Clayton Zane
Clayton Zane is a retired Australian international football player who served as the head coach of the Newcastle Jets. His last club as a player was R.S.C. Anderlecht, where a two-year-long injury prematurely ended his career in late 2005.
In the 2001 season, he was the top scorer and awarded the Kniksen award as Striker of the Year in Norway. He earned 14 caps for Australia, scoring 6 goals.
Playing career
Club career
Zane was first brought to Europe as a relative unknown by Norwegian team Molde. After scoring no goals in 14 matches he was deemed a failure and sold to Lillestrøm. In his first season in Lillestrøm he ended top scorer of the Norwegian Premier League with 17 goals and he was voted Norwegian Player of the Year some weeks later. He was then sold to Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht in 2002 where he scored twice in ten games.International career
Zane represented Australia at the 2001 Confederations Cup and is best remembered for scoring the only goal when Australia defeated subsequent champion France in the group stage. He scored a hat-trick for Australia against Cook Islands in June 2000. Zane was a member of the Australian squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.Coaching career
On 9 August 2011 it was announced that he had signed a contract to be the coach of the Newcastle Jets W-League team.On 8 June 2012, Zane was announced as the youth team coach of the Newcastle United Jets Youth Squad.
In January 2014 Newcastle Jets head coach Gary van Egmond was sacked due to poor results and Zane was appointed interim head coach until the end of the season. The club chose to appoint Phil Stubbins as head coach of the club for the following season and returned Zane to the position of 1st team assistant coach.
Zane, along with goalkeeping coach Neil Young and strength & conditioning coach Andrew Packer were sacked as part of a club cleanout of players and staff.
On September 7, 2016 Zane became the caretaker coach of the Newcastle Jets after the termination of Scott Miller. Zane is regarded as well liked by the playing group and has a "Calming presence".
Managerial statistics
National team statistics
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 19 June 2000 | Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti | 15–0 | 17–0 | 2000 OFC Nations Cup | |
| 2. | 19 June 2000 | Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti | 16–0 | 17–0 | 2000 OFC Nations Cup | |
| 3. | 19 June 2000 | Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti | 17–0 | 17–0 | 2000 OFC Nations Cup | |
| 4. | 23 June 2000 | Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2000 OFC Nations Cup | |
| 5. | 23 June 2000 | Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2000 OFC Nations Cup | |
| 6. | 1 June 2001 | Daegu Stadium, Daegu, South Korea | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup |
Honours
Individual
- Norwegian Premier League top scorer: 2001
- Kniksen award: Striker of the Year 2001