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Ivan Zelic (born 24 February 1978) is a former international footballer (Soccer) as well as a current writer, film-maker, actor and model. ==Club career== Ivan Zelic was born to Croatian parents, and began to play football (Soccer) at the age of 7 for club side Canberra FC, a club known as a breeding ground for Australian Croatian footballing talent, with the likes of older brother, Australian international Ned Zelic, and Croatian international Josip Simunic also coming through the same ranks. He won a scholarship at the illustrious Australian Institute of Sport (A.I.S) at the age of 16. Known for his cultured left foot, it was here that Zelic was picked out by Sydney Olympic in the National Soccer League (NSL), where he began to ply his trade in the professional league at the age of 17, cementing a spot as a defender in David Ratcliffe's side of 1995–96. After two seasons, he then signed for Canberra Cosmos, and due to his outstanding leadership qualities, in his second year there was to become the National Soccer League's youngest ever captain at the age of 21. With a below par squad recruited by coach Rale Rasic though, the team lacked the ingredients to be seriously competitive, Rasic eventually sacked towards the end of the season as the team struggled to elevate itself from the foot of the table. He then signed for Adelaide City on a two-year deal with mixed results after succumbing to injury, and infuriating coach Zoran Matic by becoming involved with modeling, which led to him missing a training session to shoot a campaign in 2000. Halfway through the second season in Adelaide, Zelic departed for Melbourne Knights. After finishing the season, Zelic returned home to play for Canberra FC,〔()〕 being a stand out for the local side as a left sided midfielder as they won the minor premiership, and finally enjoying his football again.〔()〕 It was at his next NSL side, Sydney United, that Zelic suffered a horrific injury, a Lisfranc fracture, which involved breaking two metatarsals and tearing the ligaments in his right foot whilst playing in Auckland against the Auckland Kingz in the NSL. He was still only 24. He was to eventually recover, and after a 9-month lay off through injury, signed for Malaysian club Johor FC, where he spent a season. Upon returning to Australia, he signed for NSW premier league sides St. George Saints and Blacktown City Demons, and was in possibly the best form of his career, leading the Demons to a minor premiership playing as an attacking left sided midfielder. With the emergence of the professional A-League on the horizon and his interests outside of football such as writing and acting becoming more prominent, he decided to retire at the age of 28, much to the dismay of coach Aytec Genc, who stated: 'Ivan was a wonderful footballer. I don't know too many guys that are 28 years old, 6-foot-3 and have the technical ability that he has; It's a shame to lose him at what I consider, to be the peak of his talent.' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ivan Zelic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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