Zabica started his career with
Cockburn City before joining
Adelaide City for seven seasons, winning
National Soccer League (NSL) championships in 1992 and 1994. He played for
Australia in the qualifiers for the
1994 FIFA World Cup finals, losing narrowly to Argentina. A nagging knee injury forced his international retirement, but he made a comeback in 1995 with Dalmatinac with whom he won the D'Orsogna Cup. He made his State debut at the age of 31, captaining the side that beat
West Ham United in 1995, and went on to play a further five times for Western Australia. He returned to national league level in 1997, making seven appearances for
Perth Glory and taking his career tally to 202 games. He had a three-match spell in England with
Bradford City in late 1997 and returned to
Perth to play for
Bayswater City SC,
Inglewood United and
Fremantle City. Zabica made his international debut for Australia in 1990. ==Honours==