Alen Stajcic

Alen Stajcic

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Personal information
Full name	Alen Stajcic
Date of birth	(1973-11-02) 2 November 1973
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Australia (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994	Mount Druitt Town	6	(0)
1994	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	1	(0)
1997	Bonnyrigg White Eagles	12	(1)
1998	Bankstown City Lions	13	(2)
2000	Western Sydney Passion	?	(?)
2000–2002	Sutherland Sharks	21	(1)
Managerial career
2002–2004	NSW Sapphires
2008–2014	Sydney FC W-League
2014–	Australia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2007

Alen Stajcic (born 2 November 1973) is a retired semi-professional football player and current coach. While a footballer he was a NSW Premier League player and Australian Youth Representative before a career-ending knee injury. Since he has turned his hand to coaching he has become Head Coach of NSWIS for Women's Soccer and Head Coach of the Australian Under 20 Women's National Team. He was appointed coach for Sydney FC in the first season of the Australian W-League.

Biography

Playing career

A former NSW Premier League player and Captain with Bonnyrigg, Bankstown and Sutherland, Alen represented NSW at the youth level and played for several clubs within the National Youth League and Winter Super League before a knee injury ended his playing career.

Representative Honours: Australian Schoolboy International 1992

Coaching

Alen Stajcic had been the Head Coach of the NSWIS Women's Soccer Program from 2002-2013. Widely considered as the one of the best Football nurseries in Australia, the Program produced over 30 senior Internationals in that 10-year period. He was also the Head Coach of the Women's National Soccer League side, the NSW Sapphires, which he guided to a premiership in the 2003/04 season. He started as Head Coach of HSHS in the foundation year (2003) and has gone on to win many titles and good performances. In 2006, he was the assistant coach for the Young Matilda's while they were competing at the FIFA U/20's Women's Championships in Russia. Unfortunately they bowed out in the group stage, missing the next round by 1 point to Brazil and Russia. As of 05/03/07 Stajcic became the Young Matildas Coach. In 2008, Stajcic became the inaugural Sydney FC Women's Head Coach, until 2014. They qualified for the semi finals in all 6 seasons, winning 2 grand finals and 2 premierships along the way. In 2013, Sydney FC beat Japanese powerhouse NTV Beleza and Sth American Champions Colo Colo to claim 3rd place the IWCC in Japan. As of Sept 2015, Stajcic was appointed full-time Head Coach of the Australian Women's National Football team, the Matildas. In the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada, they became the 1st Senior Australian Football Team to win a knockout match in a World Cup when they defeated Brazil 1-0 in the Round of 16 before losing 1-0 to Japan in the quarter finals. Earlier in 2014, Stajcic had led the Matildas in an Interim capacity, to a Silver Medal at the Asian Championships.

Currently, Stajcic stands as the only Australian Born native to win a match at a FIFA World Cup as a Head Coach.

Honours

As a player

• Australian Schoolboy International (1992)

As a coach

Matildas

• Finalists Asian Cup (2014)
• Quarter Finalist World Cup (2015)

Sydney FC Women's Team

• Semi Finalists (2008,2011/12,2013/14)
• Premiers (2009,2010/11)
• Champions (2009,2012/13)
• Finalists (2010/11)
• 3rd Place International Women's Club Championship (2013)

Young Matilda's (As Assistant Coach)

• Qualified for World U/20's Women Championships (2006)
  • Knocked out in Group Stage

NSW Sapphires

• Winner of Nation Women's Soccer League (2003/04)
• Finalists of Nation Women's Soccer League (2002/03)

Hills Sports High School

• Winners of NSW All- Schools Cup (Open Boy's) (2008)
• Winners of NSW All- Schools Cup (Open Girl's) (2008,2013,2014)
• Winners of Errea Cup (Open Boy's) (2008,2009,2011)
• Finalist of Errea Cup (Open Boy's) (2010,2012,2013,2014)
• Winners of Errea Shield (Open Girl's) (2005,2006,2007,2008,2013,2014)
• Finalist of Errea Shield (Open Girl's) (2009,2010,2011,2012)
• Winners of Bill Turner Cup (U/15 Boys) (2006), (U/15 Girls) (2014)
• Finalist Bill Turner Cup (U/15 Boys) (2005,2012), (U/15 Girls) (2005,2007,2012)

External links

• Womens NSWIS Soccer Program