Nedijeljko "Ned" Zelić (Croatian pronunciation: [zeːlitɕ]) (born 4 July 1971) is a former Australian football (soccer) player.
Zelic started his career in the old Australian National Soccer League,where he played with clubs Sydney Croatia and Sydney Olympic. In his junior years he played for Croatia Deakin.
Zelic spent most of the 1990s playing in Europe, most notably for Borussia Dortmund where he reached the UEFA Cup Final in his first season w...
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Nedijeljko "Ned" Zelić (Croatian pronunciation: [zeːlitɕ]) (born 4 July 1971) is a former Australian football (soccer) player.
Zelic started his career in the old Australian National Soccer League,where he played with clubs Sydney Croatia and Sydney Olympic. In his junior years he played for Croatia Deakin.
Zelic spent most of the 1990s playing in Europe, most notably for Borussia Dortmund where he reached the UEFA Cup Final in his first season with the club, losing to Juventus Turin of Italy and won the German Bundesliga title in 1995. He had a small stint in the Premier League for QPR, moving for £1.25 million, which was beset by injury and discontent. After just 11 Premier League games for the West London club, he departed to Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany.
After only a few months he signed for AJ Auxerre of France. At Auxerre, he replaced Laurent Blanc who moved to FC Barcelona, and participated in the UEFA Champions League. In July 1996, Zelic was selected to play for a World All...
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