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Ned Zelic

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Date of Birth: 1971 , July-4
Birth Nation: Australia
Height: 6 Feet 1 Inch

Quick Timeline of Ned Zelic

1971 Born in Australia
1981 Junior Career
1989 Senior Career
1997 His National Career

Detail Timeline of Ned Zelic

1971

Born in Australia

Ned Zelic was born on 4th July 1971, in Sydney, Australia to his parents. He grew up alongside his brothers Ivan Zelic and Lucy Zelic. He holds an Australian nationality.

1981

Junior Career

An Australian former footballer Ned Zelic started his football career with Canberra FC. He played for the club till 1987, and after that, he joined the club A/S.

1989

Senior Career

In 1981, Zelic started his career in football with the club Sydney Croatia. During his professional life, Zelic played for more than 13 clubs, where he faced 372 matches and scored 16 goals.

1997

His National Career

Till 1997, an Australian former professional footballer, Ned Zelic played for National team Australia. During his career in the national team, he made 58 matches and scored 9 goals. 

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Ned Zelic started playing football from the Old Australian National Soccer League, where he played alongside Sydney Olympic and Sydney Croatia. However, he spent most of the years of 1990s playing in Europe.

He joined the famous club Borussia Dortmund and played for three years. During that time, he reached the UEFA Cup Final in his very first season and also won the German Bundesliga title in 1995. 

Besides this, he had spent a small time in the Premier League for Queens Park Rangers, where he appeared in 11 games. Furthermore, he played for nine clubs including Eintracht Frankfurt, AJ Auxerre, 1860 Munchen, Kyoto Purple Sanga, Urawa Reds, Wacker Tirol, Newcastle Jets, Helmond sports and lastly Dinamo Tbilisi.

Talking about his national career, Ned Zelic in the year 1989 played for Australia U-20 where he made 8 appearances and scored 2 goals.

Additionally, he was a part of the Australian U-23 from 1990 to 1992 where he appeared in 16 games and scored four goals.

He was already a part of Australian senior team in 1991 and continued to play for the senior team till 1997.Further, he appeared in 34 matches and scored three goals.

Throughout his football career, Zelic has won J. League Cup: 2003, Runners-Up for UEFA Cup and FIFA Confederation Cup.

Former footballer Ned holds an Australian nationality and belongs to the ethnicity. He is a person who keeps his personal information secretly and has not revealed any information regarding his personal life. But he is very close to his brothers Ivan Zelic and presenter Lucy Zelic.

Being a professional football player, Zelic earns a decent amount as salary. However, his exact figure of his net worth is not revealed yet to the public and under review.