Stefan Mitrović (footballer, born August 2002)

Stefan Mitrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Митровић; born 15 August 2002) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade and the Serbia national team.

This article is about the Serbian footballer. For other people named Stefan Mitrović, see Stefan Mitrović (disambiguation).

Stefan Mitrović
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-08-15) 15 August 2002
Place of birth Kruševac, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger, Attacking midfielder, Left midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Red Star Belgrade
Number 80
Youth career
Hamilton Serbians
Givova Academy
Hamilton United
Empire Niagara Academy
Toronto FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Hamilton City 1 12 (7)
2019–2022 Radnički Niš 57 (13)
2022– Red Star Belgrade 39 (6)
International career‡
2021–2022 Serbia U20 1 (0)
2021– Serbia U21 12 (4)
2022– Serbia 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:38, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Early life

Mitrović was born in Kruševac, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia and moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada when he was six months old.[2]

Mitrović played for a number of youth teams academies in Ontario, including Hamilton Serbians, Serbian White Eagles,[3] Givova Academy, Hamilton United, Empire Niagara Academy, and Toronto FC.[4][5]

Club career

Early career

In November 2018, Mitrović took part in the Canadian Premier League open tryouts, but was not approached by any club.[6] In 2018 and 2019, he played with Hamilton City 1 in the Canadian Soccer League[7][8] under head coach Saša Vuković.[3]

Radnički Niš

Mitrović made his professional debut on November 23, 2019, with Radnički Niš, replacing Nikola Čumić in the 88th minute in a 2–0 defeat to Red Star Belgrade.[9] Mitrović earned his first professional start on May 30, 2020, in a 1–1 draw to Napredak Kruševac,[9] and scored his first goal on June 8 in a 4–3 victory over Radnik Surdulica.[10] In March 2022, Radnički Niš announced Mitrović had signed a two-year contract extension.[11]

Red Star

On July 18, 2022, Mitrović joined Red Star Belgrade on a transfer, after Red Star paid the €500,000 release clause in his contract with Radnički Niš.

As a "bonus" player, Mitrovic managed to secure significant minutes in Serbian Superliga and even UEFA Europa League.

Halfway through season 2022/23, in 25 appearances, Mitrović scored 5 goals and managed to get 3 assists in all competition.

The most significant goal, he scored against Ferencvaroš at "Groupama arena" in Red Star loss (2:1) in 4th round of group H.

International career

He was eligible to play for Canada and Serbia, in June 2020 Mitrović revealed he was in contact with the Canadian U20 team and in the process of obtaining a Serbian passport.[2]

In August 2021, Mitrović was called up to the Serbia U-20 team for a friendly against Italy.[12] He made an appearance in the match on September 6 as a second-half substitute. In November 2021, Mitrović accepted a call-up to the Serbia U-21 side and on November 16 in the match against Ukraine, he scored a goal in a 2–1 defeat.[13]

In December 2021, Mitrović confirmed he had accepted a call-up from Canada for their January 2022 camp,[14] however the camp was cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.[15]

Mitrović chose to represent the senior Serbia national football team and debuted in a UEFA Nations League match against Sweden, on 24 September 2022.[16]

Statistics

Club
As of 3 March 2023[17]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Radnički Niš 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 7110——81
2020–21 13210——142
2021–22 351020——3710
2022–23 2000——20
Total 571340——6113
Red Star Belgrade 2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga 2031052—265
Career total 89235052—9925

International
As of 10 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Serbia 202210
202310
Total20

Honours
Red Star Belgrade

References
  1. "Stefan Mitrović". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  2. "И Канађани чули за Ниш" [Canadians also heard about Nis]. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). June 13, 2020.
  3. Vujcic, Djuradj (November 4, 2022). "Serbian White Eagles Academy in the Spotlight With Belgrade's Giants". Serbian White Eagles FC. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  4. "After Borjan, Canada targeted another member of the Serbian Super League". NewFox 24. December 4, 2021.
  5. Nef, Thomas (January 24, 2020). "Canucks Abroad Interview Series: Stefan Mitrović". Northern Starting XI. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  6. "Hamilton Open Trials players to watch". Canadian Premier League. October 2018. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  7. "Matias Hat Trick Lifts Scarborough to Victory". Canadian Soccer League. June 9, 2019.
  8. "About Us". Hamilton City SC. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved November 6, 2022.
  9. "Na meti Crvene zvezde najveći talenat Radničkog iz Niša" [The biggest talent of Radnički from Niš is the target of the Red Star]. Danas (in Serbian). December 22, 2021.
  10. "Liga serbska - 28. Kolejka Super Ligi: FK Radnički Niš - Rad Belgrad 4-3 (2-2)" [Serbian League - Super League matchday 28: FK Radnički Niš - Rad Belgrade 4-3 (2-2)]. Interia Sport (in Polish). June 9, 2020.
  11. "Стефан Митровић продужио уговор" [Stefan Mitrovic extended his contract]. FK Radnički Niš (in Serbian). March 11, 2022.
  12. "U20 - СЕЛЕКЦИЈА КОЈУ ВОДИ СЕЛЕКТОР АЛЕКСАНДАР РОГИЋ ИМА ПРОВЕРУ У ИТАЛИЈИ" [U20 -Selection lead by Selector Aleksandar Rogić is Checked in Italy]. Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). August 23, 2021.
  13. "U21 - МЛАДА РЕПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЈА ПОРАЖЕНА У УКРАЈИНИ" [U21 - Young National Team Defeated in Ukraine]. Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). November 16, 2021.
  14. Galindo, Peter (December 7, 2021). "Northern Fútbol Podcast, Episode 41: Stefan Mitrovic Discusses His Canada Future". Northern Tribune.
  15. "Canada Soccer Update on men's national team planning for January". Canadian Soccer Association. January 11, 2022.
  16. "KRAJ: Srbija - Švedska 4:1". September 24, 2022.
  17. Stefan Mitrović at Soccerway
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