Clayton Zane

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Clayton Zane
Personal information
Full name	Clayton Zane
Date of birth	July 12, 1977 (1977-07-12) (age 30)
Place of birth	Newcastle, Australia
Height	1,93 m.
Playing position	striker
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
1985-1993 1993-1995	Cessnock Hornets Adamstown Rosebud
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-1998 1998-2000 2000 2001-2002 2002-2005	Newcastle Breakers Northern Spirit FC Molde F.K. Lillestrøm S.K. R.S.C. Anderlecht career totals	70 (17) 30 (3) 14 (0) 29 (18) 10 (2) 163 (40)
National team2
2000-2001	Australia	14 (6)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2005. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 22 August 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Clayton Zane (born July 12, 1977) is a retired Australian international football player. His last club was R.S.C. Anderlecht, but he ended his career in late 2005 after being injured for two years.

[edit] Club career

Zane was first brought to Europe as a relative unknown by Norwegian team Molde. After scoring no goals in 14 matches he was deemed a failure and sold to Lillestrøm. In his first season in Lillestrøm he ended top scorer of the Norwegian Premier League with 17 goals and he was voted Norwegian Player of the Year some weeks later. He was then sold to Anderlecht in 2002.

[edit] International career

Zane represented Australia at the 2001 Confederations Cup and is best remembered for scoring the only goal when the Aussies defeated subsequent champion France in the group stage. He scored a hat-trick for Australia against Cook Islands in June 2000. Zane was a member of the Australian squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

[edit] Life after football

He is currently training to become a football manager in London, England, and works at Queens Park Rangers FC, where he coaches the under 16s.

[edit] External links

• (English) UEFA website - Injury forces Zane to retire

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