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David Zdrilic

ダヴィド・ズドリリッチ　/　だゔぃど・ずどりりっち

Association football player from Australia

April 13, 1974 (age 52)　・　Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

New South Wales
association football player
association football coach

My Take

Zdrilic strikes me as someone who simply could not let go of the game, and I find that devotion compelling. A tall Sydney-born striker turned coach, he kept circling football from every angle: playing, then coaching at Zhejiang FC, then explaining the sport as a presenter for SBS during the World Cup. That arc, from athlete to mentor to storyteller, says a lot about how deeply the game ran in him. I respect people who give a craft back to its next generation rather than walking away once their own playing days end, and his Croatian-Australian path adds a richness I genuinely enjoy.

Overview

David Allen Zdrilić (Croatian: [ˈzdrilitɕ]; born 13 April 1974) is an Australian soccer coach and former player, who is the assistant coach of Chinese Super League club Zhejiang FC. Zdrilic has also been a football presenter on the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), including in their coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): David Zdrilic
Name (Japanese): ダヴィド・ズドリリッチ
Reading: だゔぃど・ずどりりっち
Born: April 13, 1974 (age 52)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Tiger
Origin: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Blood type: Private
Height: 182 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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