Rade Prica

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Rade Prica
Personal information
Full name Rade Stanislav Prica
Date of birth (1980-06-30) 30 June 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Ljungby, Sweden
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Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Helsingborg
Number 22
Youth career
Ljungby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Ljungby 37 (14)
1998–2002 Helsingborg 74 (27)
2002–2006 Hansa Rostock 113 (20)
2006–2008 AaB 48 (28)
2008–2009 Sunderland 6 (1)
2009–2012 Rosenborg 104 (57)
2013–2015 Maccabi Tel Aviv 62 (24)
2015– Helsingborg 9 (2)
International career
1999–2001 Sweden U21 13 (5)
2001–2008 Sweden 14 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:03, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Rade Stanislav Prica (born 30 June 1980) is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for Helsingborg.

Prica is the only player who has won league championships in the three Scandinavian countries – Sweden, Denmark and Norway.[1]

Personal life

Prica's father is Serb and his mother Croat.[2][3]

Club career

Prica started his footballing career as a youth player for Ljungby, he then made his way into the first team, making 37 appearances and scoring 14 goals, over a period of three seasons.[4]

After leaving Ljungby, Prica signed for renowned Swedish club Helsingborg in 1998, he then went on to play for them for five seasons playing 73 times scoring 27 goals, Prica then moved to German team Hansa Rostock.[5]

Prica signed for Aalborg BK in 2006 after being released by Hansa Rostock,[6] During the 2006–07 season, he was topscorer in the Danish Superliga scoring 19 goals.[7]

Sunderland completed the signing of Prica on 23 January 2008 for a fee of more than £2 million on a three-and-a-half year contract.[8]

He scored on his debut for at Sunderland against Birmingham City on 29 January 2008, and missed out in scoring a second with referee Mark Halsey ruling it out for handball.[9]

Prica was rarely featured in the Sunderland squad. In January 2009, official sources with the club acknowledged that he was sought by two unnamed British clubs and a European club, rumored to be his previous Danish club Aalborg BK.[10]

Prica was given limited opportunities by Sunderland and did not start a game. It was reported on Sky Sports that Prica had been made available for loan.

On 9 March 2009, Prica signed a four-year deal with Rosenborg for £2.3 million.[11] He became the top scorer in the Norwegian Premier League in the 2009 season, scoring 17 goals in 27 appearances.[12] On 10 April 2011, round three of the 2011 Norwegian Premier League, Prica scored all four goals for Rosenborg in a 4–4 draw with Lillestrøm SK.[13]

On 9 January 2013, it was reported Prica had agreed terms with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Premier League.[14] Prica signed in January 2013. Since his arrival to the club he has been very appreciated by either the Israeli fans and media, and had an instant impact for Maccabi Tel Aviv, scoring 8 goals in his first 18 appearances.

On 11 August 2015 returned to Helsingborg[15]

International career

He made his debut for the Sweden national football team in February 2001 against Thailand coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute replacing Martin Åslund.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 18 January 2007 Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca  Ecuador 2–1 2–1 Friendly
2. 12 September 2007 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica  Montenegro 1–2 1–2 Friendly

Career statistics

As of 11 March 2014.

Season Club Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1995 Ljungby IF Division 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
1996 Division 2 20 5 0 0 0 0 20 5
1996 Division 3 11 8 0 0 0 0 11 8
1998 Helsingborg Allsvenskan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 18 6 0 0 0 0 18 6
2000 24 11 0 0 5 1 29 12
2001 25 7 0 0 3 0 28 7
2002 6 3 0 0 0 0 6 3
2002–03 Hansa Rostock Bundesliga 27 7 3 0 0 0 30 7
2003–04 28 3 0 0 0 0 28 3
2004–05 29 6 4 1 0 0 33 7
2005–06 2. Bundesliga 29 4 2 1 0 0 31 5
2006–07 Aalborg Superliga 32 19 0 0 0 0 32 19
2007–08 16 9 0 0 5 2 21 11
2007–08 Sunderland Premier League 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
2008–09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 Rosenborg Tippeligaen 28 17 3 0 2 0 33 17
2010 23 13 3 0 11 3 37 16
2011 27 16 5 2 6 2 38 20
2012 26 11 3 2 12 1 41 14
2012–13 Maccabi Tel Aviv Ligat Winner 18 8 2 0 0 0 20 8
2013–14 30 12 0 0 10 0 40 12
2014–15 17 5 2 4 5 2 22 6
Career Total 444 171 28 6 59 11 531 188

Honours

Club

Helsingborgs IF
Aalborg Boldspilklub
Rosenborg BK
Maccabi Tel Aviv

Individual

References

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