Petar Stanic was born in Serbia on 14 August 2001 in Pancevo, a major city in the country located half an hour’s drive from Belgrade, in a climate that was far from easy to cope with, given that just two years earlier, in 1999, it had been devastated by war and NATO bombing of the major refinery in the area.
Stanic holds a Croatian passport and, early in his football career, he literally travelled the length and breadth of Serbia. After making his debut with Dinamo Pancevo, he moved to their rivals, Zeleznicar Pancevo. Red Star Belgrade then took a chance on him by signing him, but after just one year he went out on loan to Spartak Subotica before being signed by FK Backa Topola.
His tour of the Balkans came to an end in the summer of 2025 when Ludogorets in Bulgaria invested €1.8 million to sign him on a contract until 30 June 2028, firmly believing in his potential to break through.