Ruben Zadkovich

Zadkovich in the jersey of the jets (2010)

Ruben Zadkovich (born 23 May 1986 as Sydney ) is an Australian football player.

Club career

Zadkovich left Australia in 2004 and was admitted to the youth department of the English club Queens Park Rangers. In March 2005 he moved free transfer to the fourth division Notts County and was able to score a goal in his league debut. Eight months later he left Notts County and returned to Australia, where he from Sydney FC got a short-term contract in early 2006 and was able to play directly into the team. He won the club the first Grand Final of the newly created A- League against the Central Coast Mariners 1-0. Following this season Zadkovich received a two-year contract with Sydney.

For the 2008/09 season Zadkovich moved again to England and signed the second division club Derby County a two -year contract. There he came in his first season as a reserve player to seven missions after he had returned to the following season injured by the Olympics, he did not made ​​it into the squad and his contract was finally disbanded in January 2010.

Then Zadkovich returned to Australia and received the A- League club Newcastle United Jets for season 2010/11, a three -year contract.

National

Zadkovich participated with the Australian U-20 national team at the Junior World Championships in 2005 in the Netherlands and came at Vorrundenaus two appearances. With the Australian Olympic team, he qualified for the Olympic tournament in China in 2008 and was appointed in July in the final squad. He scored the only goal of the tournament in Australia in the 1-1 draw against Serbia.

In June 2008 Zadkovich debuted as a right-back in the World Cup qualifier against China in the Australian national team. Zadkovich indebted in the 0-1 defeat a penalty but remained unused.