Steve Corica

Steve Corica

Corica playing for Sydney FC in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Christopher Corica
Date of birth	(1973-03-24) 24 March 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Innisfail, Queensland, Australia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Innisfail United
1990	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1995	Marconi Stallions	103	(14)
1995–1996	Leicester City	16	(2)
1996–2000	Wolverhampton Wanderers	100	(5)
2000–2001	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	43	(14)
2002–2004	Walsall	73	(9)
2005–2010	Sydney FC	106	(23)
Total		441	(67)
International career
1989	Australia U-17	2	(1)
1990–1991	Australia U-20	6	(0)
1992–1996	Australia U-23	7	(0)
1993–2006	Australia	32	(5)
Managerial career
2010–2018	Sydney FC (youth, assistant)
2012	Sydney FC (caretaker)
2018–2023	Sydney FC
2024–	Auckland FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Christopher Corica (/ˈkɒrɪkə/; born 24 March 1973) is an Australian soccer manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Australian club Sydney FC. In December 2023, Corica was announced as the inaugural manager of A-League expansion club Auckland FC.^[2]

A technically gifted and skillful attacking midfielder during his playing career, he represented Australia more than thirty times and captained Sydney FC to a domestic double. Since retiring in 2010, he was an assistant and youth coach at Sydney FC, before being appointed Head Coach in May 2018. During his managing tenure, Corica was Sydney FC's longest-serving manager, winning one A-League premiership, two championships, and one Australia Cup.^[3]