Mario Stanić
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| Date of birth | 10 April 1972 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position |
Attacking midfielder Forward |
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| Youth career | |||||||||
| Željezničar | |||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 1988–1992 | Željezničar | 63 | (12) | ||||||
| 1992–1993 | Croatia Zagreb | 26 | (11) | ||||||
| 1993–1994 | Sporting Gijón | 34 | (7) | ||||||
| 1994–1995 | Benfica | 14 | (5) | ||||||
| 1995–1996 | Club Brugge | 37 | (27) | ||||||
| 1996–2000 | Parma | 77 | (19) | ||||||
| 2000–2004 | Chelsea | 59 | (7) | ||||||
| Total | 310 | (88) | |||||||
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| 1991 | Yugoslavia | 2 | (0) | ||||||
| 1993 | Croatia U21 | 2 | (1) | ||||||
| 1995–2003 | Croatia | 49 | (7) | ||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mario Stanić (born 10 April 1972) is a former Croatian footballer. Being a versatile offensive player, he was no stranger to any forward or attacking midfield position, and was even deployed as a wing-back in the national team.
Stanić started his career with Željezničar Sarajevo. He was considered to be one of the most talented young players in former Yugoslavia. In 1992, war began and Stanić escaped to Slavonski Brod wading the Sava and moved to Croatia, where he played for Croatia Zagreb. After only one season, he moved to Spanish Sporting de Gijón, and year later to S.L. Benfica in Portugal. In 1995, he arrived at Club Brugge and was top scorer of the Belgian First Division that year with 20 goals. Then Parma bought him in late 1996 and he played four seasons with that side.
Stanić joined Chelsea on a £5.6 million transfer in June 2000. He became Vialli's third signing, after Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Eiður Guðjohnsen. Stanić made his league debut in a 4–2 home win against West Ham United in August 2000, where he scored a brace, one of them a strike from 35 yards. The goal was later nominated for the Goal of the Season on BBC's Match of the Day programme.
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