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Darko Spalević
Personal information
Full name	Darko Spalević
Date of birth	24 March 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth	Vučitrn, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1998	Trepča
1998–1999	Priština
1999	Bane
2000–2001	Milicionar
2001–2002	Red Star Belgrade
2003	Cherno More Varna
2003–2004	Lokomotiv Plovdiv
2004	Dynamo Makhachkala
2005	Zalaegerszeg
2006	Henan Jianye
2007–2009	Slavija Sarajevo
2009	Olimpik
2010	Slavija Sarajevo
2010–2014	Radnički Kragujevac
2014–2015	Donji Srem
2015–2016	Slavija Sarajevo
2016–2018	Radnički Kragujevac
2021	Kragujevac
International career
1999	FR Yugoslavia U23
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 July 2021

Darko Spalević (Serbian Cyrillic: Дарко Спалевић; born 24 March 1977) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker.

Over the course of his journeyman career, Spalević scored over 150 competitive goals in six countries, having his most prolific seasons after the age of thirty.^[1]

Club career

Born in Vučitrn, Spalević started out at Trepča, before transferring to Priština in 1998. He stayed there for only one season. After a short stint at Bane in the fall of 1999, Spalević moved to Milicionar, spending there the following year and a half.

In the summer of 2001, Spalević joined Red Star Belgrade. He failed to make an impact at the club in a year and a half, before switching to Bulgarian club Cherno More Varna. In the summer of 2003, Spalević moved to another Bulgarian club Lokomotiv Plovdiv. He won the national championship title in the 2003–04 season.

In the following three seasons, Spalević played for Russian club Dynamo Makhachkala (2004), Hungarian club Zalaegerszeg (2005), and Chinese club Henan Jianye (2006), but without notable achievements.

In early 2007, Spalević moved to Bosnia and Herzegovina and signed with Slavija Sarajevo. He spent the next two and a half years there, becoming the Premier League top scorer in 2008,^[2] and 2009. Spalević also helped the club win the Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup in the 2008–09 campaign. He subsequently switched to Olimpik,^[3] before returning to Slavija in early 2010.

In July 2010, Spalević returned to Serbia and joined First League club Radnički Kragujevac.^[4] He was their top scorer in the 2010–11 season with 19 league goals, thus leading them to promotion to the SuperLiga. In the following 2011–12 season, Spalević became the SuperLiga top scorer with 19 goals. He stayed at the club for two more years, despite having some disagreements with the club's president,^[5] helping the side remain in the top flight.

After leaving Radnički, Spalević moved to fellow SuperLiga club Donji Srem in June 2014, penning a one-year contract.^[6] He however failed to help them avoid relegation from the top flight in the 2014–15 season. In July 2015, Spalević officially returned to his former club Slavija Sarajevo on a one-year deal.^[7]

In July 2016, Spalević returned to Radnički Kragujevac.^[8] He helped the side win the Serbian League West in his comeback season, thus earning promotion back to the Serbian First League.

International career

In December 1999, Spalević played for the FR Yugoslavia U23s in a 0–1 friendly loss against Argentina.^[9]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League
Club	Season	Apps	Goals
Zalaegerszeg	2005–06	11	0
Slavija Sarajevo	2006–07	14	9
	2007–08	27	18
	2008–09	25	17
Olimpik	2009–10	13	5
Slavija Sarajevo	2009–10	13	4
Radnički Kragujevac	2010–11	28	19
	2011–12	26	19
	2012–13	25	7
	2013–14	26	8
Donji Srem	2014–15	22	5
Slavija Sarajevo	2015–16	25	9
Radnički Kragujevac	2016–17	25	8
Radnički Kragujevac	2017–18	2	0
Career total		282	128

Honours

Player

Lokomotiv Plovdiv

Bulgarian A Group: 2003–04

Slavija Sarajevo

Bosnian Cup: 2008–09

Radnički Kragujevac

Serbian League West: 2016–17

Individual

Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season: 2011–12
Bosnian Premier League top goalscorer: 2007–08, 2008–09
Serbian First League top scorer: 2010–11
Serbian SuperLiga top scorer: 2011–12

References

^ "Spalević: Krenulo me po stare dane" (in Serbian). b92.net. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ "Statistika: Spalević zlatna kopačka BiH" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. 3 June 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
^ "Pelak i Spalević bez kluba" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. 24 November 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
^ "Deset novih igrača na Čika Dači" (in Serbian). fkradnicki.com. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
^ "Spalević: Ako Marjanović ode igraću i za džabe u Radničkom" (in Serbian). ritamgrada.rs. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
^ "Spalević pojačao Donji Srem" (in Serbian). b92.net. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
^ "Darko Spalević i Branislav Arsenijević se vratili u Slaviju" (in Bosnian). klix.ba. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
^ "Spalević se vratio u Radnički" (in Serbian). ritamgrada.rs. 26 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
^ "Poraz plavih" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 29 December 1999. Retrieved 20 March 2017.