About Ante Covic
Ante Covic (born 13 June 1975) is an Australian soccer manager and former player who is the manager of Bankstown City (Women) in NSW League One. A goalkeeper, Covic was a member of the Australian national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and represented Australia on two occasions. In 2014 he was named Player of the Tournament for the 2014 AFC Champions League, keeping 8 clean sheets in 12 matches with the Western Sydney Wanderers as they defeated Al-Hilal in the final. == Personal life == Covic is of Croatian heritage. He is married to Vanessa Covic and has two children, Emelie and Christopher. == Club career == Covic formerly played for Marconi Stallions and Sydney Olympic in Australia's National Soccer League, PAOK and Kavala in Greece and Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia. === Hammarby IF === After Australia in 1999, Covic made numerous appearances for various European clubs before arriving in Hammarby IF, a Swedish club based in Stockholm. There he battled Erland Hellström for the spot as first keeper. About a month into the Swedish Allsvenskan series, Covic made his debut between the posts (however, not his debut game with Hammarby as he made an appearance roughly three weeks earlier in a cup game) and after that he was more or less given in the starting eleven. Covic left Hammarby in 2006 after having played 121 games – a feat that has only been surpassed by three other goalkeepers in the club's history.
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