Aleksander Šeliga

Aleksander Šeliga
	Šeliga with Slovenia in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	1 February 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Celje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Kovinar Štore
	Drava Ptuj
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2005	Celje
2005–2006	Slavia Prague
2006–2009	Celje
2009–2011	Sparta Rotterdam
2011–2018	Olimpija Ljubljana
2018	→ Drava Ptuj (loan)
2018	Drava Ptuj
International career
1997	Slovenia U17
1997–1998	Slovenia U18
2000	Slovenia U20
2000	Slovenia U21
2010	Slovenia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aleksander Šeliga (born 1 February 1980) is a Slovenian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Early career

Šeliga played most of his career for hometown club Celje in the Slovenian PrvaLiga. With this club, he also participated in the UEFA Cup. In 2005, he joined Slavia Prague, but after an unsuccessful period with the Czech side, he returned to Celje.

Sparta Rotterdam

In the summer of 2009, Šeliga was tested by two clubs in the Netherlands. The first club, SC Heerenveen, was in desperate need for a keeper. After training with the side, he did not get a contract. The second club where he tried his luck was Sparta Rotterdam. The club also needed a keeper, after Cássio Ramos returned to PSV Eindhoven after an ended loan-period. After a brief internship, Šeliga signed a contract for two years.^[1] In his first season with Sparta (2009–10), he was chosen as first keeper by a manager Frans Adelaar.

International career

Šeliga earned his only appearance for the senior Slovenian national team on 3 March 2010, after taking the field as a substitute in an international friendly against Qatar in Maribor, which Slovenia had subsequently won 4–1.^[2]