Eugene Galekovic

Football player infobox
playername= Eugene Galeković
fullname = Eugen-Josip Galeković


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1981|6|12
cityofbirth = Melbourne
countryofbirth = Australia
height = height|m=1.86
currentclub = Adelaide United
clubnumber = 20
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs = Chelsea
Dingley
Bulleen
years = 1999–2000
2000–2001
2002–2004
2004
2005–2007
2007–"present"
clubs = Melbourne Knights
Morwell Falcons
South Melbourne
Beira Mar
Melbourne Victory
Adelaide United
caps(goals) = 00 (0)
11 (0)
37 (0)
00 (0)
17 (0)
08 (0)
nationalyears = 2004
nationalteam = Australia U-23
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 18 December 2007
ntupdate = 18 December 2007

Eugen-Josip "Eugene" Galeković (born June 12, 1981) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Adelaide United in the A-League.

Club career

Galeković's junior football was mostly played at Chelsea Hajduk in Melbourne's South-Eastern suburbs.

Galekovic started his career with Morwell based National Soccer League (NSL) side Gippsland Falcons as a 19-year-old in December 2000 before signing with South Melbourne the following season. He stayed with South Melbourne until the NSL's closure in 2003/04 where at season's end he secured a place on the list of Beira Mar in Portugal on the back of holding the number one spot for Australia's Olympic football campaign in Athens in 2004.

The period at Beira Mar was generally unsuccessful for Galekovic, with him seeing little first team action and thus, he returned to Melbourne to sign for the city's inaugural A-League side Melbourne Victory for season 2005/06, debuting in the opening match against Sydney.

Galeković played 11 matches for the season in an unusual goalkeeper rotation policy employed by Melbourne manager Ernie Merrick in which the other 10 matches saw teammate Michael Theoklitos in goal. Galeković has been second choice keeper for the Victory in the 2006/07 season but an injury to Theoklitos gave Galeković his first start of the season in the round 13 clash against Queensland Roar at Suncorp Stadium. On Tuesday 30th, October, Eugene signed for Melbourne Victory arch-rivals Adelaide United as a replacement for injured keeper Daniel Beltrame.

On the 20th January 2008, Galeković kept his first clean sheet for Adelaide in a 2-0 win over Queensland at Hindmarsh Stadium.

Since then, Galeković has been called up for the Socceroos in a preliminary squad with teammates Scott Jamieson and Paul Reid, and has made the most saves of the A-League up to Round 7 in the 2008/09 season.

A-League career statistics

("Correct as of 26 January 2008")

Honours

With Melbourne Victory:
* A-League Championship: 2006-2007
* A-League Premiership: 2006-2007

External links

* [http://www.adelaideunited.com.au/default.aspx?s=aufc_playerprofile_item&pid=872 Adelaide United profile]
* [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/G/GA.html Oz Football profile]