Clayton Zane

Clayton Zane
Zane in 2012
Personal information
Full name Clayton Zane
Date of birth (1977-07-12) 12 July 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Newcastle, Australia
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1985–1993 Cessnock City Hornets
1993–1995 Adamstown Rosebud
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Newcastle Breakers 70 (17)
1995–2000 Northern Spirit 57 (6)
2000 Molde 14 (0)
2001–2002 Lillestrøm 29 (18)
2002–2005 Anderlecht 10 (2)
Total 163 (43)
International career
1996–1997 Australia U20 3 (3)
1998–2000 Australia U23 15 (9)
2000–2001 Australia 14 (6)
Managerial career
2011–2012 Newcastle Jets (W-League)
2012–2014 Newcastle Jets Youth
2014 Newcastle Jets
2014–15 Newcastle Jets (assistant)
2016–19 Newcastle Jets (assistant)
2020- New Lambton FC (Technical Director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clayton Zane (born 12 July 1977) is an Australian association football coach and former player, who played as a striker.

In the 2001 season, he was the top scorer and awarded the Kniksen award as Striker of the Year in Norway. He earned 14 caps for the Australia national team, scoring six goals. His last club as a player was R.S.C. Anderlecht, where a two-year-long injury prematurely ended his career in late 2005.

Following his retirement from playing Zane worked as a coach at Newcastle Jets, serving as a head coach in 2014.