Anthony Šerić

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Personal information
Anthony Šerić
Full name	Anthony Šerić
Date of birth	January 15, 1979 (age 28)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	181cm
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Panathinaikos
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-99 1999-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-present	Hajduk Split Hellas Verona Brescia Parma S.S. Lazio Panathinaikos	33 (0) 47 (1) 30 (1) 17 (0) 17 (0) 21 (1)
National team²
1998-present	Croatia	16 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 June 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 22 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Anthony Šerić [ˈʃɛːritɕ] (born January 15, 1979), also known by his nickname as Ante Šerić, is a Croatian-Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays in Greece for Panathinaikos and for the Croatian national team.

Šerić was born to a Croatian family in Sydney, Australia and received a football scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport. He began his professional football career in Split, Croatia where he played for Hajduk Split. He then moved to Italy to play in Serie A, initially with Verona and then Brescia, Parma and Lazio, before signing for Panathinaikos in 2005.

He made his debut for the Croatian national team in a friendly match against Slovakia on May 29, 1998 in Pula and collected up to this time a total of 14 international caps for the team. In 1998, he was infamously picked for both Australia and Croatia. [1] He chose to play for Croatia despite his being born and bred in Australia.

He has since been a part of the Croatian squad at the 1998, 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, but did not play any matches on all of these three tournaments.

[edit] External links

Profile on JadranSport.org (English)
Career profile for Anthony Šerić

Panathinaikos FC - Current Squad

	Croatia squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Third Place
1 Ladić \| 2 Krpan \| 3 Šerić \| 4 Štimac \| 5 Jurić \| 6 Bilić \| 7 Asanović \| 8 Prosinečki \| 9 Šuker \| 10 Boban \| 11 Marić \| 12 Mrmić \| 13 Stanić \| 14 Soldo \| 15 Tudor \| 16 Kozniku \| 17 Jarni \| 18 Mamić \| 19 Vlaović \| 20 Šimić \| 21 Jurčić \| 22 Vasilj \| Coach: Blažević

	Croatia squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Pletikosa \| 2 Šerić \| 3 Šimunić \| 4 Tomas \| 5 Rapaić \| 6 Živković \| 7 Vugrinec \| 8 Prosinečki \| 9 Šuker \| 10 N. Kovač \| 11 Bokšić \| 12 Butina \| 13 Stanić \| 14 Soldo \| 15 Šarić \| 16 Vranješ \| 17 Jarni \| 18 Olić \| 19 Vlaović \| 20 Šimić \| 21 R. Kovač \| 22 Balaban \| 23 Vasilj \| Coach: Jozić

	Croatia squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Pletikosa \| 2 Srna \| 3 Šimunić \| 4 R. Kovač \| 5 Tudor \| 6 Vranješ \| 7 Šimić \| 8 Babić \| 9 Pršo \| 10 N. Kovač \| 11 Tokić \| 12 Didulica \| 13 Tomas \| 14 Modrić \| 15 I. Leko \| 16 J. Leko \| 17 Klasnić \| 18 Olić \| 19 N. Kranjčar \| 20 Šerić \| 21 Balaban \| 22 Bošnjak \| 23 Butina \| Coach: Z. Kranjčar