Milan Osterc
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 July 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Murska Sobota, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Veržej | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1994 | Veržej | ||
| 1994–1996 | Beltinci | 50 | (16) |
| 1996–1998 | Gorica | 64 | (19) |
| 1998–1999 | Hércules Alicante | 23 | (3) |
| 2000 |
Olimpija | 16 | (6) |
| 2000–2002 | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 53 | (10) |
| 2002–2003 | Le Havre | 8 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Bursaspor | 15 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Malatyaspor | 26 | (10) |
| 2005 | AEK Larnaca | 7 | (1) |
| 2006 | LASK | 11 | (2) |
| 2007–2010 | Gorica | 91 | (43) |
| 2010–2012 | Koper | 55 | (22) |
| Total | 419 | (133) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994–1997 | Slovenia U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 1997–2002 | Slovenia | 44 | (8) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Milan Osterc (pronounced [ˈmíːlan ˈòːstərts];[1][2] born 4 July 1975) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Osterc started his career at
Hapoel Tel Aviv, scoring seven goals in the process.[4] In the 2009–10 season, he was the top scorer of the Slovenian first division, 1. SNL, with 23 goals.[5]
International career
Osterc played 44 matches for
Euro 2000 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. On 10 November 2001, he scored a goal against Romania in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying play-offs, helping to secure his country's first-ever World Cup appearance as an independent country.[7] His final international match was at that World Cup, in a 3–1 group stage defeat against Paraguay.[8]
Career statistics
International
- Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Osterc goal.[8]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 February 1999 | Muscat , Oman |
 Oman |
1–0 | 7–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 3–0 | |||||
| 3 | 4–0 | |||||
| 4 | 6–0 | |||||
| 5 | 18 August 1999 | Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia |  Albania |
2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 qualification |
| 6 | 3 September 2000 | Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands |  Faroe Islands |
2–0 | 2–2 | FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification |
| 7 | 1 September 2001 | Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia |  Russia |
1–0 | 2–1 | FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification |
| 8 | 10 November 2001 | Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia |  Romania |
2–1 | 2–1 | FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification |
Honours
Olimpija
- 1999–2000
Hapoel Tel Aviv
References
- ^ "Slovenski pravopis 2001: Milan".
- ^ "Slovenski pravopis 2001: Osterc".
- ^ Okorn, Jože (15 September 2012). "Milan Osterc: Katanec me je zaščitil, ker je trmast". Dnevnik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ Lorenčič, Jaša (30 July 2014). "Manj kot tujec ve, boljše je". Večer (in Slovenian). Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- RTV Slovenija. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- RTV Slovenija. 10 November 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Milan Osterc, international football player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
External links
- Milan Osterc at BDFutbol
- Milan Osterc at NZS (in Slovene)
- Milan Osterc at FIFA (archived)
- Milan Osterc at the Turkish Football Federation
- Milan Osterc at BDFutbol
- Milan Osterc at EU-Football.info
- Milan Osterc at FBref.com
- Milan Osterc at National-Football-Teams.com
- Milan Osterc at Soccerway.com
- Milan Osterc at WorldFootball.net
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