Filip Kljajić (footballer)

Filip Kljajić
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Torpedo Kutaisi
Number 31
Youth career
Obilić
Sinđelić Beograd
2002–2008 Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Hajduk Beograd 8 (0)
2009–2010 Šumadija Jagnjilo 41 (0)
2011–2012 Metalac Gornji Milanovac 20 (0)
2012–2013 Rad 38 (0)
2014–2020 Partizan 50 (0)
2014 → Teleoptik (loan) 12 (0)
2018 → Platanias (loan) 13 (0)
2020–2021 Omiya Ardija 29 (0)
2022–2023 Novi Pazar 26 (0)
2023– Torpedo Kutaisi 46 (0)
International career
2016 Serbia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 December 2024

Filip Kljajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Кљајић; born 16 August 1990) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Torpedo Kutaisi.[1] He is the son of Dušan Kljajić.[2]

Club career

Early years

Born in Belgrade, Kljajić spent some period in Red Star Belgrade youth categories.[3] He started his senior career with Hajduk Beograd, making 8 appearances in Serbian First League. He was declared as a man of the match 3 times with average rating 7.31.[4] He left for Šumadija Jagnjilo ahead of 2009–10 season. Kljajić played 28 times, with average rating 7.31, and was declared as a man of the match 2 times.[4] He also played for Šumadija in first half of 2010–11 season and made 13 appearances.[4]

Metalac Gornji Milanovac

Kljajić signed with Metalac for second half of season, and mainly was a reserve for Dejan Bogunović. He was licensed with squad number 9, atypically for goalkeepers.[5] He was in first 11 3 times. On the beginning of season, Kljajić changed his jersey number, and took 12.[6] He shared his position with Živko Živković, but he was selected as a first choice in front of goal 17 times. He was also declared as the best on the field 3 times.[4]

Rad

After Metalac's relegation from SuperLiga, Kljajić joined Rad.[2] Coach Nikolić included him in first 11 24 times in front of his competitors Branislav Danilović, Aleksandar Jovanović and Boris Radunović.[4] On 10 November 2013, Kljajić saved penalty kick from Dragan Mrđa.[7] For the first half of 2013–14 season Kljajić made 14 appearances, and was declared as a man of the match 1 time.[4] After 2014, he received the contract termination on the detriment of the club.[8]

Partizan

On 14 February 2014, Kljajić signed a four-year contract with Partizan and took the number 12 shirt.[9] Immediately after, Kljajić was sent on loan to Teleoptik.[10] He played 12 games in the remainder of the 2013–14 season.[4]

Kljajić returned to Partizan at the beginning of new season,[11] as a competitor of Milan Lukač and Živko Živković, his former Metalac teammate.[12] Coach Marko Nikolić, who also trained Kljajić in Rad included him in first 11 in Serbian Cup against Sloga Petrovac.[13] He was in protocol several times, but made no league debut.[4] He has also been on the bench four times, in UEFA Europa League, two times against Beşiktaş, one time against Tottenham Hotspur and Asteras Tripolis. During the season, he was not given a chance beside Milan Lukač and Živko Živković, mainly defended in friendly matches and several times was on the bench. On 1 November 2015, Kljajić made his debut for Partizan in SuperLiga against his former club, Metalac in a 1–0 away defeat. Four days later, he made his debut for the club in Europa League group stage against Athletic Bilbao at San Mamés.[14] Two weeks later, Kljajić made his second cap in Europa League in a 1–2 away victory over AZ.[15] In 2015–16 season Kljajić made 13 appearances in all competitions.[16]

After he succeeded Bojan Šaranov, Kljajić played mostly matches in the 2016–17 season as a first choice goalkeeper. At the beginning of May 2017, Kljajić earned a hand injury and missed the rest of a season.[17] In summer 2017, Kljajić extended his contract with Partizan until 2021.[18] He also started the next season as a first choice, but after the club signed Vladimir Stojković, Kljajić spent the rest of the same year as a back-up pick.[19]

On 30 December 2017, Kljajić moved on six-month loan deal to Platanias,[20] without an option to purchase the contract.[21]

International career

Kljajić made his international debut for the Serbia national football team in a friendly 3-0 loss to Qatar, played on 29 September 2016, under coach Slavoljub Muslin.[22]

