Mark Babic
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| Full name | Mark Babic | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 April 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989 | St George Saints | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1997 | Sydney United | 137 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2004 | Marconi Stallions | 102 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Australia U-17 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Australia U-20 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Australia U-23 | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Australia | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 August 2007 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 August 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
Mark Babic (born 24 April 1973) is a former Australian soccer played who played as a defender.
Early life
[edit]Babic was born in Australia to parents who had emigrated from Croatia.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]He played in the NSL between 1989 and 2003 with clubs St George Saints, Sydney United and Marconi Stallions. With Sydney United he played 137 games for the club between 1989 and 1997 and played 102 games for Marconi between 1997 and 2003.[2]
International career
[edit]Babic represented Australia at all levels, including playing all six games for the Australian U-20 team at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal where Australia finished 4th and playing all 3 games for the Australian U-23's at the 1996 Summer Olympic games. He also was capped 8 times at senior level for Australia between 1997 and 1998.[3][4]
Honours
[edit]Australia
- OFC Nations Cup: runner-up 1998[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Johnson, Judy (9 February 1997). "On the ball". The Sun Herald. p. 6.
- ^ "Australian Player Database – BA". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ "The Australian national men's football team: caps and captains" (PDF). Football Federation Australia. ozfootball.net. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ "FIFA Player Statistics: Mark Babic". FIFA. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ "Oceania Nations Cup 1998". Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Australian people of Croatian descent
- Australian men's soccer players
- Australia men's international soccer players
- Olympic soccer players for Australia
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Marconi Stallions FC players
- Sydney United 58 FC players
- Men's association football central defenders
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- 1998 OFC Nations Cup players
- Australian soccer defender stubs