Slavoljub Srnić

Slavoljub Srnić
Srnić with Red Star Belgrade in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-01-12) 12 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Šabac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al Dhafra
Number 11
Youth career
0000 Mačva Šabac
0000 Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Red Star Belgrade 1 (0)
2011–2012 → FK Sopot (loan) 28 (8)
2012–2015 Čukarički 94 (20)
2015–2019 Red Star Belgrade 86 (15)
2019–2020 Las Palmas 34 (1)
2021–2023 Red Star Belgrade 56 (1)
2023–2024 AEL Limassol 36 (1)
2024– Al Dhafra 0 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Serbia U21 5 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:25, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2014

Slavoljub Srnić (Serbian Cyrillic: Славољуб Срнић; born 12 January 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Al Dhafra as a midfielder.

Club career

Red Star Belgrade

Srnić was molded in Red Star's youth system, and some observers in Serbian football had referred to young Slavoljub as "Ognjen Koroman's student". Coach Aleksandar Kristić selected Srnić to make his professional debut for Red Star Belgrade on 6 November 2010 in a SuperLiga match against OFK Beograd. The Srnić brothers were then loaned to Red Star's farm team, FK Sopot. Subsequently, Slavoljub and Dragoljub were loaned to Čukarički, where they enjoyed much more playing time and success.

Čukarički

During the loan spell at Čukarički from Red Star, Slavoljub was named by Mozzart Sport as the most valuable player of the Serbian First League.[2] After the loan expired, Slavoljub and his brother refused to return to Red Star Belgrade,[3] and after many problems, they were sold to Čukarički in June 2013.[4]

In part due to Srnić's contributions, Čukarički returned to the Serbian top flight for the 2013-14 season, when Srnić terminated his contract with Red Star due to unpaid salary and became a permanent Čukarički player. On 6 October 2013, in a match between Čukarički and Srnić's former club Red Star, Srnić made an assist 17 seconds into the game and scored a goal in the second half.[5] Not by coincidence, Srnić earned the first international call-up in his career the following day.[6]

Return to Red Star Belgrade

On 31 August 2015, Slavoljub returned to Red Star, signing a three-year contract.[7] Red Star's coach Miodrag Božović had insisted on Srnić's return throughout the summer.[8] Including his first period with the club, Srnić noted his 100 match for Red Star Belgrade in a match against Vojvodina on 7 March 2018.[9]

Las Palmas

On 29 January 2019, Srnić moved abroad for the first time in his career after agreeing to a two-and-a-half-year contract with Segunda División side UD Las Palmas.[10] On 5 October of the following year, he terminated his contract with the club.[11]

Return to Red Star Belgrade

After his spell at Las Palmas, he returned to Red Star where he remained until August 2023.

AEL Limassol FC

On 22 August 2023, Srnic signed a two-year contract with AEL Limassol.

International career

Srnić was called up by coach Radovan Ćurčić to replace an injured Lazar Marković by Serbia U21 on 7 October 2013 for the 2015 UEFA European U21 Championship qualifying campaign,[6] but did not make his debut in the games he was called up for. He finally made his debut on 9 September 2014, in a 4–1 win against Northern Ireland U21, scoring two goals.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of end of 2023–24 season[13]
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
Red Star Belgrade 2010–11 SuperLiga 1 0 1 0 0 0 — 2 0
Sopot (loan) 2011–12 League Belgrade 28 8 — — — 28 8
Čukarički 2012–13 (loan) First League 31 8 2 0 — — 33 8
2013–14 SuperLiga 28 3 2 0 — — 30 3
2014–15 29 8 6 2 4 1 — 39 11
2015–16 6 1 0 0 4 0 — 10 1
Total 94 20 10 2 8 1 — 112 23
Red Star Belgrade 2015–16 SuperLiga 27 8 1 0 0 0 — 28 8
2016–17 22 2 5 1 6 0 — 33 3
2017–18 28 4 3 1 15 4 — 46 9
2018–19 9 1 2 0 5 0 — 16 1
Total 86 15 11 2 26 4 — 123 21
Las Palmas 2018–19 Segunda 7 1 0 0 — — 7 1
2019–20 27 0 2 0 — — 29 1
Total 34 1 2 0 — — 36 1
Red Star Belgrade 2020–21 SuperLiga 17 0 3 0 1 0 — 21 0
2021–22 24 1 5 0 8 0 — 37 1
2022–23 15 0 2 0 9 0 — 21 0
Total 56 1 10 0 18 0 — 83 1
AEL Limassol 2023–24 Cypriot First Division 36 1 1 0 0 0 — 37 1
Career total 335 46 34 4 52 5 — 422 55

Honours

Čukarički

Red Star Belgrade

References

  1. ^ "Slavoljub Srnić". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. ^ [1] Mozzart Sport: Zvezda ne traži zamenu za Lazovića - ima momka koji je "brži od zvuka" (in Serbian) 3 June 2013
  3. ^ "Srnići napuštaju Zvezdu, ne traže od kluba novac!". telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 11 June 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Srnići povukli tužbu, Zvezda ih prodala Čukaričkom". novosti.rs (in Serbian). 20 June 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  5. ^ [2] B92 Sport: 'Osveta' Srnića, poraz Zvezde (in Serbian)
  6. ^ a b Sportal. "Ćurčić nagradio Srnića za gol Zvezdi". Archived from the original on 24 June 2014.
  7. ^ [3] Moja Crvena zvezda: Slavoljub Srnić i zvanično Zvezdin! (in Serbian) 31 August 2015
  8. ^ [4] Mozzart Sport: Greška skupa 350.000 evra: Srnić se vratio u Zvezdu! (in Serbian) 31 August 2015
  9. ^ "Срнић 100 пута у Звездином дресу!". Red Star Belgrade official website. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Srnić is UD Las Palmas' latest signing". UD Las Palmas. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Srnić finaliza su relación con la UD Las Palmas" [Srnić ends his link with UD Las Palmas] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  12. ^ [5] Mozzart Sport: Srnić i Orlići nisu želeli Špance: Možda nas Bog pogleda, mnogo bi nam značili A reprezentativci (in Serbian) 12 September 2014
  13. ^ a b c "S.Srnić on Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 August 2017.