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Mario Stanić 
Personal information Date of birth 10 April 1972 Place of birth Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) Playing position Attacking midfielder, striker Youth career Željezničar Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1988–1992 Željezničar 63 (12) 1992–1993 Dinamo Zagreb 26 (11) 1993–1994 Sporting Gijón 34 (7) 1994–1995 Benfica 14 (5) 1995–1996 Club Brugge 37 (27) 1996–2000 Parma 77 (19) 2000–2004 Chelsea 59 (7) Total 310 (88) National team 1991 Yugoslavia 2 (0) 1993 Croatia U21 2 (1) 1995–2003 Croatia 49 (7) HonoursCompetitor for Croatia Bronze FIFA World Cup 1998 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Mario Stanić (born 10 April 1972 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Croatian football midfielder.
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Career
He started his career with Željezničar Sarajevo. He was considered to be one of the most talented young players in former Yugoslavia. In 1992, war began and he went to Croatia, where he played for Dinamo Zagreb. After only one season, he moved to Spanish Sporting de Gijón, and year later to S.L. Benfica in Portugal. In 1995 he arrived at Club Brugge and was top scorer of the Belgian First Division that year with 20 goals. Then Parma bought him in late 1996 and he played four seasons with that side. He was then transferred to Chelsea in 2000.
He won 49 international caps and scored seven goals for the Croatian national team between 1995 and 2003, making his international debut in a Euro 1996 qualifier against Estonia in September 1995. He made three appearances for Croatia at the Euro 1996 finals in England and went on to appear in all of the team's seven matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals in France, where they won the bronze medal. At the latter tournament, he scored Croatia's first-ever World Cup goal in their opening 3-1 victory over Jamaica and assisted in Robert Jarni's opening goal in their 3-0 victory over Germany in the quarterfinals. Stanić also made two appearances for Croatia at the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals as a second-half substitute, only to see Croatia fall short of qualifying for the second round of the tournament. His last international appearance came in April 2003 as a half-time substitute in a friendly match against Sweden.
He was forced to retire at the age of 32 after developing a serious knee injury during the 2003-04 league season.
International goals
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 10 April 1996 Gradski vrt, Osijek 
Hungary4 – 1 4 – 1 Friendly 2–3 22 April 1998 Gradski vrt, Osijek 
Poland2 – 0 4 – 1 Friendly 3 – 0 4 14 June 1998 Félix-Bollaert, Lens 
Jamaica1 – 0 3 – 1 World Cup 1998 5 21 August 1999 Maksimir, Zagreb 
Malta1 – 0 2 – 1 Euro 2000 Qualifying 6 9 October 1999 Maksimir, Zagreb 
Serbia and Montenegro2 – 2 2 – 2 Euro 2000 Qualifying 7 26 April 2000 Ernst Happel, Vienna 
Austria2 – 1 2 – 1 Friendly Honours
- Belgian Championship (1): 1995–96
- Belgian Cup (1): 1996
- Italian Cup (1): 1999
- Italian Supercup (1): 1999
- UEFA Cup (1): 1999
- FA Charity Shield (1): 2000
References
External links
- Mario Stanić – FIFA competition record
- Mario Stanić statistics and biography at FootballDatabase.com
- Mario Stanić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mario Stanić international stats at the Croatian Football Federation website
- Mario Stanić at Transfermarkt.de
- Mario Stanić Yugoslavia stats at Reprezentacija.rs (Serbian)
Mario Stanić international tournaments Belgian First Division Top Scorers 1895–96: Hickson | 1896–97: Hickson | 1897–98: König | 1898–99: König | 1899-00: Atkinson | 1900–01: Potts | 1901–02: Potts | 1902–03: Vanderstappen | 1903–04: Vanderstappen | 1904–05: De Veen | 1905–06: De Veen | 1906–07: Vertongen | 1907–08: Vertongen | 1908–09: Kevorkian | 1909–10: Vertongen | 1910–11: Six | 1911–12: Bunyan | 1912–13: Brébart | 1913–14: Bunyan | 1919–20: Vlamynck | 1920–21: Thys | 1921–22: Thys | 1922–23: Meyskens | 1923–24: Jooris | 1924–25: Taeymans | 1925–26: Grimmonprez | 1926–27: Fabry | 1927–28: Braine | 1928–29: Braine | 1929–30: De Vidts | 1930–31: Secrétin | 1931–32: Delmez | 1932–33: Ulens | 1933–34: Van Landeghem | 1934–35: Mondelé | 1935–36: Lambrechts | 1936–37: Collet | 1937–38: Mondelé | 1938–39: Wagner | 1941–42: De Cleyn | 1943–44: Mermans | 1945–46: De Cleyn | 1946–47: Mermans | 1947–48: Mermans | 1948–49: Thirifays | 1949–50: Mermans | 1950–51: Dehert | 1951–52: Coppens | 1952–53: Coppens | 1953–54: Van Den Bosch | 1954–55: Coppens | 1955–56: Mathonet | 1956–57: Willems | 1957–58: Van Gool & Vliers | 1958–59: Wégria | 1959–60: Wégria | 1960–61: Wégria | 1961–62: Stockman | 1962–63: Wégria | 1963–64: Van Himst | 1964–65: Colonval | 1965–66: Van Himst | 1966–67: Mulder | 1967–68: Van Himst & Claessen | 1968–69: Nagy | 1969–70: Emmerich | 1970–71: Kostedde | 1971–72: Lambert | 1972–73: Rensenbrink & Riedl | 1973–74: Ladinsky | 1974–75: Riedl | 1975–76: Posthumus | 1976–77: Van Der Elst | 1977–78: Nickel | 1978–79: Albert | 1979–80: Vandenbergh | 1980–81: Vandenbergh | 1981–82: Vandenbergh | 1982–83: Vandenbergh | 1983–84: Claesen | 1984–85: Martens | 1985–86: Vandenbergh | 1986–87: Gudjohnsen | 1987–88: Severeyns | 1988–89: Krnčević | 1989–90: Farina | 1990–91: Vandenbergh | 1991–92: Weber | 1992–93: Weber | 1993–94: Weber | 1994–95: Vidmar | 1995–96: Stanić | 1996–97: Špehar | 1997–98: Strupar | 1998–99: Koller | 1999-00: Årst & Brogno | 2000–01: Radzinski | 2001–02: Sonck | 2002–03: Sonck & Roussel | 2003–04: Pieroni | 2004–05: Jestrović | 2005–06: Dosunmu | 2006–07: Sterchele | 2007–08: Akpala | 2008–09: Ruiz | 2009–10: Lukaku | 2010–11: Perišić
Categories:- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Sarajevo
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- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- La Liga footballers
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- Sporting de Gijón footballers
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