Cican Stanković

Cican Stanković
Stanković with Red Bull Salzburg in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-11-04) 4 November 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Grazer AK
Number 23
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)
2021–2025 AEK Athens 51 (0)
2026– Grazer AK 3 (0)
International career‡
2014 Austria U21 3 (0)
2019– Austria 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:05, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 September 2019

Cican Stanković (German: [ˈstaŋkɔvɪtʃ]; Serbian Cyrillic: Цицан Станковић, pronounced [tsǐːtsan stǎːŋkoʋitɕ]; born 4 November 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Austrian Bundesliga club Grazer AK. Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, he plays for the Austria national team.

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.

AEK Athens

On 31 May 2021, AEK Athens reached an agreement with Red Bull Salzburg for the purchase of the Austrian goalkeeper. 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. The following day, AEK officially announced the signing of Stanković, who expressed his delight for joining the club and ambition to win titles.

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 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. Stanković reached 50 league appearances with AEK Athens in the away game against Lamia in March. In this game, he kept a clean sheet and he provided an assist to Levi García, who scored a superb goal from distance.

Grazer AK

After not playing for a season, on 7 July 2026 Stanković signed a one-year deal with Grazer AK. In his third league game for the new club, he allowed 8 goals in a 0–8 loss against Rapid Wien.

International career

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

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 May 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SV Horn 2010–11 Austrian Regionalliga 3000—30
2011–12 28000—280
2012–13 2. Liga 34110—351
Total 65110—661
SV Grödig 2013–14 Austrian Bundesliga 17000—170
2014–15 3505040440
Total 5205040610
Red Bull Salzburg 2015–16 Austrian Bundesliga 50202090
2016–17 20601090
2017–18 906030180
2018–19 2801040330
2019–20 2705060380
2020–21 29060100450
Total 10002602601520
AEK Athens 2021–22 Super League Greece 2200010230
2022–23 6080—140
Total 2808010370
Career total 24514003103161
  1. ↑ Includes Austrian Cup, Greek Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 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

AEK Athens

Individual

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. ↑ "Herzlich Willkommen, Cican Stanković!" [Welcome, Cican Stanković!] (in German). Grazer AK. 7 July 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "Rapid überrollt den GAK mit 8:0" [Rapid crushes GAK 8-0] (in German). Der Standard. 16 August 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Austria v Latvia game report". UEFA. 6 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  11. ↑ Polzer, Thomas (19 May 2015). "Beste Spieler, beste Tormänner und Schiedsrichter der Saison 2014/15". Sky Sport Austria (in German). Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  12. ↑ "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2018/19". www.bundesliga.at. Retrieved 29 December 2022.