I thought he was good, but he didn't hit the back of the net that much. A case of potential, unlike BOS who is ready now to go overseas.
Keegan Jelacic - AUS (KAA Gent | Belgium)
I thought he was good, but he didn't hit the back of the net that much. A case of potential, unlike BOS who is ready now to go overseas.
If it wasn't for the Covid pandemic, he would have broken thru at the Roar a couple seasons earlier & goes to the u20 World Cup with NZ.
AFC U23 Olympics qualifying is September.
https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/final-olyroos-squad-confirmed-maurice-revello-tournament
Good chance he'll play for the Olyroos in Paris next year. But who knows after that. He may rediscover his Kiwi heritage, the closer we get to WC 2026.
https://us.soccerway.com/teams/belgium/koninklijke-atletiek-associatie-gent/214/
https://keepup.com.au/news/keegan-jelacic-transfer-gent-stabaek-norway/
Made his debut on the weeked as a 93rd min sub in a 1-0 loss at Viking (2nd on GD). Stabæk (2nd last) almost held on for a draw, conceding in the 89th minute.
Patrick Yazbek started (ex Sydney FC) & off at 63 mins for Viking, replaced by Nick D'Agostino. No Stensness.
So if Joe Bell returns to Norway, he'll have 3 Aussie team mates.
Jelacic's Stabæk in a battle to avoid relegation with 12 rounds left in the Eliteserien season.
Does Olly football not lock down your nationality?
I'm presuming Gent & his new Norwegian club (loan deal) just won't realise him being a non FIFA window. With only 12 league games left
Stabæk his club in Norway after fighting to avoid relegation and he's only just arrived. If he'd jumped ship back to NZ we would have heard about it??
https://www.socceroos.com.au/news/subway-olyroos-squad-update-afc-u23-asian-cuptm-qatar-2024-qualifiers-0
https://us.soccerway.com/players/keegan-jelacic/595542/
https://www.footballaustralia.com.au/news/subway-olyroos-squad-saudi-arabian-friendlies-confirmed
He may have been unavailable as his concentrates on helping his Norwegian loan club Stabæk, avoid relegation. They are 1 spot above the drop zone with 3 games left.
But one to keep an eye on, if the Australian international pathway doesn't work out for him.
https://us.soccerway.com/players/keegan-jelacic/595542/
I presume Jelacic will return to parent club Gent in Belgium once the Norwegian season is over. Again still wouldn't rule him out of returning to NZ colours, if Aussie doesn't work out for him, and the FIFA regulations allow it.
Can only guess he will return to parent club Gent in Belgium (currently 3rd). Be interesting to see if he makes the Olyroos for April next year's AFC WC qualifiers. He hasn't been in the last few Aus U23 squads from what I can see.
We're delighted to confirm the signing of Keegan Jelacic on loan from Belgian Pro League side K.A.A Gent for the remainder of the 2023/24 Isuzu UTE A-League season ✍️
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Well, if we're being honest, Reid might be the only 'foreign' call up ever for the AWs that would have had any chance at playing for the other country. I can't think of any others. So it's possibly a case of we win the ones when the opposition doesn't show up and lose when they do.
What is meaning of ‘foreign’ here?
And ‘ever’?
Jock Aird, Ken Armstrong, Ken Hough, Bill Hume all actually played for their respective ‘home’ countries.
Wynton Rufer would have been a decent shout for Switzerland had he not committed to New Zealand.
Jeram, Roux, Kalua, Singh even, who knows whether they may have had a call up had they not committed to NZ. Bound to be a few with Aussie claims too.
Greg Brown played for both NZ and then Australia
Class player.
Class player.
Too late I think now. Someone smarter than me (RR?) said you can only ever do one switch. Ex NZ U17s, Jelacic has already done that switch. Shame.
Saw him talking to Paulsen post match on the weekend.
They played at the U17 WC in Brazil 2109, together. Old & OVH also in that U17 squad. Matt Garbett as lone striker.
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2019/10/30/world/u17-world-cup/brazil-under-17/new-zealand-under-17/3070638/
a) granted a change of association; and
b) was not fielded in a match in any (official or unofficial) competition in
any kind of football by the new association,
may request a change of association back to his former association provided
he continues to hold the nationality of such association.
