All my life my priority was football, football, football. I was just fully focused on that and when my kids were born that focus changed gradually. I had something in my life that changed my perspective. You experience something that is more important than win, lose or draw.

On 23 December he again scored two goals against Derby County. In a friendly against Singapore a week before the start of the Asian Cup Viduka scored two headed goals in a 3–0 victory for Australia; Harry Kewell scored the third. He holds the record of most goals scored by an Australian in the prestigious UEFA Champions League competition with four.

Mark Anthony Viduka (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈʋiduka]) (born 9 October 1975) is a former Australian football player who played as a centre forward. He captained the Australian national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany to the last 16.