Aleksander Šeliga

Aleksander Šeliga

File:Aleksander Šeliga 2009.jpg Šeliga with Slovenia in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Aleksander Šeliga
Date of birth	(1980-02-01) 1 February 1980
Place of birth	Celje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Olimpija
Number	1
Youth career
–1997	Kovinar Štore
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–	Olimpija	89	(0)
International career‡
2010	Slovenia	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 March 2010

Aleksander Šeliga (born 1 February 1980, in Celje) is a Slovenian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Slovenian club Olimpija.

Club career

Early career

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

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. In his first season with Sparta (2009–10), he was chosen as first keeper by a manager Frans Adelaar.

International career

As of 2007, Šeliga has been a constant feature of the Slovenian national team as either a recall or a call-up reserve. He earned his first and more than deserved cap for the Slovene national side 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.

Honours

Celje

• Slovenian Cup: 2004–05

External links

• Player profile at PrvaLiga (Slovene)