Stanko Svitlica Explained

Stanko Svitlica
Birth Date:17 May 1976
Birth Place:Kupres, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height:1.85 m
Position:Forward
Youthclubs1:Bačka
Years1:1995–1996
Clubs1:Partizan
Caps1:1
Goals1:0
Years2:1996–1997
Clubs2:Čukarički
Caps2:14
Goals2:4
Years3:1997
Clubs3:Le Mans
Caps3:8
Goals3:0
Years4:1998
Clubs4:Proleter Zrenjanin
Caps4:9
Goals4:1
Years5:1998–1999
Clubs5:Spartak Subotica
Caps5:16
Goals5:1
Years6:1999–2000
Clubs6:Ethnikos Asteras
Caps6:21
Goals6:1
Years7:2000–2001
Clubs7:Čukarički
Caps7:28
Goals7:13
Years8:2001–2003
Clubs8:Legia Warsaw
Caps8:60
Goals8:40
Years9:2004
Clubs9:Hannover 96
Caps9:3
Goals9:1
Years10:2004–2006
Clubs10:LR Ahlen
Caps10:38
Goals10:11
Years11:2006
Clubs11:Wisła Kraków
Caps11:2
Goals11:0
Years12:2007
Clubs12:Čukarički
Caps12:9
Goals12:0
Years13:2009
Clubs13:Srem
Caps13:15
Goals13:7
Years14:2009
Clubs14:Banat Zrenjanin
Caps14:12
Goals14:2
Years15:2010
Clubs15:Srem
Caps15:1
Goals15:0
Totalcaps:237
Totalgoals:81

Stanko Svitlica (Serbian Cyrillic: Станко Свитлица; born 17 May 1976) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is best remembered for his time at Legia Warsaw, becoming the Polish Ekstraklasa top scorer in the 2002–03 season with 24 goals.

Career

A journeyman, Svitlica played for several clubs in FR Yugoslavia, as well as France and Greece, before Dragan Okuka brought him to Legia Warsaw in the summer of 2001. He scored ten goals from 28 appearances in all competitions during his debut season in Poland, helping the club win the national championship that year. In the following season, Svitlica netted 29 goals in 38 games (24 in 29 in the league), becoming the first foreigner ever to win the Golden Boot in the Polish Ekstraklasa. He continued his goalscoring form in late 2003, securing him a transfer to Hannover 96 in the 2004 winter transfer window.[1] Despite an impressive start (Svitlica scored against Bayern Munich beating Oliver Kahn on his debut after coming off the bench), his career in the Bundesliga never really took off and Hannover offloaded him after just half a year. He spent the following two seasons with LR Ahlen in the second tier of German football, before returning to Poland and joining Wisła Kraków. However, Svitlica struggled for fitness and after just two games left the club. He later returned to Serbia and his former club Čukarički, but failed to make an impact. In 2010, Svitlica retired from professional football.

Honours

Partizan

Legia Warsaw

Individual

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Xavier quits Liverpool for Hanover . cnn.com . 2 February 2004 . 14 July 2017.