Adrian Santrac
{{Short description|Australian soccer player (born 1958)}}
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Adrian Santrac (born 29 June 1958) is an Australian soccer coach and former player for Adelaide City and West Adelaide in the National Soccer League.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
Playing career
Santrac was born in Adelaide, South Australia,{{cite web|url=http://www.ffsa.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/2012/FFSA_-_Annual_Report_2011.pdf |title=Football Federation South Australia 2011 Annual Report |date=2012 |publisher=Football Federation South Australia |access-date=30 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302062638/http://www.ffsa.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/2012/FFSA_-_Annual_Report_2011.pdf |archive-date=2 March 2014 }} on 29 June 1958.{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/S/SA.html|title=Santrac, Adrian|accessdate=30 January 2014| publisher=Ozfootball.net|first1=Tony|last1=Persoglia|first2=Greg|last2=Stock}}
A midfielder, Santrac played 170 games in the National Soccer League.{{cite web|url=http://www.ffsa.com.au/hall-of-fame/2011-inductees/ |title=Football Federation SA - Hall of Fame - 2011 Inductees |date=2011 |publisher=Football Federation South Australia |access-date=30 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113055816/http://www.ffsa.com.au/hall-of-fame/2011-inductees/ |archive-date=13 January 2014 }} He played for West Adelaide SC and Adelaide City FC.{{cite web|url=http://fulltext.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2001/ascmedia/20011129.asp |title=Santrac Appointed Head Coach of AIS/Australian Women's Soccer Program |date=29 November 2001 |publisher=Australian Sports Commission |access-date=30 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110329080215/http://fulltext.ausport.gov.au/fulltext/2001/ascmedia/20011129.asp |archive-date=29 March 2011 }}
Coaching career
When Santrac retired from playing, he was assistant coach of West Adelaide Sharks in the men's National Soccer League for four years, after which he became head coach of the West Adelaide Sharks for two years.
He was the assistant coach of the Australia U23 national team from 1998 and into the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. He was named coach of the Australia women's national team in November 2001, taking part in the 2003 Women's World Cup and 2004 Athens Olympic Games. In December 2004, he was replaced as the Australian women's national football coach by Tom Sermanni.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-12-09/sermanni-returns-to-coach-matildas/600228|title=Sermanni returns to coach Matildas|date=9 December 2004|work=ABC News (Australia)|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=30 January 2014}}
He was also head coach of the Australian Women's Youth Team in 2004 which competed in the U/19 Youth World Cup in Thailand.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
References
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{{Australia women's national football team coaches}}
{{Australia squad 2003 OFC Women's Championship}}
{{Australia squad 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup}}
{{Australia women's football squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Australian people of Serbian descent
Category:Australian men's soccer players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:West Adelaide SC players
Category:Australian soccer managers
Category:2003 FIFA Women's World Cup managers
Category:Australia women's national soccer team managers