THIS former Prem star as soon as bagged 4 objectives for Leeds as they beat Liverpool 4-3 in an all-time traditional.
However he has now left that life behind for a quaint existence as a espresso store proprietor in gorgeous Croatia.
North of Zagreb, within the nation his mother and father hail from, is the place this high class ex-centre ahead now resides.
And, as somebody that by no means loved the "b****cks" of top-flight soccer, Mark Viduka would not have it every other approach.
"I left Australia to signal for Croatia Zagreb aged 19 and fell in love with the approach to life," Viduka admitted to the Mail.
"And we’d at all times wished to run a restaurant, for enjoyable actually, one the place everybody was welcome. So right here we're.
"Pay attention, my missus does all of the work, I simply sit right here and drink espresso!"
It was in November 2000 that an impressed Viduka, scorer of 269 profession objectives, powered David O'Leary's facet to an exciting 4-3 overcome Liverpool.
His gorgeous four-goal salvo would go down in folklore... however the 45-year-old himself would not even suppose he was that good!
He continued: "I didn’t play that properly. Some dangerous touches, poor hold-up play, that stays in your thoughts.
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"I had 4 photographs that day, scored 4 objectives. How usually does that occur?"
Quizzed what he does along with his spare time, when he isn't sipping espressos in his espresso store, Viduka revealed his musical ardour.
The affable Aussie mentioned: "Aside from drink espresso? I play the guitar. My son, Oliver, is a drummer in a band.
"When one among his mates can’t make it, I leap in. We use our basement. The neighbours aren’t very blissful about it! Me and the boys love Arctic Monkeys. The lyrics, man, genius."
Viduka's espresso store known as Non Plus Extremely, translating as No Increased Level.
Goran Ivanisevic is among the many stars to frequent Non Plus Extremely, and on the Croatian tennis legend, Viduka added: "An excellent man.
"You already know what else now we have? The supervisor of UB40 runs an area brewery. We’ve received his beer, it’s pretty."




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