Vladimir Torbica

Vladimir Torbica

Personal information
Full name	Vladimir Torbica
Date of birth	(1980-09-20) 20 September 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Sombor, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2007	Mladost Apatin	99	(19)
2007–2008	Zlatibor Voda	23	(6)
2008–2019	Spartak Subotica	294	(44)
Total		416	(69)
International career
1998	FR Yugoslavia U18[a]	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vladimir Torbica (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Торбица; born 20 September 1980) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Sombor, Torbica made his senior debuts at Mladost Apatin in 1997. He spent the following 10 seasons at the club, before moving to Zlatibor Voda in 2007. After winning the Serbian League Vojvodina in the 2007–08 campaign, the club merged with Spartak Subotica and continued to compete in the Serbian First League.

In early 2009, Torbica spent some time training with Partizan,^[1][2] but the transfer never happened. He eventually returned to Spartak Subotica and led the side to promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga. Subsequently, Torbica helped the club finish in fourth place in its first season in the top flight after a decade, thus earning a spot in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. He converted two penalties for a 2–1 home win over Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the first leg of the third qualifying round. However, they were eliminated after a 0–2 loss at Dnipro-Arena.

After having spent over a decade with Spartak Subotica, Torbica retired at the conclusion of the 2018–19 season.

International career

Torbica made three appearances for FR Yugoslavia at under-18 level during the team's unsuccessful qualifiers for the 1999 UEFA Under-18 Championship.

Statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Spartak Subotica	2009–10	25	1	2	0	—		27	1
	2010–11	28	8	2	0	4	3	34	11
	2011–12	28	9	2	0	—		30	9
	2012–13	27	3	3	0	—		30	3
	2013–14	26	4	5	1	—		31	5
	2014–15	28	4	3	0	—		31	4
	2015–16	27	4	5	0	—		32	4
	2016–17	33	2	0	0	—		33	2
	2017–18	26	2	2	2	—		28	4
	2018–19	15	0	2	0	5	0	22	0
	Total	263	37	26	3	9	3	298	43

Notes

1. Only official UEFA matches included

References

1. "Crno-beli fleš" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
2. "Trening za pune oči" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 2 June 2017.

External links

• Vladimir Torbica at Soccerway
• Vladimir Torbica – UEFA competition record (archive)