Steven Ugarković

Steven Ugarković (; born 19 August 1994) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a defensive midfielder for A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers.

Career Osijek Ugarkovic started his professional career at Croatian club NK Osijek, moving from his home city of Sydney, Australia to pursue a career in football at the age of 17.

Newcastle Jets Ugarkovic returned to Australia in the January transfer window of the 2015-16 A-League season. Ugarkovic's first appearance for the Newcastle Jets was on 31 January 2016, in a 1–0 loss to Adelaide United.

In January 2021, it was announced that Ugarkovic would play out the rest of the 2020-21 A-League season at Newcastle before joining Western Sydney Wanderers FC for the 2021-22 A-League season. Ugarkovic spent seasons at Newcastle. Ugarkovic made 144 appearances for Newcastle across all competitions, scoring 9 goals.

Western Sydney Wanderers Ugarkovic completed his transfer early in a swap deal involving Jordan O'Doherty joining Newcastle, and spent the end of the 2020-21 season as well as the 2021-22 season at Western Sydney.

Ugarkovic departed the Wanderers at the completion of his first full season at the club. Ugarkovic made 35 appearances and scored 4 goals in all competitions for the Wanderers.

Wellington Phoenix Ugarkovic joined Wellington Phoenix ahead of the 2022-23 season.

Ugarkovic was also at the Phoenix for a single season only, in March announcing his impending departure at the end of the season. Ugarkovic made 27 appearances for Wellington, scoring one goal.

Personal life

His father, John Ugarkovic, played in the NSL for Sydney United.

In June 2022, Steven Ugarkovic married Bianka Ugarkovic.

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