Английская Википедия:Ernie Tapai

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Ernie Tapai (born 14 February 1967) is an Australian former professional soccer player who spent the majority of his career in the Australian National Soccer League (NSL). He also had stints in England, Portugal and Singapore. Tapai played 52 times for Australia, including 37 times in full international matches.

Early life

Tapai was born in Subotica, Yugoslavia (now in Serbia). He migrated to Australia with his parents as a young child.

Club career

After playing as a junior for Melbourne Hungaria, Tapai signed for Footscray JUST ahead of the 1985 National Soccer League season. He made at age 18 in the National Soccer League. After playing with Sunshine George Cross and Adelaide City Tapai moved to Europe to play for English side Stoke City.Stoke City. He never got much of a chance at Stoke making just once appearance for the club which came as a substitute in a 2–2 draw with Crewe Alexandra in the Football League Trophy on 6 January 1993.

Tapai then signed with Portuguese club Estoril, participating in the 1993–94 Primeira Divisão season, where he scored his only goal against Benfica, but moved back to play in Australia. He went on to play for Gippsland Falcons and Perth Glory before playing for three years in Singapore with Home United and Clementi Khalsa and retired after the 2002 season with Westgate.

After ending his playing career Tapai went into coaching.

International career

Tapai played 52 games (37 'A' games) for the Australia national team between 1986 and 1998. He was part of the Australia squad that claimed 2nd place at the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup. Australian manager Terry Venables received criticism for bringing on Tapai in the 1997 World Cup Qualifier against Iran. Australia needed a goal and Tapai was not the man many viewed as being a viable attacking option.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Footscray JUST	1985	National Soccer League	22	3	—		—		—		22	3
	1986	National Soccer League	26	4	—		—		—		26	4
	1987	National Soccer League	21	2	—		—		—		21	2
	1988	National Soccer League	17	0	—		—		—		17	0
	1989	National Soccer League	14	0	—		—		—		14	0
	Total		100	10	—		—		—		100	10
Sunshine George Cross	1989–90	National Soccer League	15	0	—		—		—		15	0
Adelaide City	1990–91	National Soccer League	9	4	—		—		—		9	4
	1991–92	National Soccer League	26	2	—		—		—		26	2
	Total		35	6	—		—		—		35	6
Stoke City	1992–93	Second Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Estoril	1993–94	Primeira Divisão	13	1	—		—		—		13	1
Gippsland Falcons	1994–95	National Soccer League	20	5	—		—		—		20	5
	1995–96	National Soccer League	28	3	—		—		—		28	3
	Total		48	8	—		—		—		48	8
Collingwood Warriors	1996–97	National Soccer League	24	1	—		—		—		24	1
Perth Glory	1997–98	National Soccer League	15	2	—		—		—		15	2
Career total			250	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	251	28

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Australia	1990	3	0
	1991	2	0
	1992	11	1
	1996	6	1
	1997	10	3
	1998	4	1
Total		36	6

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tapai goal.

List of international goals scored by Ernie Tapai

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 July 1992	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia	Шаблон:Fb	1–0	3–1	Friendly
2	27 October 1996	Olympic Stadium, Papeete, Tahiti	Шаблон:Fb	1–0	6–0	1996 OFC Nations Cup
3	11 June 1997	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia	Шаблон:Fb	8–0	13–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	17 June 1997	Parramatta Stadium, Sydney, Australia	Шаблон:Fb	4–0	6–2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5				5–0
6	11 February 1998	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia	Шаблон:Fb	1–0	1–0	Friendly