John Markovski (born 15 April 1970) is an Australian

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and former

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. Markovski played in the

National Soccer League The National Soccer League (NSL) was the top-level soccer league in Australia, run by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL, the A-League's predecessor, spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977 until its ...

(NSL) for Sunshine George Cross,

Preston Lions Preston Lions Football Club (formerly Preston Makedonia Soccer Club) is a semi-professional soccer club from Preston, a northern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The club was established in 1947 to play non-professional soccer matche ...

(former Preston Makedonia), Morwell Falcons,

Canberra Cosmos Canberra Cosmos Football Club was an Australian soccer club based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. It participated in the National Soccer League from the 1995/96 season until the end of the 2000/01 season, after which it folded, prima ...

, Auckland Kingz,

Carlton SC Carlton Soccer Club is a defunct Australian association football (soccer) club. It participated in the National Soccer League from the 1997–98 season until round eight of the 2000–01 season, after which it folded. The club was strongly linke ...

Melbourne Knights 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 ...

and

Perth Glory FC Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

and was known Australia-wide for his excellent free kick taking skills. Markovski is currently head coach of

and was recently coach of

Altona Magic Altona Magic Soccer Club (Commonly known as Altona Vardar SC) is a soccer team based in Altona North, a western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Magic currently compete in the second tier of the Australian soccer league system. Fou ...

, Fawkner Blues, Sunshine George Cross,

Springvale White Eagles Springvale White Eagles Football Club is a semi-professional Australian association football, soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria currently playing in the Victorian Premier League, Victorian Premier League 2. Founded by Serbian Australians, ...

, Sydenham Park, Fitzroy City and

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Personal life

Markovski has three children named Joshua,

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and Zara. He now watches and coaches them proudly play the sport he once used to. His son

Jonas Markovski Jonas Markovski (; born 17 March 1999) is an Australian Association football, soccer player who plays as a Forward (association football), striker for Preston Lions FC, Preston Lions. Club career Brisbane Roar On 20 September 2023, after a golden ...

currently plays for Preston Lions FC

Playing career

Club career

Markovski made his debut as a second-half substitute for Sunshine George Cross in round one of the

1986 National Soccer League The National Soccer League 1986 season was the tenth season of the National Soccer League in Australia. The season was again played with two Conferences as separate leagues, followed by a conference playoff final. The Grand Final was won by ...

season at the age of 15. Ahead of the

1989 National Soccer League The 1989 National Soccer League season, was the 13th season of the National Soccer League (NSL) in Australia. Background The Football Federation Australia, Australian Soccer Federation began the year by announcing that the NSL would be televis ...

season, Markovski signed for Preston Makedonia.

International career

Markovski represented the Australia national soccer team on 19 occasions for one goal and represented Australia at under 20 and 23 level at the

Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

in 1992 and at the

World Youth Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members' men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 when i ...

in 1987.

Coaching career

Markovski began his coaching career while still playing, taking charge of Preston Lions midway through the 2002 Victorian Premier League season. Markovski was coach at Sydenham Park SC in Victorian State League 1 in 2017 and 2018. Also became the head coach at

in 2020 and head coach for

in 2012, 2021 and 2023.

Career statistics

Club

Ref.

International

Honours

Australia *

OFC Nations Cup The OFC Men's Nations Cup, known as the OFC Nations Cup before the 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup, 2024 edition, is the primary association football competition contested by the senior list of men's national association football teams, men's natio ...

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

References

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Veteran aims to kick-start Kingz
1970 births Living people Australian people of Macedonian descent Australian men's soccer players Australia men's international soccer players Olympic soccer players for Australia National Soccer League (Australia) players Canberra Cosmos FC players Carlton SC players Football Kingz FC players Falcons 2000 SC players Marconi Stallions FC players Melbourne Knights FC players Perth Glory FC players Caroline Springs George Cross FC players Preston Lions FC players Preston Lions FC managers Men's association football forwards Australian soccer managers Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics 1996 OFC Nations Cup players OFC Nations Cup–winning players People from Sunshine, Victoria Soccer players from Melbourne {{Australia-footy-bio-stub