The Rise and Fall of Mark Viduka

[@anotheronefrompaul7395]

11:50 Correction: Middlesbrough manager when Viduka left was Gareth Southgate, not Jonathan Woodgate.

[@johnanita9251]

Woodgate, Southgate, it's still a gate...😅

[@kaihiggins725]

Yeah you were 13 years too early with that one 😂

[@fixfund]

Every time i heard mr viduka name, i fondly remember good times watching barclays premiere league in 2005/2006 and 2006/2007

[@earlofdrumer1851]

Blackburn fan here. This guy was amazing in his pomp - superb technique, powerful and strong, hold up and link up play was on point, and one of the very best headers in the professional game. On his day he was simply unstoppable. He wasn't the fastest but in his prime his athleticism wasn't in question, some of his diving headers were incredible.

[@anthrobson8550]

Was absolutely outstanding for Middlesbrough. When fit he was up there with Ravanelli ,Branca and Boksic . World class finishes time and time again. Ended a bit sour but turned out it was the best desicion to let him join Newcastle

[@md-ps2hx]

I love the Norn Iron narration, it somehow makes the clip more real rather than the current trend for using annoying Ai commentary

[@vhsvideosaustralia]

Watched him in the NSL and was there when he scored 4 for Leeds against Liverpool.

[@TertiaryScroat]

We never had to question Vidukas efforts, he was outstanding in his time here. A great scorer of great goals, his shooting on the turn was awesome. UTB

[@frozen1762]

I think the title is misleading. He was a really good striker with ~ 10y Premier League career. Did he set a world on fire? No, he was not Schevchenko or Drogba but he lasted in top of the game as top scorer until his early 30s like most do. He wasn't a flop and there was no fall, he just aged out.

[@jackmurphy6864]

Not really a fall, just a bad attitude. He couldn't care less half the time.

[@JamesDover-g9d]

@@jackmurphy6864and he gained weight at Newcastle and his knees were gone by far one of the worst signing we ever made

[@jackmurphy6864]

@@JamesDover-g9d True.

[@pauloshaughnessy19]

love the channel lad. Am learning so much about the Celts

[@anotheronefrompaul7395]

Appreciate it, mate.

[@iaingeddes4288]

If memory serves, it was a difficult birth getting him here but I think he was a baller. I think it would have served his ego better to have played alongside the King for a full season, at least. Anyway, we had the pleasure of a genuine world class striker for a few more years.

[@bganonimouse2754]

Superb player is pushing it, very good player is about right. He was always happier at smaller clubs / leagues being the main man and not playing alongside or against top class players.

[@wolframironside5858]

If Leeds did right by him and net a 30 million profit, he maybe wins 2 champions leagues with AC Milan. Leeds instead sold him in a fire sale for no profit to Borough and he ended up wasting his time at Newcastle...best player on the hold and turn I've ever seen...the kind of player who could give you a long ball option which would shake up the current fixation with playing out from the back. The 4 goals against Liverpool was like a fairytale...in 2000 he was bigger than Haarland...and way more skilful. If only Leeds had finished 4th and gotten champions league...if only the assault fiasco hadn't happened...if only...the tenacity of Ferdinand, Bowyer, Harte, Smith... the triangles with Dacourt and Kewell ...if only.

[@Packyboy]

hold and turn son has to be Mark Hughes.

[@MatoBateman]

Some bigger clubs were after him when he was at Leeds. A rumoured club was Manchester United, but he went to Middlesbrough.

[@Theganjaman88]

Leeds were absolutely skint then though don't think they really had a choice

[@calummacdougall8400]

As a Leeds utd thanks for Viduka and yous got a excellent stricker in Chris Sutton.

[@WillyMarevic]

Went to school with him lived a block away from him in st albans melbourne during school after school always playing with the football good person also the whole family is great. He lives in croatia now i think he owns a coffee shop dad from a place near zadar mum is ukranian from northern croatia

[@stephenm8898]

Good striker but was unpopular with teammates everywhere he went. They ALL cant be wrong

[@james6901]

Explain? You cant come with shite,,,did you play with him?

[@justice4g]

show me where ALL of them said they didn't like him

[@mattdrake7197]

As a Leeds fan, Viduka was my favourite striker. What player he was.

[@theflyintheointment]

A good player for Celtic.....when he was in the mood. I'm not buying the "I always gave 100 per cent/150 per cent/2 million per cent every game I played for Celtic" comments. On his day he WAS great - I was at the Kilmarnock 5-1 game when he scored a hattrick in about 5 minutes, and he scored a great goal against Rangers that completely bamboozled Klos who barely had time to react. But too often he strolled around with a face liked a slapped erse, even after he scored. That season after Larsson got injured was horrible, with those other fannies Ian Wright and Eyal Berkovic and their appalling attitudes. Viduka was a good striker for us but in the end sadly just another uppity prima donna just after the Di Canio/Van Hooijdonk/Cadete days. Christ we got badly burnt by undoubtedly talented but shall we say 'temperamental' foreign strikers in those days.

