Mark Viduka: ‘I love Leeds, but the club couldn’t afford for me to stay’
Mark Viduka after his fourth goal against Liverpool in 2000 Mark Viduka’s cafe life, 25 years after epic four-goal haul Mark Viduka, 25 years on from four goals against Liverpool, on a journey taking in civil war and owning a coffee shop ‘An Aussie may be better than a Brazilian or European but somehow there’s still that perception’ 4 Nov 2025 - The Guardian Sam Dalling It started how it finished: with a delicate chip. Twenty-five years ago today, Mark Viduka scored all four goals in Leeds’s 4-3 victory against Liverpool at Elland Road. While those around furiously pedalled, Viduka remained Buddha-esque, bookending his efforts with deft wedges over Sander Westerveld. “I had to learn it over time,” Viduka says when asked whether his serenity was a superpower. “I played a lot of games where I was very nervous. When I was younger, I might just have belted it and hoped for the best.” Viduka chuckles as he recalls a game early in his time at Croatia Zagreb. He joined in 1995 and in the Eter...