Stevica Ristic
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Stevica Ristić
Stevica Ristić is a Macedonian
football
striker
of Serbian origin
, who plays for South Korean outfit Suwon Samsung Bluewings
and the Macedonia national football team. He took Macedonian citizenship to be eligible for the national team.
. He also played for FK Mladost Luks from Lukićevo before he moved, in 2003, to Macedonia to play with FK Sileks from Kratovo. He was the best striker in Makedonska 1. Liga over his first three seasons with them and his great form earned him a 250,000 Euros transfer to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
in the South Korea
n K-League
. His form in his inaugural K-League
season earned him Player of the Year awards and has reportedly been targeted by the 2008 AFC
Champion, the Japan
ese club Urawa Red Diamonds
, for a rumored sum of 1.725 million Euros. Pohang Steelers
agreed a player swap loaned with Shin Kwang-Hoon
going in the opposite direction for two and a half years in 2008.
Stevica Ristić is a Macedonian
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
of Serbian origin
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
, who plays for South Korean outfit Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Suwon Samsung Bluewings is a South Korean football club based in the city of Suwon, South Korea, that plays in the K-League. Founded in December 1995, they have become one of Asian football's most famous clubs with a host of domestic and continental honours...
and the Macedonia national football team. He took Macedonian citizenship to be eligible for the national team.
Football career
He started playing in Serbia in his home town club FK VršacFK Vršac
FK Vršac is a football club based in Vršac, Serbia. They play on the Gradski Stadion in Vršac.-Current team 2010-11:-References:* at FKvrsac.rs....
. He also played for FK Mladost Luks from Lukićevo before he moved, in 2003, to Macedonia to play with FK Sileks from Kratovo. He was the best striker in Makedonska 1. Liga over his first three seasons with them and his great form earned him a 250,000 Euros transfer to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors are a professional football club based in Jeonju, Jeonbuk, South Korea. They won their first K-League title in 2009. Prior to this, the club won the AFC Champions League title in 2006, becoming the first club from East Asia to win the tournament since the AFC Champions...
in the South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n K-League
K-League
The Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...
. His form in his inaugural K-League
K-League
The Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...
season earned him Player of the Year awards and has reportedly been targeted by the 2008 AFC
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
Champion, the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese club Urawa Red Diamonds
Urawa Red Diamonds
are a professional association football club playing in Japan's football league, J. League Division 1. One of Japan and Asia's best supported teams, the club has been able to boast the highest average crowds for thirteen of the J-League's twenty season history...
, for a rumored sum of 1.725 million Euros. Pohang Steelers
Pohang Steelers
Pohang Steelers are a South Korean professional football club based in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do. They were originally called POSCO, after the Pohang Iron and Steel Company that owned it...
agreed a player swap loaned with Shin Kwang-Hoon
Shin Kwang-Hoon
Shin Kwang-Hoon is a South Korean football defender, who currently plays for Pohang Steelers in the K-League.-Club career:He started his professional football career in Pohang Steelers since 2006. Kwang-Hoon made 11 appearances for Pohang Steelers in K-League...
going in the opposite direction for two and a half years in 2008.
Club
- Pohang SteelersPohang SteelersPohang Steelers are a South Korean professional football club based in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do. They were originally called POSCO, after the Pohang Iron and Steel Company that owned it...
- Korean FA CupKorean FA CupThe Korean FA Cup is a national cup knockout competition involving K-League, National League, and various amateur and university-level clubs which is held by KFA....
(1): 2008 - K-League CupK-League CupThe K-League Cup or Korean League Cup is a Korean professional football competition.The origin competition is the Professional Football Championship.This tournament played in 1986 can be seen as a forerunner of this competition....
(1): 20092009 K-League CupThe K-League Cup 2009, known as Peace Cup Korea 2009 due to the competition's sponsorship by Peace Cup Organization Committee. This is South Korea's league cup competition for K-League's 15 football clubs... - AFC Champions LeagueAFC Champions LeagueThe AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...
(1): 2009
- Korean FA Cup
- FC BunyodkorFC BunyodkorFC Bunyodkor is an Uzbek football club based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.The club finished second in the 2007 Uzbek League season and made the semi-finals of the 2008 AFC Champions League...
- Uzbek Cup: 2010
International goals
- Results list Macedonia's goal tally first.
Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 7 February 2007 
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1 goal 1-0 Friendly Match