Milan Osterc

Milan Osterc
Personal information
Full name Milan Osterc
Date of birth (1975-07-04) 4 July 1975
Place of birth Murska Sobota, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
Veržej
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Beltinci 50 (16)
1996–1998 Gorica 64 (19)
1998–1999 Hércules CF 23 (2)
1999–2000 Olimpija 16 (6)
2000–2002 Hapoel Tel Aviv 53 (10)
2002–2003 Le Havre AC 8 (0)
2003–2004 Bursaspor 15 (1)
2004–2005 Malatyaspor 26 (10)
2005 AEK Larnaca 7 (1)
2006 LASK Linz 11 (2)
2007–2010 Gorica 91 (43)
2010–2012 Koper 55 (22)
Total 414 (132)
National team‡
1994–1997 Slovenia U21 8 (1)
1997–2002 Slovenia 44 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2011
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 April 2009

Milan Osterc (pronounced [ˈmíːlan ˈòːstərts];[1][2] born 4 July 1975 in Murska Sobota) is a retired Slovenian football striker. He is also known by the nickname Jagoda (pronounced [ˈjàːɡɔda],[3] English: The strawberry).

Club career

He started his career at Veržej. In the 2009–10 season, he was the top scorer of the Slovenian first division, 1. SNL.

UEFA Cup run with Hapoel

Osterc is best known in Israel for his seven goals in Hapoel Tel Aviv's run to the quarter finals of the 2002 UEFA Cup. Crucial strikes against powerhouses Chelsea,[4] Parma, and Lokomotiv Moscow helped Hapoel defy the odds and achieve one of their greatest feats in European football.

International career

Osterc played 44 matches for the Slovenia and was a participant at the Euro 2000 and 2002 FIFA World Cup. On 10 November 2001 he scored a spectacular goal against Romania, helping to secure his country's first World Cup appearance as an independent nation.

International goals

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 February 1999Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat Oman1–07–0Friendly match
28 February 1999Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat Oman3–07–0Friendly match
38 February 1999Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat Oman4–07–0Friendly match
48 February 1999Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat Oman6–07–0Friendly match
518 August 1999Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana Albania2–02–0UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
63 September 2000Svangaskarð, Toftir Faroe Islands2–02–2FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification
71 September 2001Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana Russia1–02–1FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification
810 November 2001Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana Romania2–12–1FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification
Correct as of 7 October 2015[5]

Honours

Olimpija

Hapoel Tel Aviv

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Slovenski pravopis 2001: Milan".
  2. ↑ "Slovenski pravopis 2001: Osterc".
  3. ↑ "Slovenski pravopis 2001: jagoda".
  4. ↑ "Sad Chelsea bow out". BBC. 1 November 2001. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Football PLAYER: Milan Osterc". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
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