[@PhilipBurton-dn3ce]

I used to watch him 30yrs ago when he played for Morwell in Australia ....laziest player I've ever seen...chasing and challenging after he was tackled was up to someone else...I was born in Leeds so I was disappointed when he went there

[@justjohnsmith7330]

Scored 4 in one game against Liverpool for Leeds Alex Ferguson tried to sign him but he choose to stay at Leeds guy Sounds like sour grapes mate 😂

[@davidlawrencegraham6722]

@@justjohnsmith7330 and one of those goals was one of the best in prem league history you will know which one im talking about justin he was a baller a great striker who had unreal skills considering the size of him just a top player

[@theculturedthug6609]

I remember Liverpool wanting him after that game.

[@JimmyT3073]

@@PhilipBurton-dn3celol he never played for Morwell.. your thinking of John markovski.

[@RicSandblom]

Never failed to disappoint as a Socceroo. About 10 goals in 50+ games at centre forward: all against minnows like Solomon Islands.

[@justice4g]

He didn't score much because he usually didn't make himself available vs minnows and it's not like he was wasting chances, he just didn't get them and often played more as a facilitator.

i loved him

[@MarkDunbar-m3q]

One of my all time favourite players... An amazing career at the highest level, captained his country ! Knew when to retire, ignored the media and now runs a coffee shop in Croatia ... I see the rise but where's the fall ?

[@harrywix]

Helped with others (Kewell/Schwarzer) to boost the standing of the Socceroos. Some superb performances for Leeds culminating in a Champions League semi. Later saved the club from going down with that Highbury goal. Top player in his day.

[@17scottymufc]

One of my first favorite players when I was a kid growing up

[@citroenrelayboxerducatomat3984]

I always said when at Celtic, Larsson was out with a broken(ouch) leg, and at THAT point, Viduka really shone.. I saw his strength etc, but because he arrived and buggered off to Oz before playing his first game, that angered the fans.. THAT was probably never forgotten .. lose the fans, lose the support they give.. great goal return for the games..

[@stevearno100]

Him and Smith at Leeds was a good duo ...both pretty strong forwards and it did work

[@malcolmwaddilove1822]

Top player for Leeds United,,,

[@dougmasters4579]

I do believe him when he says that the rumours were false that he only gave 70% effort at Celtic. He carried the team after Henrik broke his leg. He looked world class at times.

[@daviebananas1735]

Was there a fall? He was excellent for Celtic in his only full season. He is still a hero to Leeds and Middlesbrough fans. His last few years at Newcastle when he was getting on a bit weren’t too great but he didn’t embarrass himself.

[@alexwallach7683]

As an Aussie, we'd kill to have a Viduka in our national team right now. Yes, his attitude was/is awful, but christ we need someone up front.

[@peroercegovac1973]

You have never met the bloke and you do not know him. Mark's attitude was always professional. The fact the media did not like him as he was honest is another matter.

[@calvinhicks1992]

@alexwallach7683 11 goals from 43 caps, is that really the type of striker you need right now?

[@alexwallach7683]

@@calvinhicks1992 Compared to whats in the squad now, yes. If he was in the current team he would be the best player by a country mile. While at the time I thought him not returning to play in the A-league was scummy, in all fairness the A-league is an awful competition and part of the reason why the national team is now struggling. I'm going to say it right now, Australia won't qualify for the next world cup and it won't be Popovich's fault. It will be 15 years of mediocrity coming home to roost. Yes, Viduka was far to impressed with himself and could have done so much more in his career, but if a 19 year old version of him showed up right now he'd be hands down starter.

[@ArachKing]

@@alexwallach7683 I shared the same sentiment@ the time, but looking back now I applaud his loyalty to Melbourne Knights, and furthermore I suspect his refusal to play in the A-League was also out of protest at the way the Knights and other ‘monoethnic’ clubs were utterly shafted by the FFA in its attempt to shed the ‘w0gb@ll’ image of the game in 🇦🇺..

[@alexwallach7683]

@@ArachKing Yeah, sounds reasonable. Mind you, the world had just seen the horrors of the post-yugoslavia war, so I can kind of understand the FFA's desire to tone down the Serb/Croat influence in the game. It was taking on an unhealty tarnish at that point. That said, I feel including these clubs instead of pushing them away would achieved a better effect as it would have opened them to a new fan base outside of these ethnic groups that probably would have toned down that element anyway.

[@TheDjSweets]

Premier League Legend for me. Show respect where it’s due. It was full contact sport these times too.

