Mile Sterjovski (born 27 May 1979) is an Australian former professional

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player. He played predominantly as a

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or as a second striker, but also played as a

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and

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. Sterjovski is the current head coach of A-League club

Macarthur FC Macarthur Football Club is an Australian professional association football, soccer club based in South Western Sydney, New South Wales. It competes in Australia's premier soccer competition, the A-League, under Professional sports league organi ...

. Sterjovski played youth football with Wollongong Wolves and the AIS before making his senior debut for Wolves in the

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. After also playing for Wollongong United, Sydney United and Parramatta Power, Sterjovski moved overseas to play for French club

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. He also spent time in Switzerland (with

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) and Turkey (with Hacettepe) before joining

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in the

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. He eventually returned to Australia to play in the

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for

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and Central Coast Mariners, separated by a period playing for

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in the

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. He then returned to the A-league to win the championship with the Central Coast Mariners. He played for the Australia national team from 2000 to 2010, making 43 appearances and scoring 8 goals, including three games at the

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and an international hat-trick against

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Club career

Junior Club

Sterjovski began playing as a junior with the Wollongong Olympic Junior Soccer Club and Lake Height Junior Football Club.

Early career

Sterjovski began his career in Australia at Wollongong Wolves and briefly played for Illawarra Lions before making a name for himself with successful spells at Sydney United and Parramatta Power.

Lille

Sterjovski's performances and record of 31 goals in 68 games in three National Soccer League (NSL) seasons earned him a move to French

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side

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in 2000. After four seasons at Lille, Sterjovski moved to Swiss side

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FC Basel

On 14 May 2004, it was announced that Sterjovski had signed a three-year contract with

. He joined Basel's first team during their 2004–05 season under head coach

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. After playing in five test games Sterjovski played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 17 July as Basel won 6–0 against

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. As reigning Swiss champions, Basel entered the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League in the third qualifying round and their aim was to reach the

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. However, they were drawn against

Internazionale Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1 ...

. Sterjovski scored his first goal for his new club on 24 August in the away game in the

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, as Basel were defeated 4–1 by Inter and Inter won the qualifier 5–2 on aggregate. Basel subsequently dropped into the

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. Beating Terek Grozny in the first round, Basel qualified for the group stage. A 1–1 draw away against

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was followed by a home defeat against Hearts. But with two victories, 2–1 away against

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and 1–0 at home against

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, saw Basel rise to third place in the group table and advance to the knock-out stage. In the round of 32 in the

, a home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 17 February 2005, Basel played a goalless draw against Sterjovski's former club,

, but in the return leg Basel were defeated 2–0 and were eliminated. Sterjovski scored his first domestic league goal with his team in the home game on 7 November. It was the first goal of the game as Basel won 2–1 against Young Boys. Basel completed all the 2004–05 Super League season's seventeen home games undefeated, winning thirteen and drawing four. They ended the season as Swiss champions with ten points advantage over second placed

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. In the first round of the 2004–05

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Basel played away against local amateur club FC Oberdorf. Sterjovski scored his first cup goal for the club in this match and Basel went on to win 4–0. In the second round they beat lower league team

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3–1. But in round three they faced

. Following a 1–1 draw after extra time. It required a penalty shoot-out. Sterjovski's spot kick was held by Thun keeper Fabio Coltorti and Thun won the shoot-out 4–3. As Swiss champions, Basel entered the 2005–06 Champions League third qualifying round. However, they were drawn against

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club

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and they lost 4–2 on aggregate. Subsequently Basel dropped into the

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, where against

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in the first round, they sealed a 6–0 aggregate win to qualify for the Group stage. Here Basel were then drawn into Group E, alongside

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, Roma,

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and

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. Basel qualified for the knock-out stage and in the round of 32 Basel were drawn against

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, this was won 2–1 on aggregate. In the round of 16 Basel were drawn against Strasbourgh winning 4–2 on aggregate. In the quarter-finals, drawn against

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they won the first leg 2–0, but Middlesbrough fought back to win the return match 4–1 and the tie 4–3 on aggregate. Sterjovski played in 11 of these 12 matches. Basel started into the 2005–06 Super League season well and led the championship right until the last day of the league campaign. On the final day of the league season Basel played at home against

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had scored an equaliser after FCZ had taken an early lead. But then a last-minute goal from Zürich's Iulian Filipescu meant the final score was 2–1 in favour of the away team and it gave FCZ their first national championship since 1980–81. The title for Basel was lost on goal difference. The last minute loss of the Championship and the subsequent riots, the so-called Basel Hooligan Incident, meant that the club would suffer the consequences. In the first round of the 2005–06

