Michael Petkovic

Michael Petkovic, the towering 189 cm goalkeeper from Fremantle, earns a particular kind of admiration from me. Keeping goal is the loneliest job in the game, where a single error becomes a goal and clean sheets are simply expected. To stand in that mouth season after season, taking blame for failures and little credit for saves, requires a temperament most outfield players never face. That he carried that pressure as an Australian abroad only deepens my respect. There is no glamour in his line of work, just nerve and reliability, and I think the unglamorous custodians of the net deserve far more recognition than they get.

Name (English)

Michael Petkovic

Name (Japanese)

マイケル・ペトコヴィッチ

Reading

まいける・ぺとこゔぃっち

Born

July 16, 1976 (age 50)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

Origin

Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Height

189 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%88%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%81

Tags

• Western Australia
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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