Rade Prica

Rade Stanislav Prica (born 30 June 1980) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Rade Prica
Personal information
Full name Rade Stanislav Prica
Date of birth (1980-06-30) 30 June 1980
Place of birth Ljungby, Sweden
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Youth career
Ljungby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Ljungby 37 (14)
1998–2002 Helsingborg 74 (27)
2002–2006 Hansa Rostock 113 (20)
2006–2008 AaB 48 (28)
2008–2009 Sunderland 6 (1)
2009–2012 Rosenborg 104 (57)
2013–2015 Maccabi Tel Aviv 62 (24)
2015–2016 Helsingborg 9 (2)
2016 Maccabi Petah Tikva 10 (3)
2016 Landskrona BoIS 9 (4)
Total 472 (180)
National team
1995–1997 Sweden U17 31 (5)
1998–1999 Sweden U19 21 (4)
1999–2001 Sweden U21 13 (5)
2001–2008 Sweden 14 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Prica is the only player who has won league championships in the three Scandinavian countries – Sweden, Denmark and Norway.[1]

Club career

Prica started his footballing career as a youth player for Ljungby, he then made his way into the first team, making 37 appearances and scoring 14 goals, over a period of three seasons.[2]

After leaving Ljungby, Prica signed for renowned Swedish club Helsingborg in 1998, he then went on to play for them for five seasons playing 73 times scoring 27 goals, Prica then moved to German team Hansa Rostock.[3]

Prica signed for Aalborg BK in 2006 after being released by Hansa Rostock,[4] During the 2006–07 season, he was topscorer in the Danish Superliga scoring 19 goals.[5]

Sunderland completed the signing of Prica on 23 January 2008 for a fee of more than £2 million on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[6]

He scored on his debut for at Sunderland against Birmingham City on 29 January 2008, and missed out in scoring a second with referee Mark Halsey ruling it out for handball.[7]

Prica came on as a substitute for Kieran Richardson in a League game against Liverpool at Anfield after just 7 minutes, but was then substituted himself after 56 minutes.[8]

Prica was rarely featured in the Sunderland squad. In January 2009, official sources with the club acknowledged that he was sought by two unnamed British clubs and a European club, rumored to be his previous Danish club Aalborg BK.[9]

Prica was given limited opportunities by Sunderland and did not start a game. It was reported on Sky Sports that Prica had been made available for loan.

On 9 March 2009, Prica signed a four-year deal with Rosenborg for £2.3 million.[10] He became the top scorer in the Norwegian top division in the 2009 season, scoring 17 goals in 27 appearances.[11] On 10 April 2011, round three of the 2011 Tippeligaen, Prica scored all four goals for Rosenborg in a 4–4 draw with Lillestrøm SK.[12]

On 9 January 2013, it was reported Prica had agreed terms with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Premier League.[13] Prica signed in January 2013. Since his arrival to the club he has been very appreciated by either the Israeli fans and media, and had an instant impact for Maccabi Tel Aviv, scoring 8 goals in his first 18 appearances.

On 11 August 2015, he returned to Helsingborg.[14]

International career

Prica made his debut for the Sweden national football team in February 2001 against Thailand coming on as a substitute in the 66th minute replacing Martin Åslund.

Personal life

Prica's father is Serb and his mother Croat.[15][16] Prica's son, Tim Prica, is also a professional footballer.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of 11 November 2016
Season Club Division League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1995 Ljungby IF Division 3 61000061
1996 Division 2 2050000205
1997 Division 3 1180000118
1998 Helsingborg Allsvenskan 10000010
1999 1860000186
2000 241100512912
2001 2570030287
2002 63000063
2002–03 Hansa Rostock Bundesliga 2773000307
2003–04 2830000283
2004–05 2964100337
2005–06 2. Bundesliga 2942100315
2006–07 Aalborg Superliga 321900003219
2007–08 16900522111
2007–08 Sunderland Premier League 61000061
2008–09 00000000
2009 Rosenborg Tippeligaen 281730203317
2010 2313301133716
2011 271652623820
2012 2611321214114
2012–13 Maccabi Tel Aviv Ligat Winner 1882000208
2013–14 3012001004012
2014–15 1752452226
2015 Helsingborg Allsvenskan 921200104
2015–16 Maccabi Petah Tikva Ligat Winner 1031000113
2016 Landskrona BoIS Division 1 94000094
Career total 47518129125911563204

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 January 2007Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca Ecuador2–12–1Friendly
2.12 September 2007Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica Montenegro1–21–2Friendly

Honours

Club

Helsingborgs IF

Aalborg Boldspilklub

Rosenborg BK

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Maccabi Petah Tikva

Individual

Aalborg Boldspilklub

Rosenborg

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References
  1. "Prica skandinavisk mester" (in Norwegian). RBKweb. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  2. "Rade Prica" (in Swedish). ronaldzwiers.0catch.com. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
  3. "Rade Prica signs for Hansa Rostock". abcgoal.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
  4. "Rade Prica signs for AaB Aalborg". abcgoal.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
  5. "Rade Prica". safc.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
  6. "Rade Prica signs for Sunderland". safc.com. 23 January 2008. Archived from the original on 29 March 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
  7. Lyon, Sam (29 January 2008). "Sunderland 2–0 Birmingham". BBC. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  8. Boyle, David. "The Top Ten: SAFC's Strangest Transfer Tales". rokerreport.sbnation.com. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  9. "Trio chasing Prica deal". Sky Sports. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  10. "Rade Prica er klar for Rosenborg" [Rade Prica signs for Rosenborg] (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 10 March 2009.
  11. "– Kjennes veldig bra å bli toppscorer" (in Norwegian). Fotballadressa. 1 November 2009. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  12. "Rosenborg – Lillestrøm". fotball.no. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  13. "Prica nær Israel-overgang" [Prica near the Israel-transition] (in Norwegian Bokmål). Nettavisen. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  14. "Prica showed at Helsingborg" (in Hebrew). One. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  15. "Prica skandinavisk mester" (in Norwegian). RBKweb. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2018. måljegeren med serbisk far og kroatisk mor
  16. "– Keanes "dårligste" kjøp nærmer seg RBK". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). 16 February 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2018. svensken, med serbisk far og kroatisk mor
  17. "MFF skriver kontrakt med HIF-ikonens son". www.expressen.se.
  18. "Mestvinnende spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
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