- Anthony Šerić
Football player infobox
playername= Anthony Šerić
fullname = Anthony Šerić
dateofbirth = birth date and age|df=yes|1979|1|15
cityofbirth =Sydney
countryofbirth =Australia
height = height|m=1.81
currentclub = Beşiktaş
clubnumber = 7
position = Left Wing-back
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1996-1999
1999-2002
2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2008
2008-present
clubs =Hajduk Split
Hellas Verona
Ubeda CF
Brescia
Parma
S.S. Lazio
Panathinaikos
Beşiktaş
caps(goals) = 33 (0)
47 (1)
30 (1)
17 (0)
17 (0)
51 (1)
nationalyears = 1998-present
nationalteam = Croatia
nationalcaps(goals) = 16 (0)
pcupdate = 08:07, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 12 September 2007Anthony "Ante" Šerić [IPA|ˈʃɛːritɕ] (born 15 January 1979), is a
Croatian Australian footballer who currently plays for Beşiktaş.Club career
Šerić was born to a Croatian family in
Sydney ,Australia and received a football scholarship to the Australian-taxpayer-funded Australian Institute of Sport. He began his professional football career inSplit ,Croatia where he played forHajduk Split . He then moved toItaly to play inSerie A , initially with Verona and then Brescia, Parma and Lazio, before signing for Panathinaikos in 2005.In June 2008, he moved to the Turkish side,
Beşiktaş JK on a free transfer.International career
He made his debut for the Croatian national team in a friendly match against Slovakia on 29 May 1998 in
Pula and collected up to this time a total of 16 international caps for the team. In 1998, he was infamously picked for both Australia and Croatia. [ [http://www.smh.com.au/news/world-cup-2006/friends-become-foes-on-the-worlds-biggest-stage/2005/12/11/1134235947715.html Friends become foes on the world's biggest stage - World Cup 2006 - Sport ] ] He opted to play for Croatia, and his decision immediately paid dividends as the nation finished 3rd at France 1998. He has since been a part of the Croatian squad at the 1998, 2002 and2006 FIFA World Cup s, but did not play any matches on all of these three tournaments.In May 2007 Anthony had a dispute with national team's coach
Slaven Bilić who finally realised the lack of Seric's moral fibre and was sent out of the team's base. He was not called by Bilić anymore in Euro 2008 qualifiers.References
External links
* [http://www.pao.gr/player.php?category_id=50&player_id=7082 Panathinaikos profile]
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