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Jason Polak
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| Full name | Jason Polak | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 January 1968 | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1987 | Watford F.C. | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Sydney Olympic | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Panathinaikos | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | De Graafschap | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | South Melbourne | 21 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Brisbane Strikers | 27 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | South Melbourne | 56 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Canberra Cosmos | 23 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1996 | Australia | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Jason Polak (born 9 January 1968) is an Australian former association football player.
Playing career
[edit]Club career
[edit]Polak began his National Soccer League career with Sydney Olympic in 1989 after having spent three years at the Australian Institute of Sport.[1] In the 1989/90 season, Polak spent time with Greek club Panathinaikos.[2] He played as a centre midfielder and left midfielder. He also played as an attacker.
International career
[edit]In 1985, Polak was selected for an Australian Schoolboys team to tour the United Kingdom, however he did not tour.[3]
In 1987, Polak played three matches for the Australia national under-20 football team at the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship.[4]
Polak made his debut for the Australia national association football team in 1988 against Fiji in Newcastle. He played his last match in 1996 in Australia's defeat of Tahiti in the second leg of the 1996 OFC Nations Cup final in Canberra.[4][5]
In 1989, Polak made three appearances for the Australia national futsal team at the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship.[4][6]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 June 1994 | Sydney Football Stadium (1988), Sydney, Australia |  South Africa |
1 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 21 September 1996 | Pretoria, South Africa |  Kenya |
1 | 4–0 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]Australia
References
[edit]- ^ "Australian Player Database – P". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLBOYS TEAMS 1977–2009" (PDF). NSW Schools Football. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ a b c "FIFA Player Statistics: Jason POLAK". FIFA. Archived from the original on 28 March 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ The Australian National Men’s Football Team: Caps And Captains. Football Federation Australia.
- ^ "Futsalroo Internationals for 1989". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ^ "Oceania Nations Cup 1996". Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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