As far as I can tell, he had to be granted a change of association to play those 4 games for the Aussie u23's & those lock him in to play only for Aussie now.
a) granted a change of association; and
b) was not fielded in a match in any (official or unofficial) competition in
any kind of football by the new association,
may request a change of association back to his former association provided
he continues to hold the nationality of such association.
As far as I can tell, he had to be granted a change of association to play those 4 games for the Aussie u23's & those lock him in to play only for Aussie now.
Unrelated to Jelacic, but reading those rules. Maya Hahn could still potential change allegiance back to NZ. Although we seem to have quite a few ball playing midfielders coming through the ranks in the NZ womens game.
https://us.soccerway.com/national/germany/2-bundesliga-women/20232024/regular-season/r76370/
Ex Fern Jana Radosavljević is meanwhile playing for last placed MSV Duisburg in Frau Bundesliga and they look doomed for relegation with only 4 pts from 17 games!
Hahn is 23 now, and highly unlikely in the frame for German honours. She's scored 3 goals in 18 Liga II games this season.
https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2024/03/31/germany/2-bundesliga-women/germany-eintracht-frankfurt-ii/1-ffc-turbine-potsdam/4154681/
Fallon did it (was saved by a Fifa rule change), Stensness and Boyd are stuck in "no man's land" and Jelacic may never play a single game of international football.
So glad that Reid and to a lesser extent Smith didn't fall into that trap. Reid the most important, as he was clearly good enough to have captained Denmark, not just make the wider squad.
Stensness was pretty honest, and basically said after the Tokyo Oympics he just didn't feel that Kiwi. Something about mumbling the Australian National Anthem rather than the NZ one. If it doesn't feel right, then I guess it just doesn't feel right.
Both him and Jelacic have been raised in Aussie, so Australia is obviously more of what they know. I live in Australia now, but get back to NZ every 6 mths minimum. But I've met Kiwis here who haven't flown the Tasman in 20 years. Some of them have kids. Personally I just don't get it. But everyone's different.
Then you get Champness who feels different, and leaves the Aus youth system for NZ. Win some lose some.
Smeltzy is Jelacic's agent, so would have been a more balanced voice in his ear. It is too late now anyways.
Stensness was pretty honest, and basically said after the Tokyo Oympics he just didn't feel that Kiwi. Something about mumbling the Australian National Anthem rather than the NZ one. If it doesn't feel right, then I guess it just doesn't feel right.
Both him and Jelacic have been raised in Aussie, so Australia is obviously more of what they know. I live in Australia now, but get back to NZ every 6 mths minimum. But I've met Kiwis here who haven't flown the Tasman in 20 years. Some of them have kids. Personally I just don't get it. But everyone's different.
Then you get Champness who feels different, and leaves the Aus youth system for NZ. Win some lose some.
even though I've been US/UK based since late '06 I try and get home often, so find it odd to read of kiwis just across the ditch who've not been home in 20 years.
In saying that, I work for an airline and I have English colleagues who do not own a passport, haven't been to Wales or Scotland, never mind France, Europe or further afield.
Congratulations to @brisbaneroar's Keegan Jelacic & @NewcastleJetsFC' Lucas Mauragis who are off to Doha to link up with the Olyroos! 🇦🇺
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Well he got a call up in the end, with players getting hurt/pulled by their clubs
Congratulations to @brisbaneroar's Keegan Jelacic & @NewcastleJetsFC' Lucas Mauragis who are off to Doha to link up with the Olyroos! 🇦🇺
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Well he got a call up in the end, with players getting hurt/pulled by their clubs
Nestory Irankunda had been informally sounded out in the last 24 hours over whether he would be prepared to join the Olyroos squad to replace Marco Tilio, but declined a late approach after deciding that he was better off staying put with Adelaide. [@smh]https://t.co/6MwqWS9Ny0
— A-League Hub (@AleagueHub) April 9, 2024
Reckon he was still behind this fella in the pecking order. Irankunda sticking to his guns though.