Born on this day is Swedish forward Rade Prica. He played only six games for the Lads despite being signed for £2 million.
He was quickly moved on, for a reported profit too within a year. He will always be remembered as the 8th greatest Swede to ever pull on a Sunderland shirt, just behind Ola Toivonen but ahead of Benji Kimpioka and David Moberg-Karlsson.
The striker arrived on Wearside with an impressive scoring record, and had previously been the top scorer in the Danish League. He followed Jean-Yves Mvoto and Phil Bardsley to the Stadium of Light and ranks dead in the middle in terms of influence for the rest of the season. However, that doesn’t mean that the then Sweden international really did anything in a Sunderland shirt. Well, other than scoring on his debut.
Replacing Dwight Yorke at half time, Prica ran himself into the ground