Steven Ugarkovic
Steven Ugarkovic (born 19 August 1994) is a Croatian Australian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for A-League club Wellington Phoenix.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven Peter Ugarkovic | ||
| Date of birth | 19 August 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Wellington Phoenix | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sydney United | |||
| Marconi Stallions | |||
| –2012 | Blacktown Spartans | ||
| 2013 | Osijek | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2016 | Osijek | 42 | (1) |
| 2015 | → HNK Gorica (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2016–2021 | Newcastle Jets | 135 | (9) |
| 2021–2022 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 32 | (3) |
| 2022– | Wellington Phoenix | 11 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013-2014 | Croatia U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2014–2017 | Australia U23 | 12 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2015 | |||
Career
After joining the Newcastle Jets in the middle of the 2015/16 season, Ugarkovic and Ben Kantarovski carved out a fantastic partnership in the middle of the park which has been the backbone to much of the Jets' strength in attack. The highlight of his time so far with the Newcastle Jets so far has been the goal which secured the Jets' their first win in Gosford in nearly 3000 days. Ugarkovic scored the lone goal in a 1–0 win over the Mariners in February 2016. Ugarkovic's first appearance for the Newcastle Jets was on 31 January 2016, in a 1–0 loss to Adelaide United.[2]
His father, John Ugarkovic, played in the NSL for Sydney United.[3]
Career statistics
- As of 5 August 2020[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Asia | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Osijek | 2013–14 | Croatian First Football League | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 26 | 2 |
| 2014–15 | Croatian First Football League | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 | Croatian First Football League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 2 | ||
| Gorica (loan) | 2014–15 | Croatian Second Football League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Newcastle Jets | 2015–16 | A-League | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| 2016–17 | A-League | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | A-League | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | A-League | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | A-League | 25 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |
| Total | 117 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 124 | 7 | ||
| Career totals | 167 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 5 | ||
References
- Petorica igrača sporazumno napustila Istru 1961 Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine at NogometPlus
- "Steven Ugarkovic". Newcastle Jets. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- "Hyundai A-League lads and their dads". 4 February 2016.
- Steven Ugarkovic at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
External links
- Steven Ugarković at Soccerway.com