[@garethjohn6067]

Leeds United legend!

[@johncoyle8191]

Viduka was a a tool. When he left, we got Sutton massive upgrade on him. Viduka is all that is wrong in football. Primadonna

[@shane3392]

I was at Elland road when Mark Viduka scored 4 vs Liverpool what a player he was to. MOT

[@michaelward5370]

I personally thought Mark Viduka was a great player! I wish that he had stayed at Celtic and played under Martin O'Neill!!

[@leilahmanson]

Same here man!

[@theflyintheointment]

If Viduka had stayed we would never have signed Chris Sutton. And for what Sutton did for the club I would take Sutton over Viduka all day long. And there's not a chance in hell O'Neill would have tolerated Viduka's attitude for one second.

[@leilahmanson]

@@theflyintheointment O'Neil actually wanted to keep viduka but in hindsight it maybe wasn't a bad thing!

[@67lionsoflisbon37]

Chris Sutton any day! Viduka a big whingy whiny prima Donna. .

[@jmccabe82]

Ye i agree

[@rosaliehagart1888]

H÷ was too up his own bum. Thought he was better than he actually was

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

He was fantastic at leeds.

[@peroercegovac1973]

You are full of it. There is no more down to earth guy than Mark. When you go to his cafe he sits down and talks to you for hours. Top bloke.

[@liamkeogh5135]

Well he was out scoring Henrick and he was voted player of the year. How much better can he be?

[@daviebananas1735]

This is just Celtic fans salty that he wanted to play at a higher level.

[@james6901]

@@daviebananas1735 leeds? newcastle? boro? higher level? prick

[@andymcaleer4163]

Was to big for his boots, not for me hail hail

[@theflyintheointment]

Totally agree. As the video pointed out, we replaced Viduka with Chris Sutton. Was Viduka a better player than Sutton? Possibly. Was Sutton a better Celtic player than Viduka? Unquestionably and without a shadow of a doubt.

[@Padraig50]

A disgrace to the Hoops

[@lllordllloyd]

Very fair I think.

[@CK-dd7eq]

Glad he left otherwise we wouldn't have got Sutton 💚🍀

[@Qmark78]

Unplayable on his day Bell end of a guy tho

[@paulrailton1511]

Good quality vid, yes I will watch this. NAAAAAHT.

[@rhys2040]

30 goals in 37 appearances? Id say thats a pretty good return. Australia still hasn't produced a player anywhere near his quality which might explain his attitude.

[@brandonmarsh5156]

Agreed. Being he is mostly croation blood explains it. Our main Aussie stars had European roots. We need that back. I can't think of any native Aussie player that was even as half as good as Kewell, Viduka , Bresciano , Neil , Schwarzer , Cahill , ETC.

[@justice4g]

I don't recall a 'fall', just injury that hampered his NU stint before retiring

[@Millennial_Mike]

Absolutely boss at Middlesbrough

[@jamesjagger1216]

Absolutely no fall in his career.

[@18pablo88]

Made his debut v morton

[@anotheronefrompaul7395]

Made his debut coming off the bench as a sub against Dundee Utd before the Morton game. Morton was his first start.

[@tonybulldog9055]

@@anotheronefrompaul7395

[@petersmith9470]

Vaduka the only striker to miss an open goal from less than a foot from the goal when playing for Newcastle.

[@capio78]

It's a misrepresentation to simply refer to him as a stressed footballer when leaving Dinamo. It is also naive to simply refer to him as Australian. Viduka was Croatian in everything but birthplace and upbringing. Tudjman the Croatian leader and then Dinamo president handpicked him to represent their nation as a perfect Croat in a similar way that may have happened in Berlin in 1937. It was post war Nationalism and Viduka was a figure head but really he just wanted to play football. His parents should have known better and convinced him not to go there in my opinion. The political pressure on him was insane for a young man. As a Middlesbrough fan who lived in Croatia, I can say he was a very good footballer who with a better diet and love for the game could have been playing for the very best teams in the world. I played cricket with him and Schwarzer once and they were both excellent and very decent blokes.

[@m.k480]

i remember him

[@aiurea1]

There was no fall, a great player

[@sludgefiend666]

A great striker for us (Leeds) but I could never get past the fact that he was a lazy get, he simply couldn't be arsed, a lot. He was no Yeboah or Hasselbaink.

[@adrak91]

players like this usually have some minor defect in the heart or lungs, nothing that is easily diagnosed but just stops them form going the extra step.

[@daviebananas1735]

He was too premier league striker who Ferguson tried to sign. He can’t have gone much higher as an Ozzie.

