Rade Prica
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rade Stanislav Prica | ||
Date of birth | 30 June 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Ljungby, Sweden | ||
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Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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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]
Contents
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 |
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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 | ||||
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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
Individual
- Danish Superliga Top scorer: 2006–07
- Norwegian Premier League Top scorer: 2009
- Kniksen award: Attacker of the year 2009
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External links
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Swedish people of Croatian descent
- Swedish footballers
- Sweden international footballers
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Helsingborgs IF players
- F.C. Hansa Rostock players
- AaB Fodbold players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Rosenborg BK players
- Allsvenskan players
- Premier League players
- Tippeligaen players
- Danish Superliga players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Norway
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Sweden under-21 international footballers
- Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Swedish people of Serbian descent