Stojan_Belajić
Stojan Belajić
Croatian footballer
Stojan Belaić (born 17 April 1969) is a retired footballer who played as a defender for clubs in Croatia, Austria, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland and Greece.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stojan Belaić | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-04-17) 17 April 1969 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Rijeka, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1994 | Rijeka | 107 | (2) |
| 1994–1996 | Austria Wien | 48 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | União de Leiria | 23 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Energie Cottbus | 3 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | FC Luzern | 4 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Apollon Smyrni | 28 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | FC Luzern | 21 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Rijeka, Belajić began playing football with local side HNK Rijeka in the Yugoslav First League. He would play for Rijeka for several seasons, making 107 league appearances for the club.
Belajić moved to Austria in July 1996, playing for FK Austria Wien for two seasons. Spells with U.D. Leiria of the Portuguese Liga, FC Energie Cottbus of the German second division and Swiss side FC Luzern followed.
He moved to Greece in July 1999, where he would play for Greek first division side Apollon Smyrni F.C.,[1] making 28 appearances in the Greek top flight.[2]
He returned to Switzerland in July 2000, and finished his career with Luzern.
Player
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Yugoslavia | League | Yugoslav Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1987–88 | NK Rijeka | Yugoslav First League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| 1988–89 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1989–90 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1990–91 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 32 | 1 | |||
| Croatia | League | Croatian Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1992 | NK Rijeka | Prva HNL | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | |
| 1992–93 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 29 | 1 | |||
| 1993–94 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | |||
| NK Rijeka total | 107 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 2 | ||
Energie Cottbus
- Brandenburg Cup: 1998
- Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (11 May 2005). "Foreign Players in Greece since 1959/60". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (26 April 2003). "Greece 1999/00". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
- "Stojan Belajićstatistics". hrnogomet.com. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- "HNK Rijeka". nk-rijeka.hr. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- Stojan Belajić at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Profile at Austria Wien Archive (in German)
- Stojan Belajić at WorldFootball.net
- Stojan Belajić at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
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