Aleksander Šeliga (born 1 February 1980) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Aleksander Šeliga
Šeliga with Slovenia in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-02-01) 1 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Celje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Kovinar Štore
Drava Ptuj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2005 Celje 121 (0)
2005–2006 Slavia Prague 2 (0)
2006–2009 Celje 68 (0)
2009–2011 Sparta Rotterdam 32 (0)
2011–2018 Olimpija Ljubljana 96 (0)
2018Drava Ptuj (loan) 13 (0)
2018 Drava Ptuj 17 (0)
International career
1997 Slovenia U17 1 (0)
1997–1998 Slovenia U18 10 (0)
2000 Slovenia U20 3 (0)
2000 Slovenia U21 1 (0)
2010 Slovenia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Early career

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Šeliga played most of his career for hometown club Celje in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. With this club, he also participated in the UEFA Cup. In 2005, he joined Slavia Prague, but after an unsuccessful period with the Czech side, he returned to Celje.

Sparta Rotterdam

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In the summer of 2009, Šeliga was tested by two clubs in the Netherlands. The first club, SC Heerenveen, was in desperate need for a keeper. After training with the side, he did not get a contract. The second club where he tried his luck was Sparta Rotterdam. The club also needed a keeper, after Cássio Ramos returned to PSV Eindhoven after an ended loan-period. After a brief internship, Šeliga signed a contract for two years.[1] In his first season with Sparta (2009–10), he was chosen as first keeper by a manager Frans Adelaar.

International career

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Šeliga earned his only appearance for the senior Slovenian national team on 3 March 2010, after taking the field as a substitute in an international friendly against Qatar in Maribor, which Slovenia had subsequently won 4–1.[2]

Honours

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Celje
Olimpija

References

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  1. ^ "Sparta heeft met Seliga gewenste nieuwe doelman". Voetbal International (in Dutch). 20 July 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Aleksander Šeliga" (in Slovenian). Football Association of Slovenia. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
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