Stefan Kovač
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stefan Kovač | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Partizan | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2017 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Red Star Belgrade | 0 | (0) |
| 2018 | → IMT (loan) | 26 | (9) |
| 2019–2024 | Čukarički | 155 | (14) |
| 2024– | Partizan | 8 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 | 9 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 | 3 | (0) |
| 2020 | Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 | 2 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2020 | |||
Stefan Kovač (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Ковач; pronounced [stěfaːn kǒʋaːtʃ]; born 14 January 1999) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serbian club Partizan.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Kovač came through youth academy of his hometown club Red Star Belgrade, which he left in January 2019 to join Čukarički.[2] He made his professional debut against Voždovac on 24 February at the age of 20.[3] On 1 May, he scored a brace in a triumph over Napredak Kruševac, which were his first professional goals.[4]
International career
[edit]Kovač represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at all youth levels.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 15 September 2024[5]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| IMT | 2017–18 | Serbian League Belgrade | 12 | 5 | — | — | 12 | 5 | ||
| 2018–19 | Serbian League Belgrade | 14 | 4 | — | — | 14 | 4 | |||
| Total | 26 | 9 | — | — | 26 | 9 | ||||
| Čukarički | 2018–19 | Serbian SuperLiga | 9 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Serbian SuperLiga | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4[a] | 1 | 36 | 2 | |
| 2020–21 | Serbian SuperLiga | 30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 32 | 4 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serbian SuperLiga | 30 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 35 | 3 | |
| 2022–23 | Serbian SuperLiga | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[c] | 3 | 30 | 4 | |
| 2023–24 | Serbian SuperLiga | 28 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7[d] | 0 | 37 | 4 | |
| 2024–25 | Serbian SuperLiga | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 155 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 183 | 20 | ||
| Partizan | 2024–25 | Serbian SuperLiga | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Career total | 189 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 220 | 32 | ||
- ^ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League qualifying
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying
- ^ Four appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying and five appearances in UEFA Europa League group stage
References
[edit]- ^ "Stefan Kovač". fkcukaricki.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Bivši omladinski reprezentativac BiH u Čukaričkom". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 21 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Čukarica se šali sa Voždovcem". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 24 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Čukaričkom se sviđa na trećem mestu". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "S. Kovač". soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
External links
[edit]- Stefan Kovač – UEFA competition record (archive)
Categories:
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Belgrade
- Serbian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's youth international footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's under-21 international footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Red Star Belgrade footballers
- FK IMT players
- FK Čukarički players
- FK Partizan players
- Serbian SuperLiga players
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Serbia