Alen Stajcic is a former semi-professional football (soccer) player and now is a full-time Football

Football (soccer)

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 coach. While a footballer he was a NSW Premier League

New South Wales Premier League

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 player and Australian Youth Representative before a career-ending knee injury. Since he has turned his hand to coaching he has become Head Coach of NSWIS for Women's Soccer and Head Coach of the Australian Under 20 Women's National Team

Australia women's national under-20 football team

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. He was appointed coach for Sydney FC

Sydney FC W-League

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 in the first season of the Australian W-League

W-League (Australia)

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.

Playing career

A former NSW Premier League player and Captain with Bonnyrigg

Bonnyrigg White Eagles

Bonnyrigg White Eagles F.C. is a football club in Sydney currently playing in the New South Wales Premier League.- History :Established by Serbian migrants from the Cabramatta area of south-west Sydney, their primary supporter base has been the local Serbian community...

, Bankstown

Bankstown City Lions

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 and Sutherland

Sutherland Sharks

Sutherland Sharks Football Club is an Australian football club based in Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia and currently play in the New South Wales Premier League....

, Alen represented NSW at the youth level and played for several clubs within the National Youth League and Winter Super League before a knee injury ended his playing career.

Representative Honours: Australian Schoolboy International 1992

Coaching

Alen Stajcic has been the Head Coach of the NSWIS Women's Soccer Program since 2002. He was also the Head Coach of the Women's National Soccer League

Women's National Soccer League

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 side, the NSW Sapphires, which he guided to a premiership in the 2003/04 season. He started as Head Coach of HSHS in the foundation year (2003) and has gone on to win many titles and good performances. In 2006, he was the assistant coach for the Young Matilda's while they were competing at the FIFA

FIFA

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 U/20's Women's Championships in Russia. Unfortunately they bowed out in the group stage, missing the next round by 1 point to Brazil

Brazil

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 and Russia

Russia

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. As of 05/03/07 Stajcic became the Young Matildas

Australia women's national under-20 football team

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 Coach.

As a coach

NSW Sapphires

• Winner of Nation Women's Soccer League (2003/04)
• Finalists of Nation Women's Soccer League (2002/03)

Hills Sports High School

• Winners of NSW All- Schools Cup (Open Boy's) (2008)
• Finalist of NSW All- Schools Cup (Open Boy's) (2009)
• Winners of NSW All- Schools Cup (Open Girl's) (2008)
• Winners of Errea Cup (Open Boy's) (2008,2009,2011)
• Finalist of Errea Cup (Open Boy's) (2010)
• Winners of Errea Shield (Open Girl's) (2005,2006,2007,2008)
• Finalist of Errea Shield (Open Girl's) (2009,2010,2011)
• Winners of Bill Turner Cup (U/15 Boys) (2006)
• Finalist Bill Turner Cup (U/15 Boys) (2005)
• Finalist Bill Turner Trophy (U/15 Girls) (2005 & 2007)

Young Matilda's (As Assistant Coach)

• Qualified for World U/20's Women Championships (2006)
  • Knocked out in Group Stage

Sydney FC Women's Team

• Semi Finalists (2008)
• Premiers (2009,2010/11)
• Champions (2009)
• Finalists (2010/11)

See also

• Bonnyrigg White Eagles
  Bonnyrigg White Eagles
  Bonnyrigg White Eagles F.C. is a football club in Sydney currently playing in the New South Wales Premier League.- History :Established by Serbian migrants from the Cabramatta area of south-west Sydney, their primary supporter base has been the local Serbian community...
  
  
• Sutherland Sharks
  Sutherland Sharks
  Sutherland Sharks Football Club is an Australian football club based in Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia and currently play in the New South Wales Premier League....
  
  
• Bankstown City Lions
  Bankstown City Lions
  Bankstown City Lions is an Australian football club from the Sydney suburb of Sefton in New South Wales, Australia...
  
  
• Football (soccer) in New South Wales
• Lurnea High School
  Lurnea High School
  Lurnea High School is a co-education secondary school located in the suburb of Lurnea, New South Wales, Australia. It is a public high school that caters for roughly 800 students from Year 7 through Year 12. An Intensive English Centre and Hearing Impaired Unit are also established at Lurnea High...