Gabriel Popovic

{{short description|Australian soccer player}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gabriel Popovic

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|7|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Westminster, England

| height = 1.88 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Puteolana

| clubnumber = 20

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Sydney United 58

| youthyears2 = 2016–2018

| youthclubs2 = Western Sydney Wanderers

| youthyears3 = 2019

| youthclubs3 = Perth Glory

| years1 = 2019–2020

| caps1 = 17

| goals1 = 4

| clubs1 = Perth Glory NPL

| years2 = 2019–2020

| caps2 = 13

| goals2 = 0

| clubs2 = Perth Glory

| years3 = 2020–2021

| clubs3 = Xanthi

| caps3 = 0

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2021–2023

| clubs4 = Rudeš

| caps4 = 12

| goals4 = 2

| years5 = 2023–

| clubs5 = Catania

| caps5 = 3

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2024

| clubs6 = → Fiorenzuola (loan)

| caps6 = 6

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2025–

| clubs7 = → Puteolana (loan)

| caps7 = 0

| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2022–

| nationalteam1 = Australia U-20

| nationalcaps1 = 8

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| club-update = 5 January 2025

| nationalteam-update = 28 September 2022

}}

Gabriel Popovic (born 28 July 2003) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie D club Puteolana on loan from Catania.

Club career

On 7 August 2019, he made his professional debut against Western Sydney Wanderers in the 2019 FFA Cup.{{Cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/08/07/australia/ffa-cup/perth-glory-fc/west-sydney-fc/3045990/ |title = Perth Glory vs. Western Sydney Wanderers - 7 August 2019 - Soccerway}}

On 10 August 2023, Popovic signed with Catania in Italian third-tier Serie C.{{cite web|publisher=Catania|url=https://cataniafc.it/blog-detail/post/206670/gabriel-popovic-al-catania|title=Gabriel Popovic al Catania|trans-title=Gabriel Popovic at Catania|date=10 August 2023|access-date=25 August 2023|language=it}} On 1 February 2024, he was loaned by Fiorenzuola.{{cite web|publisher=Fiorenzuola|url=https://www.fiorenzuolacalcio.it/news/10315271686/comunicato-ufficiale-gabriel-popovic|title=COMUNICATO UFFICIALE: GABRIEL POPOVIC|trans-title=OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: GABRIEL POPOVIC|date=1 February 2024|access-date=1 February 2024|language=it}}

Personal life

Popovic is the son of former Crystal Palace and Socceroos player Tony Popovic, and the younger brother of Kristian Popovic.

References

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