Stefan Hajdin

Stefan Hajdin (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Хајдин; born 15 April 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Železničar Pančevo.

Stefan Hajdin
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994
Place of birth Glina, Croatia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left wing-back
Team information
Current team
 Železničar Pančevo
Number 16
Youth career
Jedinstvo Vršac
2003–2008 Red Star Belgrade
2008–2012 Zemun
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Zemun 4 (0)
2013 BASK 5 (0)
2014 Dunav Stari Banovci 8 (1)
2014–2017 Radnički Nova Pazova 72 (6)
2017 Spartak Subotica 22 (2)
2018–2020 Red Star Belgrade 7 (0)
2019–2020 → Voždovac (loan) 26 (2)
2020–2022 Voždovac 71 (6)
2023– Železničar Pančevo 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2023

Club career

Early years

Hajdin made his first football steps in Vršac, playing with local club Jedinstvo.[1] Later was member of Red Star Belgrade academy from 2003 to 2008,[2] and finally completed his youth career with Zemun, where he also made his first senior appearances in the Serbian League Belgrade.[3] Next he moved to BASK and later to Dunav Stari Banovci. Finally, Hajdin joined Radnički Nova Pazova in summer 2014, where he affirmed in next three season, scoring 6 goals on 72 matches in the Serbian League Vojvodina.[3] In summer 2016, Hajdin was also called into the amateur squad under Football Association of Vojvodina for the UEFA Regions' Cup.[4]

Spartak Subotica

In summer 2017, Hajdin's agent Raša Bebić connected him with Spartak Subotica. Hajdin passed a trial period, spending the complete pre-season with club.[5] After he convinced the management in friendly matches, Hajdin signed a four-year professional contract in July 2017.[6] He made his official debut for the club in the first fixture match of the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga campaign against OFK Bačka.[7] He scored his first goal for the club in 1–1 draw to his former club, Zemun, on 24 September 2017.[8] He also scored in the last SuperLiga match in 2017, for 1–1 draw to Vojvodina on 13 December.[9] During the first half-season with the club, Hajdin collected 23 matches in both domestic competitions usually as the first choice under coach Aleksandar Veselinović,[10] missing the first round cup match against Polet Lipljan only.[11]

Red Star Belgrade

On 12 January 2018, Hajdin agreed on a three-year deal with Red Star Belgrade. The transfer fee was reported as €200k plus 20 percent of the future transfer.[12] He officially promoted in new club by sporting director Mitar Mrkela next day. Hajdin chose to wear number 34 jersey.[2] Hajdin made his official debut for the club in the Serbian Cup match against Mačva Šabac on 14 March 2018.[13] Hajdin also made his league debut for the club on 13 May 2018, replacing Milan Rodić in 52 minute of the away match against Vojvodina.[14] After passing the complete pre-season with first team in summer 2018, Hajdin was excluded from the UEFA Champions League player list for the 2018–19 qualifying phase.[15]

Playing style

Standing at 6-foot-2-and-a-half-inches (1.89 m),[16] Hajdin uses both legs equally well.[5] He usually operates as an offensive full-back or wing-back on the left flank,[16] being capable of playing as a midfielder and participating in final actions.[17] Although he mostly plays on the left side of the field, he often enters to the middle and take a shot with an inverted leg. Hajdin is also a long distance taker.[8] While with Red Star Belgrade, Vladan Milojević used him as a right full-back respectively.[18]

Career statistics
As of end of 2019–20 season[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Zemun 2011–12[3] Serbian League Belgrade 40———40
BASK 2012–13[3] 50———50
Dunav Stari Banovci 2013–14[3] Serbian League Vojvodina 81———81
Radnički Nova Pazova 2014–15[3] 282———282
2015–16[3] 213———213
2016–17[3] 231———231
Total 726———726
Spartak Subotica 2017–18[19] Serbian SuperLiga 22210——232
Red Star Belgrade 2017–18[20] 101000—20
2018–19[21] 602000—80
Total 703000—100
Voždovac (loan) 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 26210——272
Career total 154115000—15911

Honours
Red Star Belgrade

Personal life

Hajdin was born in Glina, Croatia but moved to Serbia at an early age.[16] He had lived at Vršac and Zemun until he became an adult.[5] Hajdin is a Sport and Physical Education faculty student at the University of Belgrade.[22] Hajdin likes to read books in his spare time and as some of his favorite writers quotes Orhan Pamuk and Paulo Coelho.[18]

References
  1. "Симовић потврдио: Стефан Хајдин прелази у Звезду". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. "Представљен и Хајдин". Red Star Belgrade official website. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. "Hajdin, Stefan". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. "Достојно представити српски фудбал". Dnevnik (in Serbian). 16 September 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  5. "SOS kanal - Stefan Hajdin intervju". soskanal.net. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. "Spartak otvara sezonu protiv Bačke iz Bačke Palanke". tvsubotica.com. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  7. "Pobeda na startu prvenstva". FK Spartak Subotica official website. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  8. "Реми Земуна и Спартака". Sportski žurnal. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  9. "Спартак и Војводина ремизирали 1:1". Dnevnik. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  10. "Веселиновић препородио суботички Спартак". Radio Television of Vojvodina (in Serbian). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  11. Stefan Hajdin at Soccerway
  12. "HAJDIN U ZVEZDI! Levom beku ugovor na tri i po godine, Spartaku 200.000 evra!". Informer (in Serbian). 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  13. "Мачва - Црвена звезда 0:0 (5:4, пенали)". Red Star Belgrade official website. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  14. "Војводина - Црвена звезда 1:2 (1:1)". Red Star Belgrade official website. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  15. "Zvezdina formula za kvalifikacije 23+5: Nema Degeneka, Ilića i Hajdina". mozzartsport.com. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  16. "Hajdin Stefan 2015 - Agent Scouting Video". YouTube. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  17. "Hajdin, Stefan". YouTube. 29 June 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  18. "Upoznajte Zvezdino pojačanje: Čita Nobelovca, čeka aprilski ispitni rok i zna da će biti trener! (VIDEO)". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  19. "Spartak Subotica, 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  20. "Crvena zvezda, 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  21. "Crvena zvezda, 2018–19 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  22. "DIF-ovcima zlatne medalje na Beogradskom maratonu". sportindeks.rs (in Serbian). 19 April 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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