Clayton Zane
{{Short description|Australian soccer player and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Clayton Zane
| image = Clayton Zane.jpg
| upright = 1.1
| caption = Zane in 2012
| fullname = Clayton Zane
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|7|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Newcastle, Australia
| height = 1.93 m
| position = Striker
| youthyears1 = 1985–1993 |youthclubs1 = Cessnock City Hornets
| youthyears2 = 1993–1995 |youthclubs2 = Adamstown Rosebud
| years1 = 1995–1998 |clubs1 = Newcastle Breakers |caps1 = 70 |goals1 = 17
| years2 = 1995–2000 |clubs2 = Northern Spirit |caps2 = 57 |goals2 = 6
| years3 = 2000 |clubs3 = Molde |caps3 = 14 |goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2001–2002 |clubs4 = Lillestrøm |caps4 = 29 |goals4 = 18
| years5 = 2002–2005 |clubs5 = Anderlecht |caps5 = 10 |goals5 = 2
| totalcaps = 163
| totalgoals = 43
| nationalyears1 = 1996–1997 |nationalteam1 = Australia U20 |nationalcaps1 = 3 |nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 1998–2000 |nationalteam2 = Australia U23 |nationalcaps2 = 15 |nationalgoals2 = 9
| nationalyears3 = 2000–2001 |nationalteam3 = Australia |nationalcaps3 = 14 |nationalgoals3 = 6
| manageryears1 = 2011–2012
| managerclubs1 = Newcastle Jets (W-League)
| manageryears2 = 2012–2014
| managerclubs2 = Newcastle Jets Youth
| manageryears3 = 2014
| managerclubs3 = Newcastle Jets
| manageryears4 = 2014–15
| managerclubs4 = Newcastle Jets (assistant)
| manageryears5 = 2016–19
| managerclubs5 = Newcastle Jets (assistant)
| managerclubs6 = New Lambton FC (Technical Director)
| manageryears6 = 2020-
|medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's association football}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|AUS}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIFA Confederations Cup}}
{{Medal|3rd|2001 Japan–South Korea|}}
{{MedalCompetition|OFC Nations Cup}}
{{Medal|W|2000 Tahiti|}}
{{Medal|Competition|OFC U-20 Championship}}
{{Medal|W|1997 Tahiti|}}
}}
Clayton Zane (born 12 July 1977) is an Australian association football coach and former player, who played as a striker.
In the 2001 season, he was the top scorer and awarded the Kniksen award as Striker of the Year in Norway. He earned 14 caps for the Australia national team, scoring six goals. His last club as a player was R.S.C. Anderlecht, where a two-year-long injury prematurely ended his career in late 2005.
Following his retirement from playing Zane worked as a coach at Newcastle Jets, serving as a head coach in 2014.
Club career
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Zane was first brought to Europe as a relative unknown by Norwegian team Molde. After scoring no goals in 14 matches he was sold to Lillestrøm. In his first season in Lillestrøm he ended top scorer of the Norwegian Premier League with 17 goals and he was voted Norwegian Player of the Year some weeks later. He was then sold to Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht in 2002 where he scored twice in ten games.
International career
Zane represented the Australia national team at the 2001 Confederations Cup and is best remembered for scoring the only goal when Australia defeated subsequent champion France in the group stage. He scored a hat-trick for Australia against Cook Islands in June 2000. Zane was a member of the Australian squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/museum/socceroocaps.pdf|title=The Australian National Men's Football Team: Caps And Captains|publisher=Football Federation Australia|access-date=20 January 2014}}{{cite web | url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=178319/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201161020/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=178319/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=1 February 2014 | title=FIFA Player Statistics: Clayton ZANE | publisher=FIFA | access-date=20 January 2014}}
Coaching career
On 9 August 2011, it was announced that Zane had signed a contract to be the coach of the Newcastle Jets W-League team.
On 8 June 2012, he was announced as the youth team coach of the Newcastle United Jets Youth Squad.
