Stojan Belaić (born 17 April 1969) is a retired
footballer
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who played as a
defender for clubs in Croatia, Austria, Portugal, Germany, Switzerland and Greece.
Club career
Born in
Rijeka
Rijeka (;
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, Belajić began playing football with local side
HNK Rijeka
Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka (), commonly referred to as HNK Rijeka, is a Croatian professional association football club from the city of Rijeka.
HNK Rijeka competes in Croatia's top division, Croatian First Football League, Supersport HNL, o ...
in the
Yugoslav First League
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. 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
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for two seasons. Spells with
U.D. Leiria
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of the
Portuguese Liga
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,
FC Energie Cottbus
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of the
German second division and Swiss side
FC Luzern
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followed.
He moved to Greece in July 1999, where he would play for
Greek first division side
Apollon Smyrni F.C., making 28 appearances in the Greek top flight.
He returned to Switzerland in July 2000, and finished his career with Luzern.
Statistics
Player
Honours
Energie Cottbus
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Brandenburg Cup
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The record winners of t ...
: 1998
References
External links
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Profile at Austria Wien Archive
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1969 births
Living people
Footballers from Rijeka
Men's association football defenders
Yugoslav men's footballers
Croatian men's footballers
HNK Rijeka players
FK Austria Wien players
U.D. Leiria players
FC Energie Cottbus players
FC Luzern players
Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players
Yugoslav First League players
Croatian Football League players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Primeira Liga players
2. Bundesliga players
Super League Greece players
Croatian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
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