Alen Stajcic

Alen Stajcic (born 2 November 1973) is a retired semi-professional football player and current coach. While a footballer he was a NSW Premier League player and Australian Youth Representative. Since turning his hand to coaching he had become the Head Coach of NSWIS for Women's Soccer, Head Coach of The Hills Sports High School Football Program, Head Coach of the Australian Under 20 Women's National Team. He was appointed coach for Sydney FC in the first season of the Australian W-League. And since 2014, the Head Coach of the Australian Women's National Team, The Matildas. 2Biography 3Playing career A former NSW Premier League player and Captain with Bonnyrigg, Bankstown and Sutherland, Alen represented NSW at the youth level and played for several clubs within the National Youth League and Winter Super League. Representative Honours: Australian Schoolboy International 1992 3Coaching Alen Stajcic had been the Head Coach of the NSWIS Women's Soccer Program from 2002–2013. Widely considered as the one of the best Football nurseries in Australia, the Program produced over 30 senior Internationals in that 10-year period. He was also the Head Coach of the Women's National Soccer League 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 performance