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Personal life. Viduka and his wife Ivana have three sons together: Joseph (born November 2002), Lucas (born September 2006) and Oliver (born May 2008). [48] His father Joe immigrated to Australia from Croatia in the 1960s, and Croatian footballer and Ballon d'Or winner Luka Modrić is his cousin.
9 de oct. de 2022 · Mark Viduka, born in Melbourne to a Ukrainian-Croat mother and Croatian father, made his debut for the Melbourne Knights (formerly Melbourne Croatia) as a 17-year-old. He played just two full seasons, twice winning the Golden Boot and Johnny Warren Medal for the league’s best player.
26 de mar. de 2023 · Socceroo great Mark Viduka is extremely proud of his Croatian heritage and that same bloodline is how he’s related to 2018 Ballon d’Or winner Luka Modric. That’s some gene pool: the best players of their generations in two different countries on the opposite sides of the planet.
21 de oct. de 2022 · A proud son of Croatian immigrant parents, Viduka clearly felt familial and community pressure to sign for this nascent club. The integral role ‘ethnic’ clubs such as Melbourne Croatia played in introducing and accepting post-war immigrants into the Australian bubbling melting pot was crucial for recent arrivals like the Vidukas.
19 de jun. de 2015 · Viduka remembers a small but solid football family. A multicultural game with Aussies, Greeks, Scots and Croats. As a kid he would go with his father to home games, away games, everything.
Mark Anthony Viduka (nacido el 9 de octubre de 1975 en Melbourne), apodado el Rey Canguro, es un exfutbolista australiano que se desempeñaba como delantero. Ha sido el capitán de la selección de fútbol de Australia en donde ha desempeñado un papel importante, especialmente en la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2006 .
27 de jul. de 2017 · Mark Viduka: the Socceroos great whose Croatian roots ran deep | Soccer | The Guardian. Mark Viduka got the chance to play in Croatia when he spent time with Croatia Zagreb before embarking...
