Mile Jedinak @ Football Federation Australia

NEWS

Mile Jedinak

Date of Birth: 03 Aug 1984

Place of Birth: Sydney

Height: 189cm Weight: 88kg

Current Club: Antalyaspor (loan) (Turkey)

Playing Position: Midfielder

Previous Clubs:

2000-03 Sydney United

2003-04 NK Varteks Varazdin (Croatia)

2004-07 Sydney United (New South Wales)

2007-2008 Central Coast Mariners

2009 Gencerbirligi

Major Honours Achieved:

2003 FIFA Under-20 World Cup, United Arab Emirates

Appearances: 24

Goals: 2

Debut Match:

Singapore (D0-0), Friendly, Singapore, March 2008

Appearances: 9

Debut Match:

v UAE (D0-0), Friendly, Abu Dhabi (UAE), October 2003

Last Match:

v UAE (L0-1), World Cup Q/F, Dubai (UAE), December 2003

Qantas Socceroos

Has been a remarkable rise for this quietly spoken midfielder; in the space of two years going from State League footballer to national team player.

Not that he is foreign to national teams as he played at the 2003 World Youth Championships in the UAE for Australia, but since earning a short-term contract with Central Coast Mariners has made every post a winner.

Earned a full time contract and has become such an integral member of the team and he named Mariners Players Player of the Year in their charge to their inaugural Premiership in 2008.

Rewarded with call up to national team, making debut in Singapore in March 2008. His brilliant form in the half of the 2008/09 season saw him secure a move to Turkish club Genclerbirligi in January 2009, and he then took a loan move to Antalyaspor at the start of the 09/10 season, playing regularly for his new club ahead of the 2010 World Cup.