Aleksander Šeliga

Aleksander Šeliga (born 1 February 1980) is a former Slovenian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Aleksander Šeliga
Šeliga with Slovenia in 2009
Personal information
Full name Aleksander Šeliga[1]
Date of birth (1980-02-01) 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

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
  1. "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2010. p. 27. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  2. "Aleksander Šeliga" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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