Noah Botic
Noah Vinko Botic is an Australian soccer player who plays as a striker for Austria Wien in the Austrian Bundesliga and the soccer team|Australia national team].
Club career
Early career
Botic was born in Sydney, Australia, and played for numerous different clubs in Australia at youth level.Hoffenheim
Following trials with English sides Manchester United, as well as interest from Everton and German champions Bayern Munich, Botic signed a two-year scholarship deal with Hoffenheim in 2019.In October 2019, he was named among the 60 best young talents in the world by English newspaper The Guardian.
Due to his potential, Botic has been tipped to be Australia's successor to clinical striker Mark Viduka, who captained Australia to their best finish at a World Cup, as well as being the top-scoring Australian in the UEFA Champions League.
Western United
On 1 August 2021, Botic returned to Australia to sign for Western United.On 9 May 2025, Botic scored Western United's first ever A-League Men finals goal at Ironbark Fields, and became the first A-League Men player to score a hat-trick at the ground, scoring in the 20th, 31st and 62nd minutes in an eventual 3-2 elimination final win over Adelaide United FC.
On 24 May 2025, Botic became Western United’s all-time top goal scorer with 28 goals in all competitions.
International career
Botic has represented Australia at under-16 and under-17 level. He was joint-top scorer at the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship with five goals from five games, as Australia went out to Japan at the semi-final stage. He followed this up with four goals in four games at the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil. He also scored in a friendly against England under-17s.For his performances at youth level, Botic received the inaugural Dylan Tombides medal, awarded to the best Australian soccer player from under-17 to under-23 level, in 2019.
In June 2023, he took part in the Maurice Revello Tournament in France with Saudi Arabia.