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 November 2024[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hajduk Beograd[4] 2008–09 Serbian First League 8 0 — — — 8 0
Šumadija Jagnjilo[4] 2009–10 Serbian League Belgrade 28 0 — — — 28 0
2010–11 13 0 — — — 13 0
Total 41 0 — — — 41 0
Metalac Gornji Milanovac 2010–11 Serbian SuperLiga 3 0 — — — 3 0
2011–12 17 0 1 0 — — 18 0
Total 20 0 1 0 — — 21 0
Rad 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga 24 0 3 0 — — 27 0
2013–14 14 0 1 0 — — 15 0
Total 38 0 4 0 — — 42 0
Partizan 2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga 0 0 1 0 0 0 — 1 0
2015–16 9 0 2 0 2 0 — 13 0
2016–17 27 0 3 0 0 0 — 30 0
2017–18 4 0 0 0 4 0 — 8 0
2018–19 8 0 1 0 1 0 — 10 0
2019–20 2 0 0 0 1 0 — 3 0
Total 50 0 7 0 8 0 — 65 0
Teleoptik (loan) 2013–14 Serbian First League 12 0 0 0 — — 12 0
Platanias (loan) 2017–18 Super League Greece 13 0 0 0 — — 13 0
Omiya Ardija 2020 J2 League 22 0 0 0 — — 22 0
2021 7 0 0 0 — — 7 0
Total 29 0 0 0 — — 29 0
Novi Pazar 2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga 26 0 2 0 — — 28 0
Torpedo Kutaisi 2023 Erovnuli Liga 15 0 0 0 4[a] 0 1[b] 0 20 0
2024 31 0 0 0 4[a] 0 2[b] 0 37 0
Total 46 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 57 0
Career total 283 0 14 0 16 0 3 0 316 0
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  2. ^ a b Appearances in Georgian Super Cup

International

As of 29 September 2016[23]
Serbia
Year Apps Goals
2016 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Partizan
Torpedo Kutaisi

References

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  2. ^ a b "FK Rad: Kljajić za Danilovića". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 17 July 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  3. ^ "PREGLED RADA OMLADINSKE ŠKOLE U GENERACIJAMA '90-95". czbgtv.com (in Serbian). 9 February 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Kljajic, Filip". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Metalac Gornji Milanovac 2010-11". footballsquads.co.uk (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Metalac Gornji Milanovac 2011-12". footballsquads.co.uk (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  7. ^ "SLOBODNJAK MILIJAŠA ZA ZVEZDIN MINIMALAC, KLJAJIĆ ODBRANIO PENAL" (in Serbian). 10 November 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Kljajić tužio Građevinare". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 29 January 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  9. ^ "Kljajić: Partizan bio velika želja". b92.net (in Serbian). 14 February 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Kljajić: Partizan bio velika želja". B92 (in Serbian). 14 February 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  11. ^ "Po običaju, crno-beli prvi krenuli". FK Partizan official website (in Serbian). 16 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  12. ^ Живко Живковић и Филип Кљајић - Чувари Партизана. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 21 June 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  13. ^ "FILIP KLJAJIĆ: Srećan sam zbog debija, ali najbitnije je nova pobeda Partizana!". srbijadanas.com (in Serbian). 20 November 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  14. ^ "Williams at the double as Athletic go clear". UEFA.com. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  15. ^ "Partizan score late to beat AZ and close on last 32". uefa.com. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  16. ^ a b Filip Kljajić at Soccerway
  17. ^ "Filip Kljajić završio sezonu zbog povrede". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  18. ^ "Pao dogovor - Kljajić u Partizanu do 2021". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 27 June 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  19. ^ "Zaboravljeni Filip Kljajić dobio podršku saigrača: On je vrhunski golman". sportske.net (in Serbian). 15 November 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  20. ^ Πλατανιάς: Οριστικοποιείται ο δανεισμός του Κλιάιτς από την Παρτίζαν. sdna.gr (in Greek). 30 December 2017.
  21. ^ "Filip Kljajić promovisan na Kritu". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 30 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  22. ^ "Filip Kljajić, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  23. ^ Filip Kljajić at National-Football-Teams.com