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 La Liga club Getafe and the Serbia national team.

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

Stefan Mitrović
Mitrović with Gent in 2015
Personal information
Full name Stefan Mitrović[1]
Date of birth (1990-05-22) 22 May 1990
Place of birth Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Getafe
Number 23
Youth career
2003–2008 Red Star Belgrade
2008–2009 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 (3)
2018–2021 Strasbourg 89 (3)
2021– Getafe 62 (2)
International career‡
2014– Serbia 36 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:11, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 November 2022

Club career

On 9 June 2012, Mitrović signed a three-year deal with Kortrijk in the Belgian Pro League.[3]

On 7 May 2013, he moved to Benfica on a five-year contract, joining a host of fellow countrymen.[4] During his first six months, he only appeared for the reserve team.[5] On 22 January 2014 he was loaned until the end of the season to Real Valladolid.[6]

On 16 July 2014, Mitrović signed with SC Freiburg for a €1.175 million transfer fee.[7][8][9] He made his debut on 4 October 2014, against Werder Bremen.[10] He signed for French club RC Strasbourg from Belgian club Gent in June 2018.[11] On 6 July 2021, Getafe announced the signing of Mitrović from Strasbourg.[12]

International career

Mitrović made his debut for the Serbia national team on 31 May 2014, against Panama.[13]

On 14 October 2014, he 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.[14]

In November 2022, he was selected in Serbia's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[15] He played in a group stage match against Cameroon, coming on as a sub in 55th minute, replacing Strahinja Pavlović.[16]

Career statistics

Club
As of end of 2022–23 season[17][18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Petržalka 2009–10 Slovak Super Liga 9000000090
Zbrojovka Brno 2010–11 Czech First League 8000000080
Metalac 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga 210100000220
Kortrijk 2012–13 Belgian Pro League 223600000283
Benfica B 2013–14 Segunda Liga 8000000080
Valladolid (loan) 2013–14 La Liga 160000000160
Freiburg 2014–15 Bundesliga 140200000160
Gent (loan) 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 211507050381
Gent 2016–17 Belgian Pro League 28220131101534
2017–18 190202100231
Total 47240152101765
Strasbourg 2018–19 Ligue 1 340500000390
2019–20 231205120322
2020–21 322100000332
Total 8938051201044
Getafe 2021–22 La Liga 321000000321
2022–23 220000000220
2023–24 8100000081
Career total 3171126027317138715

International
As of match played 28 November 2022[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Serbia 201460
201520
201630
201720
201800
201920
202060
202170
202280
Total360

Honours

Strasbourg

References
  1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Serbia (SRB)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 26. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. "Stefan Mitrović" (in Spanish). Getafe CF. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. "KV Kortrijk strikt Servische verdediger Stefan Mitrovic". hln.be (in Dutch). 9 June 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  4. "Mitrović adds to Benfica's Serbian talent pool". UEFA. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  5. "Mitrovic e Uros Matic na B". Record. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  6. "El Pucela cierra con el Benfica la cesión de Mitrovic" (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  7. "Sport-Club verpflichtet Stefan Mitrović". SC Freiburg. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  8. "Futebol: Stefan Mitrovic no SC Friburgo". S.L. Benfica. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  9. "Comunicado" [Announcement] (PDF). S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). CMVM. 28 November 2014. p. 23. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  10. "Werder Bremen 1 - 1 Freiburg". Yahoo. 4 October 2014.
  11. foot-national.com (5 June 2018). "Strasbourg : Un international serbe débarque en défense (off)". Foot National (in French). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  12. "COMUNICADO OFICIAL - Mitrovic". getafecf.com (in Spanish). 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  13. "Stefan Mitrović". eu-football. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  14. "Serbia and Albania game abandoned after drone invasion sparks brawl". CNN. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  15. "Head-coach Dragan Stojković announces the list of players for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar". Football Association of Serbia. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  16. Sky Sports (28 November 2022). "World Cup 2022 - Cameroon 3-3 Serbia: Vincent Aboubakar and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting goals complete stunning comeback". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  17. "Stefan Mitrovič » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  18. Stefan Mitrović at Soccerway
  19. Stefan Mitrović at National-Football-Teams.com
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