Steven Ugarkovic

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Steven Ugarkovic
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Ugarkovic with Western Sydney Wanderers in 2021
Personal information
Full name Steven Peter Ugarkovic
Date of birth (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne City
Number 6
Youth career
0000 Sydney United
0000 Marconi Stallions
0000 Blacktown Spartans
2013 Osijek
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 Osijek 42 (1)
2015 → HNK Gorica (loan) 8 (0)
2016–2021 Newcastle Jets 135 (9)
2021–2022 Western Sydney Wanderers 32 (3)
2022–2023 Wellington Phoenix 27 (1)
2023– Melbourne City 27 (3)
International career‡
2013–2014 Croatia U19 2 (0)
2014–2017 Australia U23 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2015

Steven Ugarkovic (born 19 August 1994) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for A-League club Melbourne City. [1]

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Career

Osijek

Ugarkovic started his professional career at Croatian club NK Osijek, moving from his home city of Sydney, Australia to pursue a career in football at the age of 17. [2]

Newcastle Jets

Ugarkovic returned to Australia in the January transfer window of the 2015-16 A-League season. [3] Ugarkovic's first appearance for the Newcastle Jets was on 31 January 2016, in a 1–0 loss to Adelaide United. [4]

In January 2021, it was announced that Ugarkovic would play out the rest of the 2020-21 A-League season at Newcastle before joining Western Sydney Wanderers FC for the 2021-22 A-League season. [5] Ugarkovic spent 4+1⁄2 seasons at Newcastle. [6] Ugarkovic made 144 appearances for Newcastle across all competitions, scoring 9 goals.

Western Sydney Wanderers

Ugarkovic completed his transfer early in a swap deal involving Jordan O'Doherty joining Newcastle, [7] and spent the end of the 2020-21 season as well as the 2021-22 season at Western Sydney.

Ugarkovic departed the Wanderers at the completion of his first full season at the club. [8] Ugarkovic made 35 appearances and scored 4 goals in all competitions for the Wanderers.

Wellington Phoenix

Ugarkovic joined Wellington Phoenix ahead of the 2022-23 season. [9]

Ugarkovic was also at the Phoenix for a single season only, in March announcing his impending departure at the end of the season. [10] Ugarkovic made 27 appearances for Wellington, scoring one goal.

Personal life

His father, John Ugarkovic, played in the NSL for Sydney United. [11]

In June 2022, Steven Ugarkovic married Bianka Ugarkovic.

Career statistics

As of 5 August 2020 [12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupAsiaTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Osijek 2013–14 Croatian First Football League 23131--262
2014–15 Croatian First Football League8020--100
2015–16 Croatian First Football League11010--120
Total4216100482
Gorica (loan) 2014–15 Croatian Second Football League 80000080
Newcastle Jets 2015–16 A-League 1110000111
2016–17 A-League2510000251
2017–18 A-League2911000251
2018–19 A-League2702020310
2019–20 A-League2542000274
Total117750201247
Career totals167471001125

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    References

    1. ↑ Petorica igrača sporazumno napustila Istru 1961 Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine at NogometPlus
    2. ↑ "19-year-old Australian-born Steven Ugarkovic making waves following move to Croatia". Fox Sports Australia . 13 January 2014.
    3. ↑ "News: Jets sign Olyroo Steven Ugarkovic". Newcastle Jets FC . 7 January 2016.
    4. ↑ "Steven Ugarkovic". Newcastle Jets. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
    5. ↑ "Ugarkovic Jets off to Wanderers - next season". SBS Australia .
    6. ↑ "Midfielder Steven Ugarkovic bails out on Newcastle Jets". Newcastle Herald . 6 May 2021.
    7. ↑ "Midfielder Wanderers land Jets' Ugarkovic in A-League". The West Australian . 7 May 2021.
    8. ↑ "Ugarkovic departs Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers FC . 2 June 2022.
    9. ↑ "Wellington Phoenix sign experienced Australian midfielder Steven Ugarkovic". Stuff . 2 June 2022.
    10. ↑ "Wellington Phoenix exodus: Oli Sail, Clayton Lewis and Steven Ugarkovic to leave next season". Stuff.co.nz . 3 March 2023.
    11. ↑ "Hyundai A-League lads and their dads". 4 February 2016.
    12. ↑ Steven Ugarkovic at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2020.


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