Ljubo MiliÄević
Ljubo Milicevic ( born February 13, 1981 in Melbourne) is an Australian football player, the son of Croatian parents, who currently plays for the Newcastle United Jets in the A-League.
Milicevic started his professional career with the Melbourne Knights in Australia, where he played a game before he moved in 1999 to Perth Glory, where he played an important role, as he brought the Western Australian team in their first NSL Finals 2000. He then played in Switzerland for FC Zurich and FC Basel.
He was the captain of both the Australian U -20 and U -23, the Olyroos. After he was appointed as captain, he came in 2001 to the U- 20 World Cup after Argentina and attracted the attention of observers of large societies, but a knee injury took over the tournament henceforth, which meant the end of this chance. He was injured before the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and gave the media apparently a greeting with the middle finger after he scored a goal in a qualifying match. This was in response to allegations of the Australian media, Frank Farina's team would have been the worst that would have been ever sent to the Olympics.
He was also appointed to the Australian national football team. His first game he played in 2005 against Indonesia. He met three times during the Confederations Cup in 2005, but was not considered for the team in the World Cup 2006.
From 2004 to 2006 he played for FC Thun in the Super League. For the FC Thun He played 40 championship matches and in the season 2005/2006 a total of 5 games in the Champions League and six games in the qualifying stage for the Champions League and the UEFA Cup.
On 17 July 2006 he was again committed by a Swiss team: BSC Young Boys, a rival of FC Thun, but there again dismissed on 19 February 2007. Fared no better him in his next engagement at Melbourne Victory. After several scandals, the club moved on 22 February 2008 a line under the loaded connection. On 4 February 2009 it undertook the Newcastle United Jets for their upcoming tasks in the AFC Champions League.