Alen Stajcic
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Stajcic in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alen Stajcic | ||
| Date of birth | 2 November 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Australia | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994 | Mount Druitt Town | 6 | (0) |
| 1994–1997 | Bonnyrigg White Eagles | 35 | (2) |
| 1998 | Bankstown City Lions | 13 | (2) |
| 2000 | Western Sydney Passion | ||
| 2000–2002 | Sutherland Sharks | 38 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2004 | New South Wales Sapphires | ||
| 2008–2014 | Sydney FC Women | ||
| 2014–2019 | Australia Women | ||
| 2019 | Central Coast Mariners (caretaker) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Central Coast Mariners | ||
| 2021–2023 | Philippines Women | ||
| 2023–2024 | Perth Glory | ||
| 2024–2026 | Western Sydney Wanderers | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 August 2007 | |||
Alen Stajčić OAM (Serbian Cyrillic: Ален Стајчић, pronounced [ǎlen stǎjt͡ʃit͡ɕ]; born 2 November 1973) is an Australian football manager and former player. He was most recently the head coach of Western Sydney Wanderers in the A-League.
Stajčić was a NSW Premier League player and an Australian Youth Representative.
Since turning his hand to coaching he had become the head coach of the NSWIS women's team, head coach of the Hills Sports High School Football Program and the head coach of the Australia women's national under-20 team. He was appointed coach for Sydney FC in the first season of the Australian W-League. From 2014 to 2019, he was the head coach of the Matildas.
Stajčić was the head coach of the Philippine women's national team from 2021 to 2023, helping them qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, which was the country's first ever appearance in a World Cup, after leading the team to the semifinals of the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.