Name: Mario Stanić
Country:
CroatiaClubs: Club Brugge KV - Parma Calcio
Position: *SMF, AMF, WF, SS, CF, WB, SB
Side: RF/BS
Age: 23-28 years (10/04/1972)
Height: 187 cm
Weight: 82 kg
Attack: 83
Defence: 59
Balance: 84
Stamina: 84
Top Speed: 85
Acceleration: 82
Response: 78
Agility: 78
Dribble Accuracy: 82
Dribble Speed: 83
Short Pass Accuracy: 81
Short Pass Speed: 77
Long Pass Accuracy: 79
Long Pass Speed: 78
Shot Accuracy: 80
Shot Power: 85
Shot Technique: 84
Free Kick Accuracy: 72
Curling: 75
Header: 83
Jump: 84
Technique: 83
Aggression: 82
Mentality: 78
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 82
Injury Tolerance: C
Condition: 5
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot Frequency: 5
Consistency: 5
Growth Type: Standard
CARDS:
P17: Free Roaming
S05: 1-touch Play
S06: Outside Curve
SPECIAL ABILITIES: 1 Touch Pass - Outside
Attack / Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded
INFO
Mario Stanić (born 10 April 1972) is a Croatian former professional footballer. A versatile offensive player, he played in forward or attacking midfield positions, and was also deployed as a wing-back in the Croatia national team. A complete midfielder with a lot of physicality, running and above all, a great sense of goal. Nicknamed "Super Mario", he is a technically gifted midfielder blessed with remarkable stamina and a nose for goal. Mario Stanic was a robust, mobile player, dribbler, scorer and sometimes tackler. He had great leap which provided him many headed goals, player with good pace. Sadly his career was destroyed by numerous injuries. He started his career with Željezničar Sarajevo. He was considered to be one of the most talented young players in former Yugoslavia. In 1992, war began and he went to Croatia, where he played for Dinamo Zagreb. After only one season, he moved to Spanish Sporting de Gijón, and year later to S.L. Benfica in Portugal. In 1995 he arrived at Club Brugge and was top scorer of the Belgian First Division that year with 20 goals. Then Parma bought him in late 1996 and he played four seasons with that side. He was then transferred to Chelsea in 2000. He won 49 international caps and scored seven goals for the Croatian national team between 1995 and 2003, making his international debut in a Euro 1996 qualifier against Estonia in September 1995. He made three appearances for Croatia at the Euro 1996 finals in England and went on to appear in all of the team's seven matches at the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals in France, where they won the bronze medal. At the latter tournament, he scored Croatia's first-ever World Cup goal in their opening 3-1 victory over Jamaica and assisted in Robert Jarni's opening goal in their 3-0 victory over Germany in the quarterfinals. Stanić also made two appearances for Croatia at the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals as a second-half substitute, only to see Croatia fall short of qualifying for the second round of the tournament. His last international appearance came in April 2003 as a half-time substitute in a friendly match against Sweden. He was forced to retire at the age of 32 after developing a serious knee injury during the 2003-04 league season.