Steven Ugarkovic

Steven Ugarkovic (born 19 August 1994) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for A-League club Melbourne City.[1]

Steven Ugarkovic
Ugarkovic with Western Sydney Wanderers in 2021
Personal information
Full name Steven Peter Ugarkovic
Date of birth (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994
Place of birth Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Melbourne City
Number 6
Youth career
0000 Sydney United
0000 Marconi Stallions
0000 Blacktown Spartans
2013 Osijek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Osijek 42 (1)
2015 → HNK Gorica (loan) 8 (0)
2016–2021 Newcastle Jets 135 (9)
2021–2022 Western Sydney Wanderers 32 (3)
2022–2023 Wellington Phoenix 27 (1)
2023– Melbourne City 0 (0)
International career‡
2013–2014 Croatia U19 2 (0)
2014–2017 Australia U23 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 November 2015

Career

Osijek

Ugarkovic started his professional career at Croatian club NK Osijek, moving from his home city of Sydney, Australia to pursue a career in football at the age of 17.[2]

Newcastle Jets

Ugarkovic returned to Australia in the January transfer window of the 2015-16 A-League season.[3] Ugarkovic's first appearance for the Newcastle Jets was on 31 January 2016, in a 1–0 loss to Adelaide United.[4]

In January 2021, it was announced that Ugarkovic would play out the rest of the 2020-21 A-League season at Newcastle before joining Western Sydney Wanderers FC for the 2021-22 A-League season.[5] Ugarkovic spent 4 and a half seasons at Newcastle.[6] Ugarkovic made 144 appearances for Newcastle across all competitions, scoring 9 goals.

Western Sydney Wanderers

Ugarkovic completed his transfer early in a swap deal involving Jordan O'Doherty joining Newcastle,[7] and spent the end of the 2020-21 season as well as the 2021-22 season at Western Sydney.

Ugarkovic departed the Wanderers at the completion of his first full season at the club.[8] Ugarkovic made 35 appearances and scored 4 goals in all competitions for the Wanderers.

Wellington Phoenix

Ugarkovic joined Wellington Phoenix ahead of the 2022-23 season.[9]

Ugarkovic was also at the Phoenix for a single season only, in March announcing his impending departure at the end of the season.[10] Ugarkovic made 27 appearances for Wellington, scoring one goal.

Personal life

His father, John Ugarkovic, played in the NSL for Sydney United.[11]

In June of 2023, Steven Ugarkovic got married to Bianka Ugarkovic.

Career statistics
As of 5 August 2020[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Asia Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Osijek 2013–14 Croatian First Football League 23131--262
2014–15 Croatian First Football League 8020--100
2015–16 Croatian First Football League 11010--120
Total 4216100482
Gorica (loan) 2014–15 Croatian Second Football League 80000080
Newcastle Jets 2015–16 A-League 1110000111
2016–17 A-League 2510000251
2017–18 A-League 2911000251
2018–19 A-League 27 0 2 0 2 0 31 0
2019–20 A-League 25 4 2 0 0 0 27 4
Total11775020124 7
Career totals 167471001125

    References
    1. Petorica igrača sporazumno napustila Istru 1961 Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine at NogometPlus
    2. "19-year-old Australian-born Steven Ugarkovic making waves following move to Croatia". Fox Sports Australia. 13 January 2014.
    3. "News: Jets sign Olyroo Steven Ugarkovic". Newcastle Jets FC. 7 January 2016.
    4. "Steven Ugarkovic". Newcastle Jets. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
    5. "Ugarkovic Jets off to Wanderers - next season". SBS Australia.
    6. "Midfielder Steven Ugarkovic bails out on Newcastle Jets". Newcastle Herald. 6 May 2021.
    7. "Midfielder Wanderers land Jets' Ugarkovic in A-League". The West Australian. 7 May 2021.
    8. "Ugarkovic departs Wanderers". Western Sydney Wanderers FC. 2 June 2022.
    9. "Wellington Phoenix sign experienced Australian midfielder Steven Ugarkovic". Stuff. 2 June 2022.
    10. "Wellington Phoenix exodus: Oli Sail, Clayton Lewis and Steven Ugarkovic to leave next season". Stuff.co.nz. 3 March 2023.
    11. "Hyundai A-League lads and their dads". 4 February 2016.
    12. Steven Ugarkovic at Soccerway. Retrieved 5 August 2020.


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