Mladen Krstajić

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Mladen Krstajić

Full name	Mladen Krstajić
Date of birth	March 4, 1974 (1974-03-04) (age 34)
Place of birth	Zenica,Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Schalke 04
Number	20
Youth clubs
1984–1992	NK Čelik Zenica
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992–1995 1995–2000 2000–2004 2004–present	OFK Kikinda Partizan Belgrade Werder Bremen Schalke 04	048 0(2) 111 (13) 112 (11) 107 0(6)
National team²
1999–present	Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro until June 28, 2006)	057 0(2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 10, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of November 26, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Mladen Krstajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Крстајић; born March 4, 1974 in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina,SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian footballer. He plays for the German Bundesliga side, Schalke 04.

After playing in the youth system of Čelik Zenica, Krstajić fled to Senta, Serbia in April 1992, following the breakout of inter-ethnic war in Bosnia. Once in Serbia, he started playing with FK Senta for 6 months. He then moved on to OFK Kikinda, before eventually earning a dream move to powerhouse FK Partizan.

Krstajić has been a part of the Serbian national team's "Famous Four" defence, which conceded just one goal during the qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. The other members of the famous four are Goran Gavrančić of Dynamo Kiev, Manchester United's Nemanja Vidić, and Ivica Dragutinović of Sevilla.

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v • d • e Serbia and Montenegro squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Jevrić • 2 Ergić • 3 Dragutinović • 4 Duljaj • 5 Vidić • 6 Gavrančić • 7 Koroman • 8 Kežman • 9 Milošević • 10 Stanković • 11 P. Đorđević • 12 Kovačević • 13 Basta • 14 N. Đorđević • 15 Dudić • 16 D. Petković • 17 Nađ • 18 Vukić • 19 Žigić • 20 Krstajić • 21 Ljuboja • 22 Ilić • 23 Stojković • Coach: I. Petković