Jeff Olver is an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n former football (soccer) player. Olver is a member of the Football Federation Australia - Football Hall of Fame

Football Federation Australia - Football Hall of Fame

The Football Federation Australia's Football Hall of Fame was formed in 1996 as the Soccer Hall of Fame to honour outstanding services to association football in Australia....

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Club career

Olver played for Heidelberg and Melbourne Croatia

Melbourne Knights

Melbourne Knights Football Club is a football club representing Melbourne, Australia in the Victorian Premier League . The club is one of the most successful football clubs in Australia, being a two-time championship and four-time premiership winner in the now defunct National Soccer League...

 in the Australian National Soccer League

National Soccer League

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International career

Olver played 37 times for Australia. He was part of the Australian team that made the Quarter Final of the 1988 Olympic Football Tournament

Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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He played for Australia in the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship

1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship

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 finals.

Olver is often regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers Australia has ever produced

Coaching career

In 1995 Olver coached Bulleen Lions in the Victorian Premier League

Victorian Premier League

The Victorian Premier League is the highest State level association football competition in Victoria, Australia, and second highest nationally after the A-League...

. He later coached Carlton's youth team in the National Soccer League National Youth League. In 2000 he rejoined Heidelberg.