Rade Prica

Rade Prica

Personal information
Full name	Rade Stanislav Prica
Date of birth	30 June 1980
Place of birth	Ljungby, Sweden
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current team	Maccabi Petah Tikva
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	7	(2)
National team^‡
1999–2001	Sweden U21	13	(5)
2001–2008	Sweden	14	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 01:03, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Rade Stanislav Prica (born 30 June 1980) is a Swedish footballer who currently plays for Maccabi Petah Tikva.

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

Personal life

Prica's father is Serb and his mother Croat.^[2][3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Prica signed for Aalborg BK in 2006 after being released by Hansa Rostock,^[6] During the 2006–07 season, he was topscorer in the Danish Superliga scoring 19 goals.^[7]

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.^[8]

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.^[9]

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.^[10]

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.^[11] He became the top scorer in the Norwegian Premier League in the 2009 season, scoring 17 goals in 27 appearances.^[12] On 10 April 2011, round three of the 2011 Norwegian Premier League, Prica scored all four goals for Rosenborg in a 4–4 draw with Lillestrøm SK.^[13]

On 9 January 2013, it was reported Prica had agreed terms with Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Premier League.^[14] 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 returned to Helsingborg.^[15]

International career

He 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.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	18 January 2007	Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar, Cuenca	Ecuador	2–1	2–1	Friendly
2.	12 September 2007	Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica	Montenegro	1–2	1–2	Friendly

Career statistics

As of 11 March 2014.

Season	Club	Division	League		Cup		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1995	Ljungby IF	Division 3	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
1996		Division 2	20	5	0	0	0	0	20	5
1996		Division 3	11	8	0	0	0	0	11	8
1998	Helsingborg	Allsvenskan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1999			18	6	0	0	0	0	18	6
2000			24	11	0	0	5	1	29	12
2001			25	7	0	0	3	0	28	7
2002			6	3	0	0	0	0	6	3
2002–03	Hansa Rostock	Bundesliga	27	7	3	0	0	0	30	7
2003–04			28	3	0	0	0	0	28	3
2004–05			29	6	4	1	0	0	33	7
2005–06		2. Bundesliga	29	4	2	1	0	0	31	5
2006–07	Aalborg	Superliga	32	19	0	0	0	0	32	19
2007–08			16	9	0	0	5	2	21	11
2007–08	Sunderland	Premier League	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
2008–09			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009	Rosenborg	Tippeligaen	28	17	3	0	2	0	33	17
2010			23	13	3	0	11	3	37	16
2011			27	16	5	2	6	2	38	20
2012			26	11	3	2	12	1	41	14
2012–13	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Ligat Winner	18	8	2	0	0	0	20	8
2013–14			30	12	0	0	10	0	40	12
2014–15			17	5	2	4	5	2	22	6
Career Total			444	171	28	6	59	11	531	188

Honours

Club

Helsingborgs IF

• Allsvenskan Championship: 1999

Aalborg Boldspilklub

• Danish Superliga Championship: 2007–08

Rosenborg BK

• Norwegian Premier League Championship: 2009, 2010^[16]

Maccabi Tel Aviv

• Israeli Premier League: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
• Israel State Cup: 2014-2015
• Toto Cup: 2014–15

Individual

• Danish Superliga Top scorer: 2006–07
• Norwegian Premier League Top scorer: 2009
• Kniksen award: Attacker of the year 2009

References

1. "Prica skandinavisk mester" (in Norwegian). RBKweb. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
2. http://www.rbkweb.no/spiller/prica. måljegeren med serbisk far og kroatisk mor Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/02/16/sport/fotball/premier_league/tippeligaen/rosenborg/4883842/. svensken, med serbisk far og kroatisk mor Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "Rade Prica profile on ronaldzwiers.0catch.com" (in Swedish). ronaldzwiers.0catch.com. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
5. "Rade Prica signs for Hansa Rostock". abcgoal.com. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
6. "Rade Prica signs for AaB Aalborg". abcgoal.com. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
7. "Rade Prica". www.safc.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
8. "Rade Prica signs for Sunderland". www.safc.com. 23 January 2008. Archived from the original on 29 March 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
9. Lyon, Sam (29 January 2008). "Sunderland 2–0 Birmingham". BBC. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
10. "Trio chasing Prica deal". Sky Sports. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
11. "Rade Prica signes for Rosenborg". Archived from the original on 10 March 2009.
12. "– Kjennes veldig bra å bli toppscorer" (in Norwegian). Fotballadressa. 1 November 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
13. "Rosenborg - Lillestrøm". fotball.no. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
14. "Prica nær Israel-overgang" [Prica near the Israel-transition] (in Norwegian Bokmål). Nettavisen. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
15. "Prica showed at Helsingborg" (in Hebrew). One. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
16. "Mestvinnende spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2010.

External links

• Rade Prica career statistics at Soccerbase