Milan Osterc


Milan Osterc is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Osterc started his career at Veržej, where he was the top goalscorer of the 1993–94 Slovenian Second League season. In the 2001–02 UEFA Cup, he reached the quarter-finals of the competition with Hapoel Tel Aviv, scoring seven goals in the process. In the 2009–10 season, he was the top scorer of the Slovenian first division, 1. SNL, with 23 goals.

International career

Osterc played 44 matches for Slovenia, scoring 8 goals. He was a participant at Euro 2000 and the 2002 [FIFA World Cup]. On 10 November 2001, he scored a goal against Romania in the 2002 [FIFA World Cup qualification|2002 FIFA World Cup] qualifying play-offs, helping to secure his country's first-ever World Cup appearance as an independent country. His final international match was at that World Cup, in a 3–1 group stage defeat against Paraguay.

Career statistics

International

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 February 1999Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman1–07–0Friendly
28 February 1999Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman3–07–0Friendly
38 February 1999Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman4–07–0Friendly
48 February 1999Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman6–07–0Friendly
518 August 1999Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia2–02–0UEFA Euro [2000 qualifying|UEFA Euro 2000 qualification]
63 September 2000Svangaskarð, Toftir, Faroe Islands2–02–2FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification
71 September 2001Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia1–02–1FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification
810 November 2001Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia2–12–1FIFA World Cup 2002 qualification

Honours

Olimpija
Hapoel Tel Aviv