Zeljko Kalac

Zeljko Kalac

Kalac in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Zeljko Kalac[1]
Date of birth	(1972-12-16) 16 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1988	Sydney United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1995	Sydney United	92	(0)
1995–1996	Leicester City	2	(0)
1996–1998	Sydney United	30	(0)
1998–2002	Roda JC	115	(0)
2002–2005	Perugia	79	(0)
2005–2009	AC Milan	38	(0)
2009–2010	Kavala	9	(0)
2010–2011	Sydney United
2013	Hobart Zebras	1	(0)
Total		366	(0)
International career
1992–2006	Australia	54	(0)
Managerial career
2011–2015	Sydney FC (goalkeeper coach)
2015–2017	Western Sydney Wanderers (goalkeeper coach)
2017–2018	Karabükspor (goalkeeper coach)
2018–2019	Melbourne City (goalkeeper coach)
2020	Sydney United
2020–2021	Xanthi FC (goalkeeper coach)
2021–2023	NK Urania Baška Voda
2023	Bulls FC Academy
2024	Sydney United
Medal record Representing  Australia Men's Association football FIFA Confederations Cup Runner-up 1997 Saudi Arabia OFC Nations Cup Winner 1996 Oceania Winner 2000 Tahiti Winner 2004 Australia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Zeljko Kalac (born 16 December 1972) is an Australian former soccer player who most recently coached Sydney United 58 in the National Premier Leagues NSW.^[2] Standing at 2.02 m, Kalac is the tallest player to have represented the Australia national football team.^[3]

Although he was a goalkeeper, Kalac's preferred playing number (when not the conventional number 1) is 18 and has generally worn this number when playing for Australia. However, when he joined Italian club A.C. Milan in 2005, the number 18 was already claimed by Marek Jankulovski, who joined at the same time, and so he chose number 16. When he transferred to Kavala, number 18 was also taken, so he settled for number 60.