Srđan Stanić (; born 6 July 1989) is a Bosnian professional

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who plays as a full-back for First League of FBiH club Igman Konjic. He is well known for winning the Goal of the week video poll on Goal.com ahead of other big names like

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and

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for his 35-meter goal against Rudar Prijedor while a part of Željezničar.

Club career

Early career

Stanić started off his professional

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career at

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, before joining the youth team of Slavija Sarajevo in 2005. He made his debut for the first team in 2006. In 2007, he left Slavija.

Željezničar

Shortly after leaving Slavija, in the summer of 2007, Stanić joined Željezničar. While at Željezničar, he won 3 Bosnian Championships and 2 Bosnian Cups, and was also one of the best players of the club at the time. He was also the club

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in 2014. He left Željezničar in June 2015, 8 years after joining the club.

Olimpik

In mid-2015, Stanić signed with Olimpik as a

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. In January 2016, he left Olimpik.

Return to Željezničar

On 27 January 2016, Stanić came back to Željezničar and signed a two-year contract. In July 2016, after Miloš Kostić became the new manager of Željezničar, Stanić was left out of the first team and leaving the club felt like an option, but after

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was named the new manager of the club, the first thing he did was getting Stanić back in to the first team and thus, Stanić stayed at Željezničar. After almost 2 years in his second stint with Željezničar, he left the club on 29 December 2017.

Zrinjski Mostar

On 5 January 2018, Stanić joined

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on a -year contract, which was due to keep him at the club until the summer of 2020. On 21 December 2018, Stanić left the club after not having enough playing time. With Zrinjski, he won the

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title in the 2017–18 season.

Second return to Željezničar

On 31 January 2019, Stanić, for a second time came back and signed a contract with Željezničar, which was due to keep him at the club until the summer of 2020. He made his third debut for Željezničar in a 1–0 home win against Zvijezda 09 on 17 March 2019, playing the whole 90 minutes of the match. He left the club after his contract expired in August 2020.

Igman Konjic

On 26 September 2020, Stanić signed a contract with First League of FBiH club Igman Konjic. He made his debut only four days later, on 30 September, in a cup match against Velež Nevesinje.

International career

Stanić was part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 national team. On 16 December 2011, he made an appearance for the

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first team in a 1–0 friendly game loss against

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. On 13 May 2014, Stanić was included in the Bosnia national team provisional

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squad by head coach

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, but did not make the final team.

Style of play

Stanić is a long-time versatile player who can play anywhere in midfield, notably on the wings. He has featured as a wing-back on several occasions.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Željezničar *

: 2009–10, 2011–12,

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Bosnian Cup The Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kup Bosne i Hercegovine, Куп Босне и Херцеговине) is a knock-out football competition contested annually by clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina. The winner ...

2010–11 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, 2011–12 Zrinjski Mostar *

: 2017–18

References

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Srđan Stanić
at Sofascore {{DEFAULTSORT:Stanic, Srdan 1989 births Living people Footballers from Sarajevo Men's association football fullbacks Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's youth international footballers FK Slavija Sarajevo players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players FK Olimpik players HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players FK Igman Konjic players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players First League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina players