Eddie Krncevic Explained

Eddie Krncevic
Full Name:Eduvard Krncevic
Birth Date:1960 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Geelong, Australia
Height:1.88 m
Position:Forward
Years1:1976–1978
Years2:1979–1981
Years3:1981–1984
Years4:1984
Years5:1985
Years6:1985–1986
Years7:1986–1989
Years8:1988
Years9:1989–1990
Years10:1990–1992
Years11:1992–1995
Years12:1995–1996
Years13:1996–1997
Clubs8:Marconi (loan)
Clubs13:Gippsland Falcons
Caps2:81
Caps3:40
Caps4:18
Caps5:3
Caps6:45
Caps7:84
Caps8:1
Caps9:29
Caps10:38
Caps11:51
Caps12:17
Caps13:19
Goals2:31
Goals3:7
Goals4:3
Goals5:3
Goals6:15
Goals7:52
Goals8:0
Goals9:7
Goals10:6
Goals11:12
Goals12:4
Goals13:5
Nationalyears1:1979
Nationalyears2:1979–1989
Nationalteam2:Australia
Nationalcaps2:35
Nationalgoals2:17
Manageryears1:1997–1999
Manageryears2:1999–2001
Manageryears3:2001–2002
Manageryears4:2003
Manageryears5:2004–2005
Manageryears6:2007
Manageryears7:2010–2011
Managerclubs4:Fawkner Blues
Managerclubs5:Maribyrnong Greens
Managerclubs6:North Geelong Warriors
Managerclubs7:South Melbourne

Eduvard "Eddie" Krncevic (;[1] Croatian: Edi Krnčević; born 14 August 1960) is an Australian retired football player and manager who played as a forward.

Club career

After playing his first four years of professional football in Australia, Krncevic moved to the land of his parents in 1981, joining Croatian side NK Dinamo Zagreb, where he had relative individual success, besides helping the side win one league and one cup.

Krnčević then played four months in the German second division with MSV Duisburg, after which he embarked on his most successful spell, ten and a half years in Belgium – with one season in France with FC Mulhouse in between – where he represented Cercle Brugge KSV, Royal Charleroi, R.S.C. Anderlecht, R.F.C. de Liège and K.S.C. Eendracht Aalst; he became the first Australian-born player to be crowned top scorer in a European league.

Even though silverware was hard to come even at Anderlecht, in 1988–89 Krnčević was crowned the league's top scorer at 23 goals, and helped the capital side to the domestic cup – in that competition, he scored in all three finals he won, the first being with Cercle.

In 1996, already at 36, Krncevic returned to his country and played one final season with the Gippsland Falcons.[2] In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he had a coaching career, with all the clubs hailing from his homeland, in the National Soccer League. Internationally, he opted to represent his birth country, scoring every other match in 35 caps, and helping the country to win the 1980 OFC Nations Cup.

International career

Krncevic was captain of the Australia team that won the 1980 Oceania Cup, of which only one match, an 11–2 defeat of Papua New Guinea, counted as a full international match.[3] [4]

Honours

Essendon Croatia

Marconi

1979

1980

Dinamo Zagreb

1981–82

1982–83

Cercle Brugge

1984–85; runner-up 1985–86

Anderlecht

1986–87

1987

Australia

1980

Individual

Top scorer 1988–89

Papasavas Medal (U-21) 1979

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CFMEU World Cup Tipping Competition - Socceroo Eddie Krncevic's tips. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/jOe2wNUX4ow . 21 December 2021 . live. . 26 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Cockerill . Michael . 14 October 1999 . Stallion in the full metal jacket . 31 August 2022 . The Sydney Morning Herald . 43.
  3. News: Soccer - Australia wins Pacific title . . 54 . 16,230 . Australian Capital Territory. 3 March 1980 . 9 March 2021 . 14 . National Library of Australia.
  4. Book: Howe, Andrew . 12. Australian Full International Starting Captains as at 12 Oct 2006 . The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps and Captains. Football Federation Australia. OzFootball . 12 October 2006. 9 March 2021.
  5. Web site: Mr Eduvard KRNCEVIC. live. 16 June 2021. It's An Honour. https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201031/https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2009470 . 24 June 2021 .