Saša Zdjelar
Saša Zdjelar (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Здјелар; born 20 March 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Russian club CSKA Moscow as a midfielder.
 Zdjelar with CSKA Moscow in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 March 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CSKA Moscow | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| OFK Beograd | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2015 | OFK Beograd | 62 | (0) |
| 2015–2018 | Olympiacos | 12 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Mallorca (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Partizan (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2018–2022 | Partizan | 126 | (3) |
| 2022– | CSKA Moscow | 38 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 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) |
Medal record | |||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:36, 18 November 2020 (UTC) | |||
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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.[2] 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.[3]
On 13 January 2017, Zdjelar was loaned to Spanish Segunda División side RCD Mallorca until the end of the season.[4]
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.[5] 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 [6] On 23 May 2018, Zdjelar scored the winner against Mladost Lučani, in the Serbian Cup final.[7]
In 2018-19 season, Zdjelar won his second Serbian Cup trophy and collected 45 appearances for Partizan, across three competitions.
After an assist by Umar Sadiq, Zdjelar scored a goal from 20 meters away in a 4–0 win over Vojvodina in the Derby of Serbia.[8] 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.[9]
In July 2020, Saša wore Partizan's captain armband for the first time.
On 28 July 2022, Zdjelar signed a contract with Russian Premier League club CSKA Moscow for three years with an option to extend.[10]
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.[11] He was also a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[12]
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.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 2] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| OFK Beograd | 2011–12 | Serbian SuperLiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | Serbian SuperLiga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Serbian SuperLiga | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Serbian SuperLiga | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 20 | 0 | ||
| Total | 62 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 67 | 0 | |||
| Olympiacos | 2015–16 | Super League Greece | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 16 | 1 | |
| 2016–17 | Super League Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Super League Greece | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | |||
| Mallorca (loan) | 2016–17 | Segunda División | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
| Partizan (loan) | 2017–18 | Serbian SuperLiga | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | – | 17 | 3 | |
| Partizan | 2018–19 | Serbian SuperLiga | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | – | 45 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | Serbian SuperLiga | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | – | 44 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Serbian SuperLiga | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | – | 38 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serbian SuperLiga | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | – | 50 | 0 | ||
| 2022–23 | Serbian SuperLiga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 126 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 37 | 0 | – | 180 | 3 | |||
| CSKA Moscow | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 27 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 38 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 51 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 265 | 5 | 46 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 358 | 7 | ||
- Only official UEFA matches included
- Includes Serbian Cup, Greek Football Cup, Russian Cup
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- Appearance in Russian Super Cup
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Honours
References
- "Saša Zdjelar" (in Russian). PFC CSKA Moscow. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- "ROMANTIČARI POBEDILI PAZARCE" (in Serbian). ofkbeograd.co.rs. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- "Upisali se Zdjelar i Stanisavljević (VIDEO)" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- "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.
- team, Onsports (2018-01-29). "Ολυμπιακός: Στην Παρτιζάν ο Ζντιέλαρ". Onsports.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- "THE LOANEES NOT RETURNING TO OLYMPIACOS". www.agonasport.com (in Greek). 2018-05-29.
- "Partizan posle preokreta osvojio Kup!". N1 Srbija (in Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- "PARTIZAN VS. VOJVODINA 4 - 0". Soccerway.com. 2 November 2019.
- "Partizanov perpetuum mobile: Saša Zdjelar odigrao 42 utakmice u sezoni | MozzartSport". www.mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- "Саша Зделар — игрок ПФК ЦСКА!" (in Russian). CSKA Moscow. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- "Portugal prevail in shoot-out to end Serbia reign". uefa.com. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- "Ecstasy in Auckland as Serbia make history". fifa.com. 20 June 2015. Archived from the original on June 20, 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- Saša Zdjelar at Soccerway
- "Saša Zdjelar". superleaguegreece.net. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- "Суперфинал LIVE. ЦСКА победил «Краснодар» в серии послематчевых пенальти" (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 11 June 2023.
External links
- Saša Zdjelar at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian) (archived)
- Saša Zdjelar – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Saša Zdjelar at FootballDatabase.eu
- Saša Zdjelar – UEFA competition record (archive)