Aleksander Šeliga (born 1 February 1980) is a Slovenian retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Early career

Šeliga played most of his career for hometown club

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in the

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. With this club, he also participated in the

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. In 2005, he joined

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, but after an unsuccessful period with the

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side, he returned to Celje.

Sparta Rotterdam

In the summer of 2009, Šeliga was tested by two clubs in the

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. The first club,

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, 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

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. 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

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

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, which Slovenia had subsequently won 4–1.

Honours

;Celje * Slovenian Cup: 2004–05 ;Olimpija *

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: 2015–16

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Aleksander Šeliga
at NZS * {{DEFAULTSORT:Seliga, Aleksander 1980 births Living people Footballers from Celje Men's association football goalkeepers Slovenian men's footballers 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen Slovenia men's youth international footballers Slovenia men's under-21 international footballers Slovenia men's international footballers 2010 FIFA World Cup players NK Celje players SK Slavia Prague players Sparta Rotterdam players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players FC Drava Ptuj players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Czech First League players Eredivisie players Slovenian Second League players Slovenian expatriate men's footballers Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands