Spasoje Bulajič
Personal information
Full name Spasoje Bulajič
Date of birth (1975-11-24) 24 November 1975
Place of birth Slovenj Gradec, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Šoštanj
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1994 Rudar Velenje 43 (1)
1994 Olimpija Ljubljana 1 (0)
1995–1996 Publikum Celje 43 (2)
1996–1998 Maribor 64 (3)
1998–2002 1. FC Köln 47 (3)
2002–2004 Mainz 05 23 (1)
2004 Mainz 05 II 13 (0)
2004–2005 Mura Murska Sobota 27 (0)
2005–2007 AEL Limassol 48 (3)
2007–2008 AEP Paphos 26 (3)
2008–2009 Celje 7 (1)
Total 342 (17)
International career
1998–2004 Slovenia 26 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Spasoje Bulajič (born 24 November 1975 in Slovenj Gradec) is a Slovenian footballer[1] who has represented his country at the Euro 2000 and the Football World Cup 2002.

Club career

Born in Slovenj Gradec, Bulajič started his football career at his home club Rudar Velenje. In the 1994–95 season he had short spell at Olimpija Ljubljana. After two seasons in Celje, he moved to Maribor. He was named 1997 Slovenian Youth Footballer of the Year and 1998 Slovenian Footballer of the Year, as Maribor won two consecutive Slovenian Championships and one Slovenian Cup.[2] Later he played for German Köln and Mainz 05,[3] Slovenian Mura Murska Sobota and Cypriot AEL Limassol and AEP Paphos FC. In the 2008–09 season, he again played for Celje.

International career

Bulajič made his debut for Slovenia in a March 1998 friendly match away against Poland, coming on as a 46th-minute substitute for Andrej Poljšak, and earned a total of 26 caps, scoring 1 goal.[4] He was a participant at the Euro 2000 and World Cup 2002. His final international was an April 2004 friendly away against Switzerland.[5]

International goals

Scores and results list Slovenia's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
122 April 1998Fazanerija, Murska Sobota Czech Republic1–01–3Friendly match

Honours

Maribor
AEP Paphos

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bulajic, Spasoje" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Bulajič, Spasoje (vzdevek Bane) športnik" [Bulajič, Spasoje (nicknamed Bane) athlete] (in Slovenian). Šaleški Biographical Lexicon. 18 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Profile - FSV Mainz 05
  4. ↑ "Appearances for Slovenia National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Spasoje Bulajič, international player". EU-football. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
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