Ned Zelic
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nedjeljko Zelić | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre Back / Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1987 | Canberra FC | ||
| 1988 | AIS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | Sydney Croatia | 36 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Sydney Olympic | 16 | (1) |
| 1992–1995 | Borussia Dortmund | 72 | (1) |
| 1995 | Queens Park Rangers | 11 | (0) |
| 1996 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 20 | (4) |
| 1996–1997 | AJ Auxerre | 18 | (4) |
| 1997–2001 | 1860 München | 102 | (3) |
| 2002 | Kyoto Purple Sanga | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Urawa Reds | 23 | (2) |
| 2004–2005 | Wacker Tirol | 22 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Newcastle Jets | 21 | (1) |
| 2006 | Helmond Sport | 7 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 34 | (0) |
| Total | 372 | (16) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1989 | Australia U-20 | 8 | (2) |
| 1990–1992 | Australia U-23 | 16 | (4) |
| 1991–1997 | Australia | 34 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:47, 25 February 2010 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:30, 25 February 2010 (UTC) |
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Nedijeljko "Ned" Zelić (Croatian pronunciation: [zeːlitɕ]) (born 4 July 1971) is an Australian former football player, and is currently a commentator for Fox Sports.
Zelić started his career in the old Australian National Soccer League, where he played with clubs Sydney Croatia and Sydney Olympic. In his junior years he played for Croatia Deakin.
Zelic spent most of the 1990s playing in Europe, most notably for Borussia Dortmund where he reached the UEFA Cup Final in his first season with the club, losing to Juventus Turin of Italy and won the German Bundesliga title in 1995. He had a brief stint in the Premier League for QPR, moving for a club record £1.25 million, which was beset by injury and discontent. After just 11 Premier League games for the West London club, he departed to Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany.
After only a few months he signed for AJ Auxerre of France. At Auxerre, he replaced Laurent Blanc who moved to FC Barcelona, and participated in the UEFA Champions League. In July 1996, Zelic was selected to play for a World All Star team vs. Brazil at Giants Stadium, New York City. The All Star team was coached by Euro 92 winner with Denmark, Richard Moller Nielsen and consisted of such players as Jürgen Klinsmann, George Weah, Marcel Desailly, Lothar Matthaus, David Ginola and Fernando Redondo. In 1998, Zelic decided to move back to Germany and went on to make 102 appearances for 1860 Munich in the Bundesliga.
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