Mario Stanić
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Date of birth | 10 April 1972 | ||||||||||
Place of birth | Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||
Position(s) |
Winger Forward | ||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||
Current team | Shakhtar Donetsk (assistant) | ||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||
–1988 | Željezničar | ||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||
1988–1992 | Željezničar | 63 | (17) | ||||||||
1992–1993 | Croatia 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 | (93) | |||||||||
International career | |||||||||||
1991 | Yugoslavia | 2 | (0) | ||||||||
1993 | Croatia U21 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||
1995–2003 | Croatia | 49 | (7) | ||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||
2023– | Shakhtar Donetsk (assistant) | ||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mario Stanić (born 10 April 1972) is a Croatian former professional footballer. A versatile offensive player, he played in forward or attacking midfield positions, and was also deployed as a wing-back in the Croatia national team. He is currently assistant manager at Shakhtar Donetsk.
Club career
Born in
Chelsea
Stanić joined Chelsea on a £5.6 million transfer in June 2000. He became Vialli's third signing, after Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Eiður Guðjohnsen.[1] Stanić made his league debut in a 4–2 home win against West Ham United in August 2000, where he scored a brace, one of them a strike from 35 yards.[2] The goal was later nominated for the Goal of the Season on BBC's Match of the Day programme.[3]
International career
After playing twice for
He was forced to retire at the age of 32 after developing a serious knee injury during the 2003–04 league season.
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Željezničar | 1988–89 | Yugoslav First League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
1989–90 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||||
1990–91 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 1 | ||||
1991–92 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 12 | ||||
Total | 63 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 13 | ||
Croatia Zagreb | 1992–93 | Prva HNL
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26 | 11 | 9 | 8 | – | – | 35 | 19 | ||
Sporting Gijón | 1993–94 | La Liga | 34 | 7 | 4 | 3 | – | – | 38 | 10 | ||
Benfica | 1994–95 | Primeira Divisão
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13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 5 | |
Brugge | 1995–96 | Belgian First Division
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30 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 1[a] | 0 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 25 |
1996–97 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 8 | ||
Total | 37 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 53 | 33 | ||
Parma | 1996–97
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Serie A | 13 | 3 | – | – | – | 13 | 3 | |||
1997–98
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23 | 4 | 5 | 1 | – | 4 | 0 | 32 | 5 | |||
1998–99
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18 | 7 | 7 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | 31 | 7 | |||
1999–2000
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24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 34 | 10 | ||
Total | 78 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 110 | 25 | ||
Chelsea | 2000–01 | Premier League | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
2001–02 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
2002–03 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 6 | ||
2003–04 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Total | 59 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 80 | 10 | ||
Career total | 310 | 88 | 42 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 6 | 400 | 114 |
- ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
International
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 10 April 1996 | Gradski vrt, Osijek
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Hungary | 4 – 1 | 4 – 1 | Friendly |
2–3 | 22 April 1998 | Gradski vrt, Osijek
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Poland | 2 – 0 | 4 – 1 | Friendly |
3 – 0 | ||||||
4 | 14 June 1998 | Félix-Bollaert, Lens
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Jamaica | 1 – 0 | 3 – 1 | World Cup 1998 |
5 | 21 August 1999 | Maksimir, Zagreb | Malta | 1 – 0 | 2 – 1 | Euro 2000 Qualifying |
6 | 9 October 1999 | Maksimir, Zagreb | FR Yugoslavia | 2 – 2 | 2 – 2 | Euro 2000 Qualifying |
7 | 26 April 2000 | Ernst Happel, Vienna | Austria | 2 – 1 | 2 – 1 | Friendly |
Honours
Croatia Zagreb
- Prva HNL: 1992–93
Club Brugge
- Belgian First Division: 1995–96
- Belgian Cup: 1995–96
Parma
Chelsea
Croatia
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1998
Individual
- Belgian First Division Top Scorer: 1995-96
- Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport: 1998
Orders
- Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 1995[8]
- Order of the Croatian Trefoil - 1998[9]
References
- ^ "Chelsea sign Croatian star". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 June 2000. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- ^ "Stanic brace sinks Hammers". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 August 2000. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- ^ "Super Mario arrives". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 May 2001. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- ^ Mario Stanic - International Appearances - RSSSF
- ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Stanić Mario statistics". bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ "Dinamo". Povijest.gnkdinamo.hr. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- ^ "ODLUKU KOJOM SE ODLIKUJU REDOM DANICE HRVATSKE S LIKOM FRANJE BUČARA" (in Croatian). hrvatska.poslovniforum.hr.
- ^ "PREDSJEDNIK TUDJMAN ODLIKOVAO HRVATSKU NOGOMETNU REPREZENTACIJU" (in Croatian). hrt.hr. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016.
External links
- Mario Stanić at the Croatian Football Federation
- Mario Stanić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mario Stanić at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- Mario Stanić – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Mario Stanić at FootballDatabase.eu
- Profile - Club Brugge