Goran Kartalija

Goran Kartalija (Cyrillic: Горан Карталија; born 17 January 1966) is a Yugoslav and Austrian former professional footballer who played as a defender.[1] He is the current manager of Austrian club Wels.

Goran Kartalija

Personal information
Full name	Goran Kartalija
Date of birth	(1966-01-17) 17 January 1966
Place of birth	Kljajićevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current team	Wels (manager)
Youth career
	Kordun Kljajićevo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1988	Vrbas	65	(3)
1988–1991	Vojvodina	86	(1)
1991–1992	Wiener Sport-Club	51	(7)
1993–1997	LASK Linz	142	(3)
1997–1998	Nice	37	(0)
1998	Admira Wacker Mödling	10	(1)
1999–2002	Union Weisskirchen
2002–2003	Union Gunskirchen
2003–2008	Asten	90	(5)
2008–2011	St. Valentin	71	(15)
2013	Enns	4	(1)
2013	Sportunion Hofkirchen	8	(0)
Total		564	(36)
National team
1996–1997	Austria	4	(0)
Teams managed
2009–2011	St. Valentin (player-manager)
2012–2013	Enns (player-manager)
2013	Sportunion Hofkirchen (player-manager)
2014–2015	Asten
2015	Union Feldkirchen
2018–	Wels
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Kljajićevo, Kartalija made his senior debuts with Vrbas, spending three seasons at the club (1985–1988),[2] before transferring to Vojvodina. He was a regular member of the team that won the 1988–89 Yugoslav First League. In the summer of 1991, Kartalija moved abroad to Austria and signed with Wiener Sport-Club. He later switched to LASK Linz in the 1993 winter transfer window, spending the following four and a half years at the club.[3] During this period, Kartalija acquired Austrian citizenship and started representing the country. He earned four caps for the national team between 1996 and 1997. In the 1997–98 season, Kartalija played for French club Nice, before returning to Austria and joining Admira Wacker Mödling. He subsequently joined Union Weisskirchen in January 1999. After spending three and a half years at the club, Kartalija switched to Union Gunskirchen in July 2002. He later joined Asten and stayed there for five seasons (2003–2008). Afterwards, Kartalija spent three years with St. Valentin from 2008 to 2011, while also serving as player-manager in the last two seasons.[4]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League
		Apps	Goals
Vrbas	1985–86	30	1
	1986–87	5	0
	1987–88	30	2
Vojvodina	1988–89	28	1
	1989–90	27	0
	1990–91	31	0
Wiener Sport-Club	1991–92	30	3
	1992–93	21	4
LASK Linz	1992–93	14	0
	1993–94	30	1
	1994–95	33	2
	1995–96	34	0
	1996–97	31	0
Nice	1997–98	37	0
Admira Wacker Mödling	1998–99	10	1
Union Weisskirchen	1999–2000
	2000–01
	2001–02
Union Gunskirchen	2002–03
Asten	2003–04
	2004–05[5]	24	1
	2005–06[6]	20	1
	2006–07[7]	23	3
	2007–08[8]	23	0
St. Valentin	2008–09[9]	25	9
	2009–10[10]	23	2
	2010–11[11]	23	4
Enns	2012–13[12]	4	1
Sportunion Hofkirchen	2013–14[13]	8	0
Career total		564	36

Honours

Vojvodina

• Yugoslav First League: 1988–89

References

1. "Goran Kartalija" (in German). oefb.at. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
2. "Statistika odigranih prvenstvenih utakmica i datih golova za FK Vrbas 1969-2007" (in Serbian). fkvrbas.weebly.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
3. "Goran KARTALIJA" (in German). bundesliga.at. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
4. "Goran Kartalija verlässt SC St. Valentin" (in German). ligaportal.at. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
5. "Einsätze 2004/05" (in German). fussballoesterreich.at. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
6. "Einsätze 2005/06" (in German). fussballoesterreich.at. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
7. "Einsätze 2006/07" (in German). fussballoesterreich.at. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
8. "Einsätze 2007/08" (in German). fussballoesterreich.at. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
9. "Einsätze 2008/09" (in German). fussballoesterreich.at. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
10. "Einsätze 2009/10" (in German). fussballoesterreich.at. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
11. "Einsätze 2010/11" (in German). fussballoesterreich.at. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
12. "Einsätze 2012/13" (in German). fussballoesterreich.at. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
13. "Einsätze 2013/14" (in German). fussballoesterreich.at. Retrieved 30 June 2018.

External links

• Goran Kartalija at National-Football-Teams.com