In January 2014 Newcastle Jets head coach Gary van Egmond was sacked due to poor results and Zane was appointed interim head coach until the end of the season.{{cite news | url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/2033277/video-gary-van-egmond-sacked-by-jets-poll/?cs=306 | title=UPDATED: Gary van Egmond sacked as Jets coach | work=Newcastle Herald | date=20 January 2014 | access-date=20 January 2014 | author=Carr, Matt | archive-date=1 April 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401023124/http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2033277/updated-gary-van-egmond-sacked-as-jets-coach/?cs=306 | url-status=live }} The club chose to appoint Phil Stubbins as head coach of the club for the following season and returned Zane to the position of 1st team assistant coach.
Zane, along with goalkeeping coach Neil Young and strength & conditioning coach Andrew Packer were sacked as part of a club cleanout of players and staff.{{cite web |url=http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/news/jets-turmoil-tinkler-wields-axe |title=Jets in turmoil as Tinkler wields the axe |publisher=FourFourTwo |date=2015-01-28 |access-date=2016-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310163702/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/au/news/jets-turmoil-tinkler-wields-axe |archive-date=10 March 2015 |url-status=dead }}
On 7 September 2016, Zane became the caretaker coach of the Newcastle Jets after the termination of Scott Miller.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-07/aleague-newcastle-jets-sack-coach-scott-miller/7823924 |title=Newcastle Jets sack head coach Scott Miller one month before 2016/17 A-League season |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=2016-09-07 |access-date=2016-10-23}} Zane is regarded as well liked by the playing group and has a "Calming presence".{{cite web |author=JAMES GARDINER |url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/4154113/zane-steps-in-as-jets-get-back-to-business/ |title=Zane steps in as Jets get back to business |website=Theherald.com.au |date=2016-09-09 |access-date=2016-10-23 }}
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year{{NFT player|424}} | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="2"|Australia
|2000 | 9 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 14 | 6 |
:Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Zane goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Clayton Zane | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | rowspan="3"|19 June 2000 | rowspan="3"|Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti | rowspan="3"|{{fb|COK}} | align="center"|15–0 | align=center rowspan="3"|17–0 | rowspan="3"|2000 OFC Nations Cup |
| align="center"|2 | align="center"|16–0 | |||||
| align="center"|3 | align="center"|17–0 | |||||
| align="center"|4 | rowspan="2"|23 June 2000 | rowspan="2"|Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti | rowspan="2"|{{fb|SOL}} | align="center"|2–0 | align=center rowspan="2"|6–0 | rowspan="2"|2000 OFC Nations Cup |
| align="center"|5 | align="center"|3–0 | |||||
| align="center"|6 | 1 June 2001 | Daegu Stadium, Daegu, South Korea | {{fb|FRA}} | align="center"|1–0 | align="center"|1–0 | 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup |
Managerial statistics
{{updated|1 October 2017}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" | ||||
| rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % |
| align=left|Newcastle Jets FC W-League
|{{flagicon|Australia}} |align=left|August 2011 |align=left|June 2012 {{WDL|10|4|0|6}} | ||||
| align=left|Newcastle Jets FC Youth
|{{flagicon|Australia}} |align=left|June 2012 |align=left|January 2014 {{WDL|48|20|7|21}} | ||||
| align=left|Newcastle Jets
|{{flagicon|Australia}} |align=left|20 January 2014 |align=left|5 May 2014 {{WDL|12|5|2|5}} | ||||
| align=left|Newcastle Jets FC Youth
|{{flagicon|Australia}} |align=left|11 September 2015 |align=left|1 October 2017 {{WDL|0|0|0|0}} | ||||
| colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|70|29|9|32}} |
Honours
Australia
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 3rd place, 2001{{Cite web |url=http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/archive/koreajapan2001/teams/team=43976/index.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 14, 2024 |archive-date=January 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122105959/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/archive/koreajapan2001/teams/team=43976/index.html |url-status=dead }}
- OFC Nations Cup: 2000{{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00oc.html|title=Oceania Nations Cup 2000|access-date=October 14, 2024}}
Australia U-20
- OFC U-19 Men's Championship: 1997{{Cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/U20/1997.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610233225/http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/U20/1997.html|archive-date=June 10, 2023|url-status=dead|title=Young Socceroo Matches for 1997|access-date=March 13, 2025}}
Individual
- Norwegian Premier League top scorer: 2001
- Kniksen award: Striker of the Year 2001
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{NFT player|424}}
- [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/Z/Z.html Oz Football profile]
{{Newcastle United Jets FC managers}}
{{Norwegian Premier League top scorers}}
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