Stefan Leković
 Leković with Red Star Belgrade in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 January 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Monza (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2022 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Red Star Belgrade | 21 | (2) |
| 2022 | → Grafičar (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → Villarreal B (loan) | 29 | (3) |
| 2024 | → Villarreal (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2025– | → Monza (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022–2023 | Serbia U19 | 15 | (3) |
| 2023– | Serbia U21 | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:37, 01 February 2025 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:20, 24 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Stefan Leković (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Лековић; born 9 January 2004) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Monza on loan from Red Star Belgrade.[2][3]
Club career
[edit]Born in Belgrade, Leković was a Red Star Belgrade youth graduate. He was loaned to Grafičar in January 2022, before returning to Red Star for the 2022–23 season.
On 1 September 2023, Leković moved abroad and joined Villarreal's B-team on a one-year loan deal, with a buyout clause.[4] He was called up to Villarreal's senior team on several occasions during the loan, and made his La Liga debut on 3 March 2024 in a 5–2 victory over Granada.[5]
On 17 January 2025, Leković joined Italian Serie A club Monza on loan with an option to buy and a conditional obligation to buy.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 22 December 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Red Star Belgrade | 2021–22 | Serbian SuperLiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Serbian SuperLiga | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Serbian SuperLiga | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Total | 21 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 23 | 2 | |||
| Grafičar Beograd (loan) | 2021–22 | Serbian First League | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Villarreal (loan) | 2023–24 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Villarreal B (loan) | 2023–24 | Segunda División | 29 | 3 | — | — | — | 29 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 67 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 5 | ||
Honours
[edit]Red Star Belgrade
References
[edit]- ^ "Stefan Leković". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ LEKOVIĆ Stefan at superliga.rs, 10-7-2022 (in Serbian)
- ^ 44 Стефан Лековић at crvenazvezdafk.com, 10-7-2022 (in Serbian)
- ^ "Lekovic se sube al Mini Submarino" [Lekovic joins the Mini Submarine] (in Spanish). Villarreal CF. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Villarreal v Granada game report". Soccerway. 3 March 2024.
- ^ "STEFAN LEKOVIĆ JOINS AC MONZA". AC Monza. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
External links
[edit]- Stefan Leković at Soccerway
- Stefan Leković at WorldFootball.net
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