Stanko Svitlica is a retired Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

n football player.

Career

A journeyman striker who played in a host of clubs in his native Serbia, as well as France and Greece, usually without much success, before Dragomir Okuka brought him to Legia Warsaw in the summer of 2001. Svitlica took a while to settle in Warsaw: in his first season he scored 10 goals in 28 games in all competitions, but his goal against Wisła Kraków won the championship for Legia that year. After the average first season, his talent suddenly exploded in 2002. In his second season in Poland he scored excellent 29 goals in 38 games (24 in 29 in the league), becoming the first ever foreigner to win the golden boot in the Polish Ekstraklasa. His goalscoring form continued in 2003 (11 goals in 16 games) and during the winter break Legia decided to cash in and sold Svitlica to Hannover 96

Hannover 96

Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96, Hannover or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony.-Foundation to WWII:...

. Despite an impressive start (Svitlica scored against Bayern Munich beating Oliver Kahn

Oliver Kahn

Oliver Rolf Kahn is a former German football goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team. He had his debut game in the professional squad in 1987...

 just 3 minutes into his debut), his career in the Bundesliga never really took off and Hannover offloaded him after just half a year. After 2 years in LR Ahlen in the 2nd Bundesliga Svitlica tried to return to Poland, this time with Wisła Kraków, but struggled for fitness and after just 2 games returned to Serbia. He retired from football in 2009 and is now an agent.

Honours

Partizan Belgrade

• • 1 time First League of FR Yugoslavia Champion: 1995-96
    First League of FR Yugoslavia 1995-96
    -Overview:Just as in the two previous seasons, the league was divided into 2 groups, A and B, consisting each one of 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group meat each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four classifiyed from A group moving...
    
    Legia Warsaw
  • 1 time Ekstraklasa Champion: 2001-02
  • 1 time Ekstraklasa Cup
    Ekstraklasa Cup
    The Ekstraklasa Cup was an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs who play in the Polish 1st Division Ekstraklasa. The first ever Ekstraklasa Cup was held in 1952 in which Wawel Kraków came out victorious over Cracovia Kraków with the final score being 5-1. Two tournements were also held...
    
     winner: 2002
  • 1 time Ekstraklasa top scorer: 2002-03

External sources

• Profile and stats at Srbijafudbal.
• Profile and stats at 90minut.
• Profile at Transfermarkt.