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Lucy Izdajnik Zelić (born 9 November 1986)[1] is an Australian television presenter living in Sydney.

Lucy Izdajnik Zelić
Born	(1986-11-09) 9 November 1986 (age 35) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Occupation	Television presenter
Employer	Special Broadcasting Service
Television	The World Game
Partner	Corey Gameiro
Children	1

Career

Zelić was the host of Canberra radio station 2XX FM's football show "The Far Post". She later became a commentator for Canberra United F.C. W-League matches for the radio station, and was a guest-host on the Balls n' All football show on 106.3FM.[2] Zelić hosted Football Federation Australia's official A-League podcast for the 2012–13 A-League season and is a former host of the nationally streamed football podcast Nearpost.[3]

Zelić joined SBS in 2013, where she began as a sideline reporter for SBS's Friday night coverage of the A-League and sports television segment presenter for SBS World News Australia.[3][1] In 2014, she also shared hosting responsibilities with David Zdrilic and hosted SBS's coverage of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.^{[citation needed]}

She then started hosting the weekly football program The World Game.^{[citation needed]}

Zelić hosted SBS's coverage of the 2018 World Cup along with Craig Foster.[4]

In June 2021, it was announced that Zelić would leave SBS after an almost eight-year broadcasting career.[5]

Personal life

Zelić was born to Croatian parents. She is the younger sister of former football players Ivan Zelic and Ned Zelić.[6][7] She supports Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund.[8][9] Zelić was a Miss Universe Australia finalist in 2007,[1] and holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Sports Business from the University of Canberra.[3] She has also been nominated in Cosmopolitan Australia's 2014 Fun, Fearless, Female television personality category, was a 2014 Logies 'newcomer' award nominee and a Peter Leonard Scholarship nominee in 2010.

On 7 November 2018 Zelić announced that she is expecting her first child with partner Corey Gameiro.[10]^{[needs update]}

References

External links

• Lucy Zelić on Twitter
• Lucy Zelić on Instagram

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