Stefan SelakoviÄ‡

Stefan Selakovic ( born January 9, 1977 in Varberg ) is a Swedish football player with Serbian roots. The striker, who made his debut in the Swedish national team in 2001, won the Swedish championship title three times and won the 2001 title of the scorer of the Allsvenskan.

Career

Career start and breakthrough in the Allsvenskan

Selakovic played in the Youth for Varberg GIF. 1993 debuted the attacker in the men's team of fifth-tier, with which he ascended into the fourth-rate Division 3 at the end of the season. In the following two years he belonged to the tribe of the team and made higher class attention to himself as a regular goalscorer.

In 1996 Selakovic to Halmstad BK in the Allsvenskan. At first he was only a reserve player, but wore in the season in 1997 with five goals in 15 games for the Swedish championship in. Slowly, he was able to earn a regular place and from the 1999 season, he missed more than a game. In the 2000 it a double-digit number of goals achieved with ten goals this season for the first time in the league and that he helped the club to re- gain of the Von Rosen's Cup as a Swedish national champion.

As a result, the nominated Nationaltrainerduo Lars Lagerback and Tommy Söderberg Selakovic for the King's Cup 2001. On February 10 of that year he came in a 4-1 victory over the Thai national team to its first international match and crowned his debut with the gateway to 1-0 leadership and an assist. In the final game of the tournament against the Chinese state selection in the 3-0 victory with the final score after 19 minutes, he scored his second international goal.

In the following season proved Selakovic continue his scoring prowess and sat down with 16 scored goals this season before Andreas Hermansson at the top of the scoring list. Nevertheless, the team missed the seventh place in the table to defend the title and the Champions League 2001 /02 failed the team in the third qualifying round against RSC Anderlecht despite a goal from Selakovic - his third goal in the competition after each already against Bohemians Dublin in both games had met once - in the first leg after a 2:3 home defeat and a 1-1 draw in the return leg.

Move abroad

Thanks to the profits of the top scorer title and his international appearances on the national team in the European Cup Selakovic aroused the interest of foreign clubs. Shortly before Christmas 2001, the press reported the imminent change of striker in the Dutch Eredivisie for SC Heerenveen in which his countrymen Marcus Allbäck and Erik Edman already under contract. He signed a contract in early January with four and a half year term. By the end of the season he came in 14 games for use, scoring five goals. After he lacked at the start of the following season his scoring prowess, he lost his initial starting place, and came into the remaining playing time mainly as a substitute for use.

After Selakovic hovered in the following one and a half years between starting lineup and bench, he complained to get too little use of time. In his announcement to want to change clubs, reported the Swedish club Djurgårdens IF and IFK Gothenburg interest on an obligation.

Return to Sweden

In early January 2005, Selakovic decided to change to IFK Göteborg, where he signed a three -year contract. In connection with the change he was accused of tax fraud, as it should reflect according to contract 4.2 million kroner net salary, but he was ultimately 6 million crowns. In July 2007, the striker was acquitted of the charges, while two club employees were sentenced to prison terms.

Establish in his first season after returning to the Allsvenskan and scored nine goals this season. Even if he was not as accurate in the following years, he initially held in the root formation and stood in the championship season in 2007 in all 26 games of the season on the court. In the following season, the attacker was, however, the coaching duo Stefan Rehn and Jonas Olsson mainly on the bench again and stood only ten of his 26 league games in the starting eleven. Also in the cup final against Kalmar FF after the end of the season he was at first only on the bench before he came on in the 107th minute of play Robin Söder. In the decision -making penalty shootout he did not play, but could then celebrate by the 5:4 win his first title victory in the Cup.

Before the start of the season 2009 Selakovic won a regular place in the Gothenburg club. On the side of Robin Söder, Tobias Hysén and Pontus Wernbloom he made the offensive of the club, who led the team in the top flight of the league. With five goals this season and nine assists, he led the club behind AIK for runners. The also possible title defense in the National Cup failed, when AIK with a 2-0 win in the final secured with goals from Mauro Iván Óbolo and Antônio Flávio the Double. Although he was equally successful in the following seasons as a scorer, but the club slipped into mid-table.

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