Saša Papac
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| Saša Papac | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Saša Papac | |
| Date of birth | February 7, 1980 | |
| Place of birth | Mostar, Bosnia then SFR Yugoslavia | |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |
| Playing position | Left-back / Centre-back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Rangers | |
| Number | 5 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000–2001 2001–2004 2004–2006 2006– |
NK Široki Brijeg FC Kärnten Austria Vienna Rangers |
14 (1) 95 (3) 58 (2) 43 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2002– | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 27 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Saša Papac (born February 7, 1980 in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian football player. He is an ethnic Croat. Papac plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premier League and also the Bosnian national side. He is a defender, playing either as a centre-back or left full-back.
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[edit] Club career
Papac has played for NK Široki Brijeg in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and FC Kärnten and also Austria Vienna in Austria. He gained a move to Vienna after Kärnten were relegated from the top flight in season 2003-04. He played exactly one hundred matches for Kärnten and scored five goals as well.
He currently plays for Scottish Premier League club Rangers after signing on August 31, 2006 for £450,000.[1] He became Rangers' third signing from Austria Vienna in the 2006 summer transfer window, after Libor Sionko and Filip Šebo. In total he played 76 games for Vienna and notched up three goals.
Papac made his first appearance for Rangers on September 17, 2006, coming on as a half time substitute for Stevie Smith in an Scottish Premier League game against Hibernian. The side went on to lose the match two goals to one.[2]
He was linked with a move to Saint-Etienne in the summer but rejected it in order to claim a first-team spot.[3]
[edit] International career
Papac quit international football in March 2007, saying "I am totally finished with the national team. There are too many problems with the national association."[4] In January 2008, he decided to return to the international set under new boss Meho Kodro.
[edit] References
- ^ "Rangers complete signing of Papac", BBC Sport website, 31 August 2006.
- ^ "Hibernian 2-1 Rangers", BBC Sport website, 17 September 2006.
- ^ "Papac staying at Ibrox", Sky Sports, 22 July 2007.
- ^ "Rangers star Papac quits Bosnia", BBC Sport website, 22 March 2007.
[edit] Honours
With Rangers
[edit] External links
- Saša Papac career stats at Soccerbase
- Saša Papac at Weltfussball (German)
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