Jeffrey Olver (born 25 December 1960) is an Australian former
football (soccer)
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player.
Olver is a member of the
Football Federation Australia - Football Hall of Fame
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.
Playing career
Club career
Olver played for
Heidelberg
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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
National Soccer League
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.
International career
Olver played 37 times for
Australia
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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
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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
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. 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
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