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 currently the head coach of Austrian club SV Steyregg.

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)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 SV Steyregg (Head coach)
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
2017–2018 Wels (youth & reserves)
2018–2019 Wels
2019– SV Steyregg
* 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
AppsGoals
Vrbas 1985–86 301
1986–87 50
1987–88 302
Vojvodina 1988–89 281
1989–90 270
1990–91 310
Wiener Sport-Club 1991–92 303
1992–93 214
LASK Linz 1992–93 140
1993–94 301
1994–95 332
1995–96 340
1996–97 310
Nice 1997–98 370
Admira Wacker Mödling 1998–99 101
Union Weisskirchen 1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
Union Gunskirchen 2002–03
Asten 2003–04
2004–05[5] 241
2005–06[6] 201
2006–07[7] 233
2007–08[8] 230
St. Valentin 2008–09[9] 259
2009–10[10] 232
2010–11[11] 234
Enns 2012–13[12] 41
Sportunion Hofkirchen 2013–14[13] 80
Career total 56436

Honours

Vojvodina

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.
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