Aurelio Vidmar

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Aurelio Vidmar
Personal information
Full name	Aurelio Vidmar
Date of birth	February 3, 1967 (1967-02-03) (age 41)
Place of birth	Adelaide, Australia
Height	ft 0 in (0.00 m)
Playing position	Manager (former Attacking Midfielder)
Club information
Current club	Adelaide United
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1985-1991 1991-1992 1992-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996 1996-1998 1998-1999 1999-2004	Adelaide City K.V. Kortrijk K.S.V. Waregem Standard Liège Feyenoord FC Sion CD Tenerife Sanfrecce Hiroshima Adelaide City Force Career Total	157 0(29) 030 0(10) 057 0(25) 032 0(22) 015 00(2) 013 00(7) 025 00(1) 024 00(6) 137 0(23) 490 (125)
National team2
1996 1991-2001	Australia U-23 Australia	044 0(17)
Teams managed
2007-present	Adelaide United
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 August 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Aurelio Vidmar (born February 3, 1967 in Adelaide) is an Australian football (soccer) player. He previously played in Europe in the mid 1990's in Belgium, where he was the league's top scorer in the 1994-95 season. He also played in Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands and in Japan. He captained the Australian national team for several years. He currently coaches A-league club Adelaide United.

[edit] Club career

He retired from playing in 2005 at Adelaide United; after two years as an assistant, he was appointed as head coach on May 2, 2007 despite allegedly actually not being the selection committee's recommended candidate.

[edit] International career

Vidmar was a member of the Socceroos team for 12 years and was a member of three unsuccessful FIFA World Cup campaigns. He played and scored against Diego Maradona's Argentina in 1993, he played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against Iran in 1997 when a 2-0 lead slipped from Australia's grasp.

[edit] Family

He is the cousin of famous NAB player and captain of the under 17's, Tony Violi.

He is of Italian origin - his father's heritage is Slovenian, hence the family name. He is the older brother of Tony Vidmar, also an Australian football player.

[edit] Honours

With Australia:

• FIFA Confederations Cup: 1997 (Runners-Up)
• OFC Nations Cup: 2000

With Adelaide City:

• NSL Championship: 1986

Personal Honours:

• Belgian League Top Scorer: 1994-1995 with Standard Liège - 22 goals
• Oceania Footballer of the Year: 1994

[edit] External links

• Adelaide United profile

v • d • e Australia squad - 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Schwarzer • 2 Muscat • 3 Moore • 4 Okon • 5 Vidmar • 6 Popovic • 7 Lazaridis • 8 Skoko • 9 Aloisi • 10 Emerton • 11 Zdrilic • 12 Bolton • 13 Bresciano • 14 Murphy • 15 Foxe • 16 Horvat • 17 Corica • 18 Chipperfield • 19 Vidmar • 20 Zane • 21 Thompson • 22 Sterjovski • 23 Jurić • Coach: Farina

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