Darko Spalević

Darko Spalević

Personal information
Full name	Darko Spalević
Date of birth	(1977-03-24) 24 March 1977
Place of birth	Vučitrn, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Slavija Sarajevo
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1998	Trepča	33	(8)
1998–1999	Priština	10	(0)
1999	Bane	10	(2)
2000–2001	Milicionar	45	(6)
2001–2002	Red Star Belgrade	11	(0)
2003	Cherno More Varna	13	(8)
2003–2004	Lokomotiv Plovdiv	10	(4)
2004	Dynamo Makhachkala	15	(2)
2005	Zalaegerszeg	11	(0)
2006	Henan Jianye	9	(0)
2007–2009	Slavija Sarajevo	66	(44)
2009	Olimpik Sarajevo	13	(5)
2010	Slavija Sarajevo	13	(4)
2010–2014	Radnički Kragujevac	105	(53)
2014–2015	Donji Srem	22	(5)
2015–	Slavija Sarajevo	11	(7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2015

Darko Spalević (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Спалевић; born 24 March 1977) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Slavija Sarajevo.

Spalević scored over 150 competitive goals during his journeyman career, having his most prolific seasons after the age of thirty.

Career

Born in Vučitrn, Spalević started his playing career with Trepča from Kosovska Mitrovica, before transferring to Priština in 1998. He stayed there for only one season. After a short stint at Bane from Raška in the fall of 1999, Spalević moved to Milicionar, spending there the following year and a half.

In the summer of 2001, Spalević joined Red Star Belgrade. However, after failing to make an impact at the club in a year and a half, he moved to Bulgarian club Cherno More Varna. After the initial six months, Spalević moved to another Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He won the national championship title in the 2003–04 season.

In the following three seasons, Spalević played for Russian club Dynamo Makhachkala (2004), Hungarian club Zalaegerszeg (2005), and for Chinese club Henan Jianye (2006), but without notable achievements.

In early 2007, Spalević moved to Bosnia and Herzegovina and signed with Slavija Sarajevo. He spent the next two and a half years there, becoming the Premier League top scorer in 2008 (18 goals), and in 2009 (17 goals). He also won the 2009 Bosnian Cup. Spalević began the 2009–10 season with Olimpik Sarajevo, before returning to Slavija in early 2010.

In the summer of 2010, Spalević returned to Serbia by joining Radnički Kragujevac. In his first season at the club, he led the team to promotion to the SuperLiga after scoring 19 goals in the First League. In the following season, Spalević became the SuperLiga top scorer with 19 goals. In the following two years, despite some problems with the club's management, he stayed at the club and helped them to stay in the top flight.

In June 2014, Spalević moved to another SuperLiga club Donji Srem, signing a one-year deal. In the summer of 2015, Spalević returned to Slavija Sarajevo.

Honours

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

• Bulgarian A Football Group (1): 2003–04

Slavija Sarajevo

• Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup (1): 2008–09

Individual

• Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina Top Scorer (2): 2007–08, 2008–09
• Serbian SuperLiga Top Scorer (1): 2011–12
• Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season (1): 2011–12

External links

• HLSZ profile
• Sportbox profile
• Futebol Mundial profile
• Darko Spalević at Soccerway