Cican Stanković

Cican Stanković (German: [ˈstaŋkɔvɪtʃ];^[1] Serbian Cyrillic: Цицан Станковић, pronounced [tsǐːtsan stǎːŋkoʋitɕ]; born 4 November 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Greek Super League club AEK Athens. Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he plays for the Austria national team.^[2]

Cican Stanković

Stanković with Red Bull Salzburg in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-11-04) 4 November 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	AEK Athens
Youth career
2000–2004	SV Pressbaum
2004–2005	FC Tulln
2005–2006	SV Königstetten
2006–2007	USC Muckendorf/Zeiselmauer
2007–2011	SV Horn
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	SV Horn	68	(1)
2013–2015	SV Grödig	61	(0)
2015–2021	Red Bull Salzburg	152	(0)
2021–	AEK Athens	51	(0)
International career‡
2014	Austria U21	3	(0)
2019–	Austria	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:22, 20 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2019

Club career

Stanković was promoted to the senior squad of third tier side SV Horn in 2010 and joined SV Grödig in 2013. He moved to Austrian powerhouse Red Bull Salzburg in 2015 with great success.^[3]

AEK Athens

On 31 May 2021, AEK Athens reached an agreement with Red Bull Salzburg for the purchase of the Austrian goalkeeper.^[4] The deal includes a €1,100,000 fee for Salzburg, whereas Stanković put pen to paper to a four-year contract, receiving €700,000 per year.^[5] The following day, AEK officially announced the signing of Stanković, who expressed his delight for joining the club and ambition to win titles.^[6] Stanković played the first 6 games of the 2022/23 season, but would later on lose his starting position to Athanasiadis after a minor illness before the game against Aris. Despite that, AEK won the Greek Super League and the Greek Cup and Stanković played in all 8 Greek cup games, keeping 6 clean sheets and having a great performance in the final against PAOK. Stanković played in both legs against Dinamo Zagreb and AEK advanced to the Champions League play off round with an aggregate score of 4-3. During the 23/24 season Stanković participated in the group stages of the Europa League. He had two very good games against Brighton in Falmer Stadium and Ajax in Agia Sophia Stadium, but AEK finished 4th in their respective group. Cican Stankovic reached 50 league appearances with AEK Athens in the away game vs Lamia in March. In this game, he kept a clean sheet and he provided an assist to Levi Garcia, who scored a superb goal from distance.

International career

Stanković made his debut for Austria national team on 6 September 2019 in a 2020 Euro qualifier against Latvia, as a starter.^[7][8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 May 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
SV Horn	2010–11	Austrian Regionalliga	3	0	0	0	—		3	0
	2011–12		28	0	0	0	—		28	0
	2012–13	2. Liga	34	1	1	0	—		35	1
	Total		65	1	1	0	—		66	1
SV Grödig	2013–14	Austrian Bundesliga	17	0	0	0	—		17	0
	2014–15		35	0	5	0	4[b]	0	44	0
	Total		52	0	5	0	4	0	61	0
Red Bull Salzburg	2015–16	Austrian Bundesliga	5	0	2	0	2[c]	0	9	0
	2016–17		2	0	6	0	1[b]	0	9	0
	2017–18		9	0	6	0	3[d]	0	18	0
	2018–19		28	0	1	0	4[c]	0	33	0
	2019–20		27	0	5	0	6[e]	0	38	0
	2020–21		29	0	6	0	10[f]	0	45	0
	Total		100	0	26	0	26	0	152	0
AEK Athens	2021–22	Super League Greece	22	0	0	0	1[g]	0	23	0
	2022–23		6	0	8	0	—		14	0
	Total		28	0	8	0	1	0	37	0
Career total			245	1	40	0	31	0	316	1

1. Includes Austrian Cup, Greek Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
4. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Eight appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
7. Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
• Austrian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21

AEK Athens

• Super League Greece: 2022–23
• Greek Cup: 2022–23

Individual

• Austrian Bundesliga Goalkeeper of the Year: 2014–15^[9]
• Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2018–19^[10]

References

1. Krech, Eva-Maria; Stock, Eberhard; Hirschfeld, Ursula; Anders, Lutz Christian (2009). Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch [German Pronunciation Dictionary] (in German). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. p. 949. ISBN 978-3-11-018202-6.
2. Mozzart Sport (16 August 2018). "Srbin na golu Salcburga: Zvezda mi je omiljena, ali očekujem prolaz u Ligu šampiona" (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 August 2018.
3. Austrian career stats - ÖFB
4. "CICAN STANKOVIC WECHSELT NACH GRIECHENLAND". redbullsalzburg.at (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2021.
5. "ΑΕΚ: Το deal για Στάνκοβιτς" (in Greek). sport24.gr. 31 May 2021.
6. "Cican Stankovic signed for AEK FC!". aekfc.gr. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
7. "Austria v Latvia game report". UEFA. 6 September 2019.
8. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
9. Polzer, Thomas (19 May 2015). "Beste Spieler, beste Tormänner und Schiedsrichter der Saison 2014/15". Sky Sport Austria (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
10. "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2018/19". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

External links

• Cican Stanković at Soccerway
• Cican Stanković – UEFA competition record (archive) 
• Cican Stanković at National-Football-Teams.com