Basel played away against lower league team

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and won this 4–1. In round two they played away against local lower league team Old Boys. In this game Sterjovski scored four goals and Basel won 6–1. However, Basel were defeated in the third-round home tie against

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3–4. FC Basel's European campaign started in the first qualifying stage of the

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, here they beat Kazakh side

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3–1 on aggregate. In the second qualifying round they were drawn against FC Vaduz from Liechtenstein, narrowly progressing on the

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after a 2–2 aggregate draw. In the first round Basel won 7–2 on aggregate against

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to qualify for the group stage. Here Basel played their first match at home against

, this ended in a 1–1 draw. Their second was away and FCB lost 3–0 against

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. At home against

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the match was drawn 2–2 and the final game ended with a 3–1 defeat against

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. Basel ended the group stage in last position in the table and were eliminated. Sterjovski played in all ten of these European matches, scoring two goals. At the end of the 2006–07 Super League season Basel were runners-up, one point behind championship winners

. In the Swiss Cup Basel advanced to the final, beating FC Liestal in the first round,

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, FC Baulmes,

and Wil in the semi-final. In the final they played

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and won this 1–0 thanks to a penalty goal in the third minute of added time. Sterjovski’s contract was not renewed and so he left the club. During his time with them, Sterjovski played a total of 171 games for Basel scoring a total of 38 goals. 93 of these games were in the

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, 11 in the

, 30 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and UEFA Cup) and 37 were friendly games. He scored 15 goals in the domestic league, seven in the cup, three in the European games and the other 13 were scored during the test games.

Gençlerbirliği

On 2 September 2007, Sterjovski scored on his debut after coming off the bench for his new club Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ (now called Hacettepe Spor Kulübü) in their match against Fenerbahçe.

Derby County

On 9 January 2008, Sterjovski announced his plan to leave Turkey for personal reasons relating to his family. He announced that he was in negotiations with Premier League side

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and joined them after work permit problems on 24 January 2008. He made his debut as a substitute against

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in a 3–0 defeat, and was a regular in the side towards the end of the season, usually playing out on the right wing. In the 2008–09 season, Sterjovski was largely frozen out of the Derby squad by manager Paul Jewell, his first appearance of the season coming on 21 October 2008 against

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, in which he scored his first goal for Derby. However, following Jewell's departure, he produced an impressive performance against

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in the first leg of the League Cup semi-final under caretaker manager David Lowe. New Derby manager Nigel Clough was watching in the stands. Following the match, Sterjovski said: "Now I am glad there is a new manager. It’s a new start for me and, hopefully, I will get more chances." Sterjovski went on to make 14 further appearances before the end of the season, scoring once and playing well in the middle of the injury-hit Derby midfield.

Return to Australia: Perth Glory

After initial speculation linking Sterjovski with a move to Gold Coast United, he moved to

on 11 June 2009 for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract as their marquee player.

Central Coast Mariners

On 6 July 2012, it was announced he had signed one-year deal to play for Central Coast Mariners. On 5 February 2014, Sterjovski announced that he will retire at the end of the season.

International career

Sterjovski made his Australia national team debut against Scotland in 2000. Sterjovski was selected to represent Australia at the

in Germany. In the build-up, he made an appearance in the Australia vs.

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friendly at the

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and also played against

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, scoring the first goal for the Socceroos in a 3–1 win. In the finals he started in the games against

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and against

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. Sterjovski was selected for the first group match in Australia's 2007 Asian Cup campaign, starting against Oman and substituted in the 46th minute, which Australia drew 1–1. Due to illness Sterjovski did not feature further in Australia's failed campaign in its first Asian Cup. Sterjovski scored against

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during a friendly match at the Sydney Football Stadium, but was sent off in the 85th minute after receiving a second yellow card for a tackle on Ghana's Richard Manu. He scored again on 20 August in a friendly against

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in which the Socceroos drew 2–2. On 10 June 2009, Sterjovski notched his 9th goal for Australia in a 2–0 win over Bahrain at the ANZ Stadium in Sydney, in his 41st appearance for his national side.

Personal life

Sterjovski and his wife Sharon have two sons and a daughter - Luka, Sonny and Lilly.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sterjovski goal.''

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Sydney United * NSL Minor Premiership: 1999 FC Basel *

: 2004–05; runner-up 2005–06, 2006–07 *

: 2007 *

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quarter-finals: 2006 Derby County * League Cup semi-finals: 2009 Perth Glory * Club Golden Boot Award: 2010 Central Coast Mariners *

Championship:

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Australia *

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: 3rd place,

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

Australia U-20 *

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Manager

Macarthur FC *

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References

Sources

* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

FCB portrait Mile Sterjovski (German)

External links

Mile Sterjovski Interview

*
FFA – Socceroo profile

Perth Glory profile
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