05-Jun-25 home Japan 1-0 in Qualif WC



25-Mar-25 away China, PR 0-2 in Qualif WC



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