[@mikhabef5402]

Poor guy suffered from depression his whole life and was undiagnosed

[@john-qt3fd]

Southgate was his manager not Woodgate

[@anotheronefrompaul7395]

@@john-qt3fd good shout, will stick it in a pinned comment

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

Leeds legend

[@Zeebadeee]

Hey Marty how's the cream buns the Ra done you bad,whacked you then the good Friday agreement,you hadty go

[@rabbieburns2501]

As soon as Viduka started scoring a lot of goals/ playing well at Leeds .. you just knew his contract was nearly up. Gets new contract, drops back to bein lazy.

[@jezwotton2126]

When asked if he could overtake the saints striker for the golden boot he replied " he's going to be hard to (james) Beat-ie" 😂 Turns out Henry beat them both

[@johnrobertson4384]

That voice gets on my nerves good by

[@Dc-uf1ln]

decent career

[@Carson-pv4hr]

Prosineski and viduka played for Croatia Zagreb .. Prosineski ripped rangers and celtic to bits in Europe but viduka di canioi big pierr van .. and then larson but they were all top players that could play in aby league in Europe and after celtic did go on to different clubs top level and .. yeah different class

[@b4tm4nrubin33]

He was great at Boro

[@pnoblejr6779]

Allegedly while at boro mark schwarzer declined a contract offer unless they got rid of viduka bcos he was getting a bit too friendly with schwarzers wife….

[@Resenbrink]

Had a good career didn't score many for the national side though.

[@salsabil44]

Great player when he wanted to be, usually when his contract talks were coming up, but a total dick.

[@tatata1543]

Good player, total fanny as a guy though.

[@tonysobevski9961]

Viduka great player,not sure what his like as a human being.. never met the bloke, can't say his no good or overrated.. scored goals where ever he went.. who was the last player to score 4 againts liverpool.. unplayable, when on song.. sadly cbf's got the better of him , most of the times..

[@peroercegovac1973]

Have met him and is a good man. Married with three kids. Lives in Zagreb. Loyal family man. Talks to people who come to his cafe without arrogance. Down to earth bloke. When people complain about his staff he sticks by his waiters. Saw it with my own eyes. He always takes the working man's side as he is from the working class himself. Do not believe the media.

[@williammccondochie]

The guys a waster

[@b.k.s.sthcoast]

For the Australian national team one of the most overrated players ever. Scored 11 goals in 43 games which was a poor return for a player who received so much hype from the media.

[@messi8921]

Where’s the modern day Mark Viduka? 😂

[@Hercules_88]

a total Creep.

[@misterwardy1972]

Why?

[@christianargentiTalkTV]

Why is he a ‘total creep’?

[@wonjubhoy]

@@christianargentiTalkTV spitting at an opponent, walking out on Celtic after signing and refusing to play against Inverness.

[@christianargentiTalkTV]

@@wonjubhoythanks for your reply. I understand what you’re saying.

[@peroercegovac1973]

@@wonjubhoy he was chased down and abused by Dinamo fans for his loyalty to the Croatian President who they were against. Mark had death threats and constant mobbing at his flat in Zagreb. That is why he left for Celtic but just before he left a hooligan tried confronting Mark and Mark bashed the crap out of him in front of journalists. That is why he did not want to play football anymore, he was depressed and psychologically had enough of football. It had nothing to do with Celtic. He actually returned to Australia and worked for his father's building company as a labourer before returning to complete his contract with Celtic. Get your facts right.

[@jackmurphy6864]

Sunshine player. Very talented, but lazy as sin when he wasn't in the humour.

[@rippedtorn2310]

John Barnes lol

[@BroskiRIP]

Spoiler alert: Mark Viduka was rubbish and the narrator thinks he's garbage!!!

[@wonjubhoy]

Fraud.

[@peroercegovac1973]

You have a complex. Its because you are a Jew.

[@b4tm4nrubin33]

Scottish football is total rubbish

[@heathen5298]

He was too big for Celtic.

[@garethburch2735]

Good player, just a lazy sod at times. Was fantastic at Elland Road 💙💛🤍

[@TheGeneral_LUFC]

Unreal at leeds.

[@garethburch2735]

@@TheGeneral_LUFC his four goals against Liverpool never gets tiresome. That, and the comeback against Arsenal.

[@peroercegovac1973]

Viduka was never eligible to play for Croatia as he had already debuted for Australia at youth level before Croatia was recognised as a state. Before 2000 you could not change your football nationality once you played one game for a country even if it was at youth level. Hence why Josip Šimunić refused to play for Australia as he always intended to play for Croatia. Also Viduka could neither play for Ukraine as his mother was an ethnic Ukrainian from Croatia. She never held Ukrainian citizenship but Croatian citizenship. Get your facts straight next time you do a story ;o)

[@WOLF99556]

Nah i don't buy this crap, HE SUCKS