Stefan Šćepović
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 January 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
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Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Getafe (on loan from Celtic) |
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Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
1996 | Mérida | ||
Partizan | |||
OFK Beograd | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2010 | OFK Beograd | 16 | (1) |
2008 | → Mladi Radnik (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2009 | → Sopot (loan) | 11 | (4) |
2010 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Club Brugge | 4 | (0) |
2011 | → Kortrijk (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Hapoel Acre | 31 | (13) |
2012–2013 | Partizan | 14 | (8) |
2013 | → Ashdod (loan) | 13 | (6) |
2013–2014 | Sporting de Gijón | 39 | (23) |
2014– | Celtic | 19 | (4) |
2015– | → Getafe (loan) | 9 | (3) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2011 | Serbia U21 | 12 | (7) |
2012– | Serbia | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 August 2014 |
Stefan Šćepović (Serbian Cyrillic: Cтeфaн Шћeпoвић; born 10 January 1990) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Spanish club Getafe CF on loan from Scottish club Celtic as a striker.
He has represented clubs in his homeland, Italy, Belgium, Israel, Spain and Scotland. In his first season at Celtic, he contributed to them winning a double of the Scottish Premiership and Scottish League Cup.
Formerly an under-21 international, Šćepović made his senior debut for Serbia in 2012.
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Club career
Early career
Šćepović started his professional career at OFK Beograd in 2007. In 2010 he left on loan to Sampdoria.[1] As part of the agreement, Sampdoria have an option to sign him permanently at the end of the season.[2] At the end of the season, Šćepović was linked to Juventus and Belgian Club Brugge, signing with the latter.[3]
Club Brugge
In July 2010 Šćepović joined Belgian club Club Brugge.[4] After suffering a goal drought in the first half of the season, he was loaned to Kortrijk in January 2011.[5] Belgian media also described that he was most remembered in Brugge for accidentally locking himself in a bathroom in Affligem hours before a friendly.[6]
Partizan
On 8 June 2012, Šćepović signed a two-year contract with FK Partizan.[7] On the same day, he married his longtime girlfriend Jovana Šćepović.[8] He featured with Partizan in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League and played against the likes of Internazionale, Rubin Kazan, and Neftchi Baku.
Sporting Gijón
In July 2013, Šćepović signed a three-year loan deal with Sporting de Gijón, with a buyout clause.[9] In September he became the first player in the history of the club who managed to score in his first five consecutive games (against Real Madrid Castilla, Recreativo de Huelva, Mallorca, Ponferradina and Deportivo de La Coruña).[10] This great performance was rewarded with the Segunda División Player of Month prize.[11]
In January 2014 Šćepović was voted by the readers of Spanish sports newspaper Marca, best player of the first half of season, being referred as "the king of Segunda".[12] Also, he was named in the campaign's midway best eleven, chosen by LFP.[13]
On 6 February 2014 Šćepović was bought by Sporting outright for a €1 million fee,[14] signing a contract until 2018.[15] He scored 22 goals in 39 appearances for the club.
Celtic
On 2 September 2014, Šćepović signed a four-year deal with Celtic for £2.3 million, having turned down a move the day before.[16] Eleven days later, he made his debut as a starter in a 2–1 victory against Aberdeen at Celtic Park.[17]
On 23 October, he scored his first goal for the club against Astra Giurgiu in the UEFA Europa League, scoring a header from an Anthony Stokes free kick in a 2–1 home win.[18] Three days later, he netted his second goal for the club and his first in the league, in a 2–0 victory over Kilmarnock. The other goal of that game was a free kick from John Guidetti, earned after Manuel Pascali was sent off for a professional foul on Šćepović.[19]
On 15 March 2015, Šćepović was an unused substitute as Celtic won the Scottish League Cup with a 2–0 win over Dundee United in the final at Hampden Park, with Stokes and Leigh Griffiths starting and Guidetti as a substitute.[20] On 24 May, he scored in each half as Celtic concluded their fourth consecutive league-winning season with a 5–0 home win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle.[21]
Getafe (loan)
On 31 August 2015, Šćepović joined Spanish club Getafe on a season long loan. Scepovic scored his first goal for Getafe a diving header in the 1–0 win over Málaga. [22]
International career
Šćepović made his debut for the Serbia national football team on 29 February 2012 in a friendly match against Cyprus. He scored his first international goal on 15 October 2013 in a qualifier for the following year's World Cup against Macedonia at the Jagodina City Stadium; after replacing Filip Đorđević in the 62nd minute, he netted his team's last goal of a 5–1 victory eleven minutes later.[23]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 10 August 2015
Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Playoffs | Total | ||||||
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Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
OFK Beograd | 2007–08 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
2008–09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2009–10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
Total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
Mladi Radnik (loan) | 2008–09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Sopot (loan) | 2008–09 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 4 | ||
Sampdoria (loan) | 2009–10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Club Brugge | 2010–11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | |
Kortrijk (loan) | 2010–11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
Hapoel Acre | 2011–12 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 2 | 31 | 12 | |
Partizan Belgrade | 2012–13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 25 | 8 | |
Ashdod (loan) | 2012–13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 2 | 13 | 6 | |
Sporting Gijon | 2013–14 | 39 | 23 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 41 | 23 | |
Celtic | 2014–15 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 |
2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Career Total | 143 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 182 | 62 |
Personal life
He is the older brother of Marko Šćepović and the son of former Partizan striker and now one of the youth coaches, Slađan Šćepović.
Honours
Club
- Celtic
Individual
- Segunda División Player of the Month: September 2013[24]
References
- ↑ Šćepović potpisao za Sampdoriju (Šćepović signs for Sampdoria); Blic Sport, January 21, 2010 (Serbian)
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- ↑ Belgijanci o Šćepoviću: Zaključao se u toaletu, a sada senzacija u Španiji (Belgians on Šćepović: He locked himself in a bathroom, and now is a sensation in Spain); Sportal, 24 October 2013 (Serbian)
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External links
- Stefan Šćepović profile at BDFutbol
- Stefan Šćepović at Soccerway
- Articles with Serbian-language external links
- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Belgrade
- Serbian footballers
- Association football forwards
- Serbia international footballers
- Serbia under-21 international footballers
- OFK Beograd players
- FK Partizan players
- U.C. Sampdoria players
- Club Brugge KV players
- K.V. Kortrijk players
- F.C. Ashdod players
- Hapoel Acre F.C. players
- Sporting de Gijón players
- Celtic F.C. players
- Getafe CF footballers
- Serbian SuperLiga players
- Serie A players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Segunda División players
- Scottish Professional Football League players
- La Liga players
- Serbian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
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- Serbian expatriates in Italy
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