Tony Popovic

**Tony Popovic** (born 4 July 1973) is a former Australian football player. He has played for Australia national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Sydney United|1989–90|rowspan="4"|National Soccer League|13|0|||||13|0|
|1990–91|17|1|||||17|1|||||
|1991–92|20|1|||||20|1|||||
|1992–93|24|2|||||24|2|||||
|1993–94|rowspan="4"|National Soccer League|27|2|||||27|2|||
|1994–95|25|3|||||25|3|||||
|1995–96|29|4|||||29|4|||||
|1996–97|7|2|||||7|2|||||
|rowspan="6"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima|1997|rowspan="5"|J1 League|11|0|0|0|6|0|17|0|
|1998|25|4|3|1|2|1|30|6|||||
|1999|23|6|5|0|1|0|29|6|||||
|2000|21|3|2|0|3|2|26|5|||||
|2001|7|0|0|0|0|0|7|0|||||
|rowspan="6"|Crystal Palace|2001–02|rowspan="3"|First Division|20|2|1|0|||21|2|
|2002–03|36|4|3|0|||40|4|||||
|2003–04|30|1|1|0|||31|1|||||
|2004–05|Premier League|23|0|||||23|0||||
|2005–06|League Championship|12|0|2|0|1|0|15|0||||
|Al-Arabi|2006–07|Qatar Stars League|17|2|||||17|2|||
|rowspan="3"|Sydney FC|2007–08|rowspan="2"|A-League|20|1|||||20|1|
|2008–09|7|0|||||7|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="12"|Australia|1995|8|0|
|1996|10|0|||
|1997|2|0|||
|1998|2|0|||
|1999|0|0|||
|2000|7|1|||
|2001|10|5|||
|2002|0|0|||
|2003|2|1|||
|2004|5|0|||
|2005|8|0|||
|2006|4|1|||

- _Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Popovic goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|19 June 2000|Papeete, Tahiti|||17–0|Oceania Nations Cup||||||||
|2|9 April 2001|BCU International Stadium, Australia|||22–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|3|11 April 2001|BCU International Stadium, Australia|||31–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|4||||||||||||||
|5|16 April 2001|BCU International Stadium, Australia|||11–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|6||||||||||||||
|7|12 February 2003|Boleyn Ground, London, England|||3–1|Friendly||||||||
|8|7 September 2006|Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia|||1–1|Friendly||||||||

### Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Western Sydney Wanderers|align=left|17 May 2012|align=left|1 October 2017|||
|align=left|Karabükspor|align=left|1 October 2017|align=left|15 December 2017|||
|align=left|Perth Glory|align=left|11 May 2018|align=left|2 September 2020|||
|align=left|Xanthi|align=left|2 September 2020|align=left|22 February 2021|||
|align=left|Melbourne Victory|align=left|21 April 2021|align=left|Present|||

### Player

**Australia**
- OFC Nations Cup: 1996, 2000, 2004

### Manager

**Western Sydney Wanderers**
- A-League Men: Premiers 2012–13; runner-up 2013–14, 2015–16
- A-League Men Finals runner-up: 2013, 2014, 2016
- AFC Champions League: 2014

**Perth Glory**
- A-League Men: Premiers 2018–19
- A-League Men Finals runner-up: 2019

**Melbourne Victory**
- A-League Men runner-up: 2021–22
- Australia Cup: 2021

### Individual

- A-League Men Coach of the Year: 2012–13, 2018–19, 2021–22
- PFA A-League Manager of the Season: 2012–13, 2018–19
- AFC Coach of the Year: 2014

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Tony Popovic
- **image**: Tony_Popovic_Managing_Western_Sydney_Wanderers_Training.png
- **caption**: Popovic in 2013
- **fullname**: Tony Popovic
- **birth place**: Sydney, Australia
- **height**: 1.93 m
- **position**: Centre-back
- **currentclub**: Melbourne Victory FC, Melbourne Victory (manager)
- **youthclubs1**: Fairfield Bulls SC, Fairfield Bulls
- **youthclubs2**: Sydney United 58 FC, Sydney United
- **years1**: 1989–1997
- **clubs1**: Sydney United 58 FC, Sydney United
- **caps1**: 162
- **goals1**: 14
- **years2**: 1994
- **clubs2**: → Canberra FC (loan)
- **caps2**: 5
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 1997–2001
- **clubs3**: Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- **caps3**: 87
- **goals3**: 13
- **years4**: 2001–2006
- **clubs4**: Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace
- **caps4**: 123
- **goals4**: 6
- **years5**: 2006–2007
- **clubs5**: Al-Arabi SC (Qatar), Al-Arabi
- **caps5**: 17
- **goals5**: 2
- **years6**: 2007–2008
- **clubs6**: Sydney FC
- **caps6**: 27
- **goals6**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 421
- **totalgoals**: 37
- **nationalyears1**: 1988–1989
- **nationalteam1**: Australia national under-17 football team, Australia U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 7
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 1990–1991
- **nationalteam2**: Australia national under-20 football team, Australia U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 9
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 1992
- **nationalteam3**: Australia national under-23 football team, Australia U23
- **nationalcaps3**: 4
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 1995–2006
- **nationalteam4**: Australia national association football team, Australia
- **nationalcaps4**: 58
- **nationalgoals4**: 8
- **manageryears1**: 2008–2011
- **managerclubs1**: Sydney FC (assistant)
- **manageryears2**: 2009
- **managerclubs2**: Sydney FC (caretaker)
- **manageryears3**: 2011–2012
- **managerclubs3**: Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace (assistant)
- **manageryears4**: 2012–2017
- **managerclubs4**: Western Sydney Wanderers FC, Western Sydney Wanderers
- **manageryears5**: 2017
- **managerclubs5**: Kardemir Karabükspor, Karabükspor
- **manageryears6**: 2018–2020
- **managerclubs6**: Perth Glory FC, Perth Glory
- **manageryears7**: 2020–2021
- **managerclubs7**: Xanthi F.C., Xanthi
- **manageryears8**: 2021–
- **managerclubs8**: Melbourne Victory FC, Melbourne Victory