Steve Horvat

Steve Horvat
Personal information
Full name	Steven Horvat
Date of birth	(1971-03-14) 14 March 1971
Place of birth	Geelong, Australia
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
0000	North Geelong Warriors
1987–1988	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1989	Melbourne Croatia	26	(2)
1989–1991	Sunshine George Cross	22	(1)
1991–1994	North Geelong Warriors	47	(4)
1994–1995	Melbourne Knights	24	(3)
1995–1996	Hajduk Split	15	(1)
1996–1998	Carlton	17	(1)
1998–1999	Crystal Palace	0	(0)
1999–2000	Carlton	7	(0)
2000–2003	Melbourne Knights	47	(3)
National team
1994–2002	Australia	32	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Steven 'Steve' Horvat (born 14 March 1971) is an Australian retired professional soccer player.

Career

A graduate of the Australian Institute of Sport, Horvat began his career with Melbourne Croatia. He later played with Sunshine George Cross, North Geelong Warriors, the Melbourne Knights (for whom he won the Joe Marston Medal), Hajduk Split, Crystal Palace (although he didn't make a league appearance^[1]) and Carlton. He retired in March 2003 at the age of 32.^[2] Horvat made a total of 96 appearances in the National Soccer League.^[3]

Horvat was a regular member of the Australian national side, making 32 appearances between 1994 and 2002, and participated in a number of international competitions, including the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship, 1996 Summer Olympics, 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2002 OFC Nations Cup. Horvat also played in the game with highest scoreline in an international football match, when Australia beat American Samoa 31–0.

↑ "CRYSTAL PALACE : 1946/47 - 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
↑ Michael Lynch (3 March 2003). "Final whistle blows for a Socceroo stalwart". The Age. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
↑ "Australian Players Database". Oz Football. Retrieved 30 March 2009.

Joe Marston Medal

1990: Saad 1991: Biskic 1992: Tobin 1993: Ivanović 1994: Tobin 1995: Horvat 1996: Marth 1997: Hunter 1998: De Amicis 1999: Lozanovski 2000: Chipperfield 2001: Horsley 2002: Milicic 2003: Colosimo 2004: Elrich 2006: Yorke 2007: Thompson 2008: Durante 2009: Pondeljak 2010: Colosimo 2011: Ryan 2012: Burns 2013: McBreen 2014: Broich/La Rocca 2015: Milligan 2016: Isaías

Australia Squads

Australia men's football squad – 1996 Summer Olympics

1 Juric 2 Lozanovski 3 Moric 4 Babic 5 Muscat 6 Horvat 7 Tsekenis 8 Corica 9 Viduka 10 Vidmar 11 Tiatto 12 Spiteri 13 Foxe 14 Agostino 15 Casserly 16 Enes 17 Aloisi 18 Petkovic Coach: Thomson

Australia squad – 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up

1 Bosnich 2 Horvat 3 Lazaridis 4 Ivanović 5 Tobin 6 Zelić 7 Slater 8 Foster 9 Viduka 10 A. Vidmar 11 Kewell 12 Bingley 13 Hooker 14 T. Vidmar 15 Skoko 16 Trimboli 17 Mori 18 Aloisi 19 Tapai 20 Kalac 21 Muscat Coach: Venables

Australia squad – 2000 OFC Nations Cup winners (3rd title)

1 Kalac 2 Muscat 3 Murphy 4 Okon 5 Popovic 6 Foster 7 Tiatto 8 Lazaridis 9 Zdrilic 10 Emerton 11 Agostino 13 Vidmar 15 Zane Bolton Cardozo Chipperfield Colosimo Corica Horvat Laybutt Coach: Farina

Australia squad – 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup Third Place

1 Schwarzer 2 Muscat 3 Moore 4 Okon 5 T. Vidmar 6 Popovic 7 Skoko 8 Lazaridis 9 Aloisi 10 Emerton 11 Zdrilic 12 Bolton 13 Bresciano 14 Murphy 15 Foxe 16 Horvat 17 Corica 18 Chipperfield 19 A. Vidmar 20 Zane 21 Thompson 22 Sterjovski 23 Juric Coach: Farina

Australia squad – 2002 OFC Nations Cup runners-up

1 Petkovic 2 De Amicis 3 North 4 Durakovic 5 Horvat 6 Kisnorbo 7 Middleby 8 Porter 9 Mori (c) 10 Despotovski 11 Chipperfield 12 Pondeljak 13 Blagojevic 14 Costanzo 15 Milicic 16 Trimboli 17 Juric 18 Anastasiadis Coach: Farina

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