Mile Sterjovski

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Personal information
Mile Sterjovski
Image:Mile Sterjovski.jpg
Full name	Mile Sterjovski
Date of birth	May 27 1979 (1979-05-27) (age 30)
Place of birth	Wollongong, Australia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Right Winger, Second Striker
Club information
Current club	Derby County
Number	21
Youth clubs
1996–1998	Illawarra Wollongong Wolves AIS
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995–1996 1997 1997–1999 1999–2000 2000–2004 2004–2007 2007 2008–present	Wollongong Wolves Illawarra Lions Sydney United Parramatta Power Lille FC Basel Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ Derby County	02 0(0) 37 (20) 31 (11) 91 (15) 73 (10) 24 0(8) 01 0(0)
National team²
1999 2000 2000–present	Australia U-20 Australia U-23 Australia	06 0(3) 07 0(0) 33 0(5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of February 11 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of July 8 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Mile Sterjovski (Macedonian: Миле Стерјовски) (born on May 27, 1979 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder of Macedonian origin, who currently plays for Derby County and the Australian national team.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 References
4 External links

Club career

Sterjovski has previously played for Lille OSC in Ligue 1, Parramatta Power, Sydney United and Wollongong Wolves in Australia. He joined Basel from Lille in the summer of 2004.

On September 2, 2007 Sterjovski scored on debut after coming off the bench for his new club Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ in their match against Fenerbahçe.

On January 9th 2008, Sterjovski announced his plan to leave Turkey for personal reasons relating to his family. He announced that he is in negotiations with Premier League strugglers Derby County and joined them after work permit problems on the 24th of January, 2008.

International career

He made his Australian national team debut against Scotland in 2000. Sterjovski was selected to represent Australia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. In the build-up, he made an appearance in the Australia vs. Greece friendly at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and also played against Liechtenstein, scoring the first goal for the Socceroos in a 3-1 win. In the finals he started in the games against Brazil and against Croatia.

Sterjovski was selected for the first group match in Australia's 2007 Asian Cup campaign, starting against Oman and substituted in the 46th minute, which Australia drew 1–1. Due to illness Sterjovski did not feature further in Australia's failed campaign in its first Asian Cup.

References

External links

Awards
Preceded by Brett Emerton	NSL U21 Player of the Year 1998/99	Succeeded by Ivan Ergić
Preceded by Damian Mori	NSL Golden Boot 1998/99	Succeeded by Damian Mori

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Derby County F.C. – current squad

1 Price • 2 Edworthy • 4 McEveley • 5 Leacock • 7 Jones • 8 Stubbs • 9 Villa • 10 Earnshaw • 14 Miller • 15 Lewis • 17 Todd • 19 Davis • 21 Sterjovski • 22 Feilhaber • 23 Moore • 24 Mears • 25 Pearson • 26 Robert • 27 Mills • 28 Barnes • 29 Hinchliffe • 31 Carroll • 32 Addison • 33 Hanson • 34 Richards • 35 Beardsley • 40 Ghaly • 44 Savage • Manager: Jewell

v • d • e Australia squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Schwarzer • 2 Neill • 3 Moore • 4 Cahill • 5 Culina • 6 Popovic • 7 Emerton • 8 Skoko • 9 Viduka • 10 Kewell • 11 Lazaridis • 12 Covic • 13 Grella • 14 Chipperfield • 15 Aloisi • 16 Beauchamp • 17 Thompson • 18 Kalac • 19 Kennedy • 20 Wilkshire • 21 Sterjovski • 22 Milligan • 23 Bresciano • Coach: Hiddink