Jeffrey Olver (born 25 December 1960) is an Australian former

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player. Olver is a member of the

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Playing career

Club career

Olver played for

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and

Melbourne Croatia Melbourne Knights Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in the suburb of Sunshine North, Melbourne. The club currently competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria, the second-tier of the Australian soccer league ...

in the Australian

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International career

Olver played 37 times for

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. He was part of the Australian team that made the Quarter Final of the 1988 Olympic Football Tournament. He played for Australia in the

1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship The 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the first FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 5 and 15 January ...

finals. Olver is often regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers Australia has ever produced

Coaching career

In 1995 Olver coached Bulleen Lions in the

Victorian Premier League The Victorian Premier League (VPL) is an Australian soccer league based in Victoria that was founded in 2023 and administered by Football Victoria. It consists of two divisions that were named after the VPL's breakaway of the National Premier L ...

. He later coached Carlton's youth team in the National Soccer League National Youth League. In 2000, he rejoined Heidelberg.

References

1960 births Living people Futsal goalkeepers Australian men's soccer players Australian men's futsal players Australia men's international soccer players Australia men's B international soccer players National Soccer League (Australia) players Melbourne Knights FC players Olympic soccer players for Australia Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Men's association football goalkeepers Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-footybio-stub