Stevan "Stefan" Selaković (born 9 January 1977) is a Swedish former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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and

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. He used to play as

, but after 2006 was primarily used as a rightwing midfielder by IFK Göteborg. He previously played for

SC Heerenveen Sportclub Heerenveen (; West Frisian: Sportklub It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club from Heerenveen. They currently play in the Eredivisie, the top level of football in the Netherlands. History Sportclub Heerenveen was founded on 20 July ...

, Halmstads BK and

Varbergs GIF Varbergs GIF FK is a Swedish football club located in Varberg. Background Varbergs Gymnastik- och Idrottsförening was formed on 28 May 1905 and shortly afterwards included football in their programme. In the same year the club became founder me ...

. He is a former Swedish international for which he played in 12 games and scored 4 goals.

Career

He was born in

Varberg Varberg () is a locality and the seat of Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 35,782 inhabitants in 2019. Varberg and all of Halland are well known for their "typical west coast" sandy beaches. In Varberg the coast changes from wi ...

, with roots from Serbia. After playing for

, he joined Halmstads BK and won

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

in 2000 and was the top scorer in Allsvenskan in 2001. He then joined Dutch club

. He was not able to continue to play as well as he had done in Sweden, and in 2005 he decided to move back to Sweden. Instead of his earlier club Halmstads BK he chose to play for IFK Göteborg and signed a contract in 2005. On 23 January 2013, Halmstads BK reported that Selaković had returned to the club.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Selaković goal''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Selakovic, Stefan 1977 births Living people People from Varberg Swedish footballers Association football forwards Association football midfielders Sweden international footballers Allsvenskan players Eredivisie players Halmstads BK players IFK Göteborg players SC Heerenveen players Swedish expatriate footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Swedish people of Serbian descent Serb diaspora sportspeople Sportspeople from Halland County