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'''Co-promotion''' is a [[marketing]] practice where a [[company]] in addition to its own, uses another company's [[sales force]] to promote the same [[brand]] or range of brands. The term is frequently confused with [[Co-marketing]].
{{Football player infobox
| playername= Željko Kalac
| fullname = Željko Kalac
| nickname = Spider
| dateofbirth = [[16 December]], [[1972]]
| cityofbirth = [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales|NSW]]
| countryofbirth = [[Australia]]
| height = 2.02 m
| currentclub = [[AC Milan]]
| position = Goalkeeper
| years = [[1989]]-[[1995]]<br />[[1995]]-[[1996]]<br />[[1996]]-[[1998]]<br />[[1998]]-[[2002]]<br />[[2002]]-[[2005]]<br />[[2005]]-present
| clubs = [[Sydney United]]<br />[[Leicester City]]<br />[[Sydney United]]<br />[[Roda JC]]<br />[[AC Perugia]]<br />[[AC Milan]]
| caps(goals) = 24 (0)<br />1 (0)<br />43 (0)<br /> 115 (0)<br />79 (0)<br />2 (0)
| nationalyears = [[1992]]-present
| nationalteam = [[Australia national football (soccer) team|Australia]]
| nationalcaps(goals) = 53 (0)
| pcupdate = 30 May 2006
| ntupdate = 23 June 2006
}}
'''Željko Kalac''' [{{IPA|ˈʒɛʎkɔ ˈkalats}}] (born [[December 16th]], [[1972]]) is an [[Australia]]n [[football (soccer)]] [[goalkeeper]], who currently plays for [[A.C. Milan]] in [[Italy|Italy's]] [[Serie A]]. He is nicknamed "Spider" thanks to his height (2.02m) and large armspan, and is of Croatian descent.
== See also ==
He is an [[Australia national football team|Australian international]], though he has spent many years as understudy to first [[Mark Bosnich]], and more recently [[Mark Schwarzer]]. He has been selected as a member of Australia's [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] squad.
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He joined Milan in the summer of 2005 on a free transfer, after his previous club [[A.C. Perugia]] was demoted to [[Serie C1]] for financial troubles. Other clubs include [[Roda JC]], [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] and [[Sydney United]].
Despite only making three 1st team appearances at Leicester City, his final appearance was as a substitute in the 1996 Division One playoff final, coming on as a substitute during the final minute of extra-time. Being so big, Leicester manager [[Martin O'Neill]] believed that Kalac would be able to save penalties during the shootout. But then [[Steve Claridge]] scored with the last kick of the game, literally 20 seconds after Kalac had come onto the pitch, and the Foxes were promoted to the [[F.A. Premier League|Premiership]].
It wasn't until an ankle injury suffered by incumbent [[Nelson de Jesus Silva|Dida]] in the first leg of the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] knockout stage against [[Bayern Munich]] that Kalac made his CL and [[Serie A]] debuts in a Milan uniform. He also played in the [[Coppa Italia]] tournament until Milan were eliminated by underdog [[U.S. Citta di Palermo|Palermo]] on a disappointing 3-1 aggregate.
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In Australia's final first round match of the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] between [[2006 FIFA World Cup - Group F#Croatia vs Australia|Croatia and Australia]], Australian Manager [[Guus Hiddink]] surprisingly selected Kalac over primary goalkeeper [[Mark Schwarzer]]. With Australia needing a draw or better to advance and with the scores tied at one-all in the second half, Kalac fumbled a long range shot from [[Niko Kovač]] and conceded what he described as a "shit goal". <ref name="schwarzer">{{cite web|url=http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=72594|title=Schwarzer set for quick return}}</ref>. Fortunately for Kalac and the Australians, [[Harry Kewell]] scored later in the half and they advanced to the Round of 16. After the match Kalac spoke of his relief "You're looking at the ground to eat you up. Obviously for me, it's very relieving to get that result"<ref name="schwarzer">s</ref>.
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