Stevan "Stefan" Selaković (born 9 January 1977) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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and

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. He used to play as

, but after 2006 was primarily used as a rightwing midfielder by

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. He previously played for

Heerenveen Heerenveen (, ) is a town and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the m ...

Halmstad Halmstad () is a port, university, industrial and recreational urban areas of Sweden, city at the mouth of the Nissan (river), Nissan river, in the provinces of Sweden, province of Halland on the Sweden, Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat ...

and

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. He is a former Swedish international for which he played in 12 games and scored 4 goals.

Career

He was born in

, with roots from Serbia. After playing for

, he joined

and won

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; ), also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan (, ) is a professional association football league in Sweden and the highest level of the Swedish football league system. Founded in 1924, it operates on a system of promotion and relegatio ...

in 2000 and was the top scorer in Allsvenskan in 2001. He then joined Dutch club

. He was not able to continue to play as well as he had done in Sweden, and in 2005 he decided to move back to Sweden. Instead of his earlier club Halmstad, he chose to play for

and signed a contract in 2005. On 23 January 2013, Halmstad reported that Selaković had returned to the club.

Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Selaković goal''.

Honours

Individual * Årets Ärkeängel: 2008

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Selakovic, Stefan 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Varberg Swedish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders Sweden men's international footballers Allsvenskan players Eredivisie players Halmstads BK players IFK Göteborg players SC Heerenveen players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Swedish people of Serbian descent Footballers from Halland County Varbergs GIF players