Mladen Krstajić

Personal information
Mladen Krstajić

Full name	Mladen Krstajić
Date of birth	March 4, 1974 (age 33)
Place of birth	Zenica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.91m
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 1995-00 2000-04 2004-	OFK Kikinda Partizan Belgrade Werder Bremen Schalke 04	? 84 (7) 112 (11) 49 (3) ^{[dubious — see talk page]}
National team²
1999-	Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro until June 28, 2006)	48 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 27, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of June 21, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

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

Mladen Krstajić was born in Zenica, Bosnia and Hercegovina, SFR Yugoslavia to Serb parents (his mother is from Bijeljina, his father from Žabljak). After playing in the youth system of NK Čelik Zenica, Krstajić moved to Kikinda, Serbia in 1992, following the breakout of inter-ethnic war in Bosnia. Once in Serbia, he started playing with OFK Kikinda, 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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	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

FC Schalke 04 - Current Squad
3 Kobiashvili \| 5 Bordon \| 6 Hamit Altıntop \| 7 Varela \| 8 Ernst \| 9 Larsen \| 10 Lincoln \| 11 Løvenkrands \| 14 Asamoah \| 16 Rodríguez \| 17 Özil \| 18 Rafinha \| 19 Halil Altıntop \| 20 Krstajić \| 22 Kurányi \| 24 Pander \| 25 Bajramović \| 26 Bungert \| 27 Hoogland \| 29 Neuer \| 31 Boenisch \| 33 Laumann