Stefan Mitrović (footballer, born 1990)

Stefan Mitrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Митровић, pronounced [stêfaːn mǐtroʋitɕ]; born 22 May 1990) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg. At international level, he has represented the Serbia national team.

Stefan Mitrović

Personal information
Full name	Stefan Mitrović
Date of birth	22 May 1990
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Club information
Current team	Strasbourg
Number	13
Youth career
	Red Star Belgrade
	Rad Belgrade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2010	Petržalka	9	(0)
2011	Zbrojovka Brno	8	(0)
2011–2012	Metalac Gornji Milanovac	21	(0)
2012–2013	Kortrijk	22	(3)
2013–2014	Benfica B	8	(0)
2014	→ Real Valladolid (loan)	16	(0)
2014–2015	SC Freiburg	14	(0)
2015–2018	Gent	68	(4)
2018–	Strasbourg	68	(3)
National team^‡
2014–	Serbia	21	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:37, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Club career

On 9 June 2012, Mitrović signed a three-year deal with Kortrijk in the Belgian Pro League.[1]

On 7 May 2013, he moved to Benfica on a five-year contract, joining a host of fellow countrymen.[2] During his first six months, he only appeared for the reserve team.[3] On 22 January 2014 he was loaned until the end of the season to Real Valladolid.[4]

On 16 July 2014, Mitrović signed with SC Freiburg for a €1.175 million transfer fee.[5][6][7] He made his debut on 4 October 2014, against Werder Bremen.[8] He signed for French club RC Strasbourg from Belgian club Gent in June 2018.[9]

International career

He made his debut for his national team on 31 May 2014, against Panama.[10]

On 14 October 2014, Mitrović took down the flag of "Greater Albania" during a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match in Belgrade that was flown over the pitch by a remote control drone.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2019–20 season[12][13]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Petržalka	2009–10	Slovak Super Liga	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Zbrojovka Brno	2010–11	Czech First League	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Metalac	2011–12	Serbian SuperLiga	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
Kortrijk	2012–13	Belgian Pro League	22	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	28	3
Benfica B	2013–14	Segunda Liga	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Valladolid (loan)	2013–14	La Liga	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
Freiburg	2014–15	Bundesliga	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
Gent	2015–16 (loan)	Belgian Pro League	21	1	5	0	7	0	5	0	38	1
	2016–17		28	2	2	0	13	1	10	1	53	4
	2017–18		19	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	23	1
	Total		68	3	9	0	22	2	15	1	114	6
Strasbourg	2018–19	Ligue 1	34	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	39	0
	2019–20		23	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	29	2
	Total		57	1	7	0	2	1	2	0	68	2
Career total			246	8	25	0	24	3	17	1	289	11

International

As of match played 12 November 2020[14]

Serbian national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	6	0
2015	2	0
2016	3	0
2017	2	0
2018	0	0
2019	2	0
2020	5	0
Total	20	0

Honours

Club

Strasbourg

• Coupe de la Ligue: 2018–19

References

1. "KV Kortrijk strikt Servische verdediger Stefan Mitrovic". hln.be (in Dutch). 9 June 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
2. "Mitrović adds to Benfica's Serbian talent pool". UEFA. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
3. "Mitrovic e Uros Matic na B". Record. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
4. "El Pucela cierra con el Benfica la cesión de Mitrovic" (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
5. "Sport-Club verpflichtet Stefan Mitrović". SC Freiburg. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
6. "Futebol: Stefan Mitrovic no SC Friburgo". S.L. Benfica. 16 July 2014.
7. "Comunicado" [Announcement] (PDF). S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). CMVM. 28 November 2014. p. 23. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
8. "Werder Bremen 1 - 1 Freiburg". Yahoo. 4 October 2014.
9. foot-national.com (5 June 2018). "Strasbourg : Un international serbe débarque en défense (off)". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
10. "Stefan Mitrović". eu-football. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
11. "Serbia and Albania game abandoned after drone invasion sparks brawl". CNN. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
12. "Stefan Mitrovič » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
13. Stefan Mitrović at Soccerway
14. Stefan Mitrović at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Profile at worldfootball.net
• Stefan Mitrović at ForaDeJogo