Stefan Smiljanić

Stefan Smiljanić (born 10 July 1991) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a winger.

Stefan Smiljanić
Personal information
Full name Stefan Smiljanić
Date of birth (1991-07-10) 10 July 1991
Place of birth Subotica, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
2004–2005 Olimpija
2005–2007 Svoboda
2008–2010 Olimpija Ljubljana
2012 Leicester U23
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Olimpija Ljubljana 26 (2)
2010 → Kamnik (loan)
2012 UD Almansa 17 (0)
2012–2013 Hannover 96 II 15 (0)
2013–2014 Doxa Drama 6 (0)
2015 Jedinstvo Putevi 2 (0)
2016 Dob 4 (0)
2016 Metalleghe Jajce 7 (1)
2017–2018 Ankaran Hrvatini 6 (0)
2019 FC Phönix Seen
2019 FC Kreuzlingen 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:50, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Smiljanić made his Olimpija Ljubljana debut on 12 September 2010 against Domžale. On 22 January 2011, he signed a four-year deal with Olimpija Ljubljana and was given the number 20 shirt.[1] He has left Olimpija Ljubljana in January 2012 and joined on a six-month contract to Spanish lower league club UD Almansa.[2] After his releasing in summer 2012 was four months without an club, before signed on 18 October 2012 for German side Hannover 96.[3]

He then played with Greek side Doxa Drama, Serbian second-level side Jedinstvo Putevi, then with Dob in the Slovenian Second League, and in Autumn 2016 with Metalleghe-BSI.[4]

In 2019, he joined FC Phönix Seen in Switzerland.[5] In September 2019, he joined FC Kreuzlingen.[6]

Personal life

Born in Subotica, SR Serbia, back then part of FR Yugoslavia, he moved to Slovenia as a 13-year boy from Belgrade, because his father, Blažko, got a job in University Medical Centre Ljubljana.[7]

References
  1. "Stefan Smiljanić" (in Slovenian). 1. SNL. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  2. "Stefan Smiljanić" (in Spanish). Lapreferente. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  3. "Die Hannoveraner haben mit Stefan Smiljanic von UD Almansa einen weiteren Angreifer verpflichtet. Der 21-jährige gilt als talentiert und hat bereits internationale Erfahrung gesammelt" (in Slovenian). VfB Oldenburg. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  4. Stefan Smiljanić profile at Soccerway
  5. Vorschau 2. Liga, fcphoenix.ch, 15 March 2019
  6. Verband - Fussballverband Region Zürich - Verein, fvrz.ch, 14 September 2019
  7. "Napadalec – vzgojen v novi Olimpiji" (in Slovenian). Delo. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
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