Saša Zdjelar

Saša Zdjelar (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Здјелар; born 20 March 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Serbian club FK Partizan as a midfielder.

Saša Zdjelar

Personal information
Full name	Saša Zdjelar
Date of birth	20 March 1995
Place of birth	Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Partizan
Number	16
Youth career
	OFK Beograd
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2015	OFK Beograd	62	(0)
2015–2017	Olympiacos	12	(0)
2017	→ Mallorca (loan)	15	(0)
2018	→ Partizan (loan)	12	(2)
2018–	Partizan	78	(3)
National team^‡
2011–2012	Serbia U17[lower-alpha 1]	6	(1)
2013–2014	Serbia U19[lower-alpha 1]	8	(0)
2014–2015	Serbia U20	12	(0)
2015–2017	Serbia U21	6	(0)
2016–	Serbia	3	(0)
Honours FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:36, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Zdjelar made his senior debut for OFK Beograd in a 3–0 home league win over Novi Pazar on 3 December 2011, aged 16.[1] He was later sold to Greek champions Olympiacos in 2013, but remained at his parent club for the next two years. In total, Zdjelar recorded 67 competitive appearances with the Romantičari.

In the summer of 2015, Zdjelar eventually moved to Greece and joined Olympiacos. He made his debut for the club on 28 October 2015, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 Greek Cup draw versus Platanias. On 13 January 2016, Zdjelar scored his first ever senior goal for Olympiacos in a 6–0 Greek Cup win over Chania.[2]

On 13 January 2017, Zdjelar was loaned to Spanish Segunda División side RCD Mallorca until the end of the season.[3]

On 29 January 2018, he was loaned to Partizan until the end of the 2017-18 season, after being put on Olympiacos' out-of-favour list.[4] At the end of the 2017-18 season, Partizan announced the signing of the player for an estimated fee at the range of €500,000 [5] On 23 May 2018, Zdjelar scored the winner against Mladost Lučani, in the Serbian Cup final.[6]

In 2018-19 season, Zdjelar won his second Serbian Cup trophy and collected 45 appearances for Partizan, across three competitions.

In 2019-20 season, interrupted due to global pandemic of COVID-19, Zdjelar was again the most capped Partizan player, amassing 42 appearances (and skipping only 3 games) across all competitions.[7]

In July 2020, Saša wore Partizan's captain armband for the first time.

International career

Zdjelar represented Serbia at the 2014 UEFA Under-19 Championship, as the team was eliminated in the semi-final by Portugal after penalties.[8] He was also a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[9]

On 31 May 2016, Zdjelar made his full international debut for Serbia, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 friendly win over Israel. He subsequently appeared as an injury-time substitute in a 1–1 friendly draw with Russia at Stade Louis II five days later.

Statistics

Club

As of 17 May 2018 [10][11]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
OFK Beograd	2011–12	Serbian SuperLiga	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2012–13		15	0	1	0	0	0	16	0
	2013–14		27	0	3	0	0	0	30	0
	2014–15		19	0	1	0	0	0	20	0
	Total		62	0	5	0	0	0	67	0
Olympiacos	2015–16	Superleague Greece	8	0	6	1	2	0	16	1
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	2017–18		4	0	2	0	5	0	11	0
	Total		12	0	8	1	8	0	28	1
Mallorca (loan)	2016–17	Segunda Division	15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	Total		15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
FK Partizan	2017–18 (loan)	Serbian SuperLiga	12	2	4	1	1	0	17	3
	2018–19		32	1	5	0	8	0	45	1
	2019–20		28	1	4	0	12	0	41	1
	2020–21		18	1	2	0	3	0	23	1
	Total		90	5	15	1	24	0	129	6
Career total			143	5	28	2	32	0	183	7

International

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Serbia	2016	2	0
	2020	1	0
Total		3	0

Honours

Club

Olympiacos

• Superleague Greece: 2015–16
• Greek Cup: Runner-up 2015–16

Partizan

• Serbian Cup: 2017–18, 2018-19

International

Serbia

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2015

Notes

1. Only official UEFA matches included

References

1. "ROMANTIČARI POBEDILI PAZARCE" (in Serbian). ofkbeograd.co.rs. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
2. "Upisali se Zdjelar i Stanisavljević (VIDEO)" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
3. "Sasa Zdjelar llega cedido del Olympiacos" [Sasa Zdjelar arrives on loan from Olympiacos] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 13 January 2017. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
4. team, Onsports (2018-01-29). "Ολυμπιακός: Στην Παρτιζάν ο Ζντιέλαρ". Onsports.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2018-01-30.
5. "THE LOANEES NOT RETURNING TO OLYMPIACOS". www.agonasport.com (in Greek). 2018-05-29.
6. "Partizan posle preokreta osvojio Kup!". N1 Srbija (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-07-14.
7. "Partizanov perpetuum mobile: Saša Zdjelar odigrao 42 utakmice u sezoni | MozzartSport". www.mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
8. "Portugal prevail in shoot-out to end Serbia reign". uefa.com. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
9. "Ecstasy in Auckland as Serbia make history". fifa.com. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
10. "Saša Zdjelar profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
11. "Saša Zdjelar". superleaguegreece.net. Retrieved 20 August 2017.

External links

• Saša Zdjelar at Soccerway
• Saša Zdjelar at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian) (archived)
• Saša Zdjelar – FIFA competition record
• Saša Zdjelar at FootballDatabase.eu
• Saša Zdjelar – UEFA competition record