Aleksander Šeliga
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 Šeliga with Slovenia in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksander Šeliga[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 February 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Celje, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kovinar Štore | |||
| Drava Ptuj | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2005 | Celje | 121 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Slavia Prague | 2 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Celje | 68 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Sparta Rotterdam | 32 | (0) |
| 2011–2018 | Olimpija Ljubljana | 96 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Drava Ptuj (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2018 | Drava Ptuj | 17 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1997 | Slovenia U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Slovenia U18 | 10 | (0) |
| 2000 | Slovenia U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2000 | Slovenia U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2010 | Slovenia | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Aleksander Šeliga (born 1 February 1980) is a former Slovenian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career[]
Early career[]
Šeliga played most of his career for hometown club Celje in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. With this club, he also participated in the UEFA Cup. In 2005, he joined Slavia Prague, but after an unsuccessful period with the Czech side, he returned to Celje.
Sparta Rotterdam[]
In the summer of 2009, Šeliga was tested by two clubs in the Netherlands. The first club, SC Heerenveen, was in desperate need for a keeper. After training with the side, he did not get a contract. The second club where he tried his luck was Sparta Rotterdam. The club also needed a keeper, after Cássio Ramos returned to PSV Eindhoven after an ended loan-period. After a brief internship, Šeliga signed a contract for two years. In his first season with Sparta (2009–10), he was chosen as first keeper by a manager Frans Adelaar.
International career[]
Šeliga earned his only appearance for the senior Slovenian national team on 3 March 2010, after taking the field as a substitute in an international friendly against Qatar in Maribor, which Slovenia had subsequently won 4–1.[2]
Honours[]
- Celje
- Olimpija
References[]
- ^ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- ^ "Aleksander Šeliga" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
External links[]
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- Player profile at NZS (in Slovene)
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Celje
- Slovenian footballers
- Slovenia youth international footballers
- Slovenia under-21 international footballers
- Slovenia international footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- NK Celje players
- Slovenian expatriate footballers
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
- Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic
- Czech First League players
- Slovenian PrvaLiga players
- SK Slavia Prague players
- Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- Eredivisie players
- Sparta Rotterdam players
- NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players
- NK Drava Ptuj (2004) players
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players