Stefan Čupić

Stefan Čupić
Стефан Чупић
Personal information
Full name Stefan Čupić
Date of birth (1994-05-07) 7 May 1994[1]
Place of birth Niš, FR Yugoslavia[2]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Voždovac
Number 1
Youth career
1999–2006 Radnički Niš
2006–2012 OFK Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 OFK Beograd 67 (0)
2012Dorćol (loan) 14 (0)
2016Bačka Bačka Palanka (loan) 8 (0)
2017 Sarpsborg 08 0 (0)
2018– Voždovac 2 (0)
National team
2010–2011 Serbia U17
2011–2012 Serbia U18 2 (0)
2012–2013 Serbia U19 2 (0)
2014–2016 Serbia U21 2 (0)
2015 Serbia U23 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 March 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2016

Stefan Čupić (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Чупић; born 7 May 1994) is a Serbian footballer, who plays as a goalkeeper for Voždovac. His father, Uroš is a former football goalkeeper,[4] and younger brother, Miloš also plays at the same position in OFK Beograd's first team, Stefan's boyhood club.[5]

Club career

OFK Beograd

Born in Niš, Čupić started playing football with local club Radnički, but moved to OFK Beograd[6] in 2006.[7] Čupić was promoted in the first team for the 2010–11 qualification, but stayed with youth team until summer 2012.[8] He signed his first four-year professional contract with OFK Beograd ending of 2012,[9] after he spent the first half of 2012–13 season as a loaned player with Serbian League Belgrade side Dorćol.[2] Čupić made his professional SuperLiga debut for OFK Beograd on 6 April 2013, against Javor Ivanjica.[10] At the beginning of 2014, Čupić was loaned to Dinamo Pančevo,[11] but returned in OFK Beograd after a week and spent the whole season as a reserve choice.[4] He also played in the last 2 fixtures of the 2013–14 season.[12] For the first 2 seasons he spent with the first team, Čupić made 3 SuperLiga appearances at total, but was promoted as the first choice goalkeeper for the 2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga season taking jersey number 1.[13] After 5 cleansheets on 15 games, he was elected for the best debutant in 2014.[14] After Bogdan Planić's injury, coach Dejan Đurđević gave a captain armband to Čupić several fixtures before the end of season.[15] Čupić also made 36 league and 3 cup matches for the 2015–16 season after which OFK Beograd relegated to the Serbian First League.[12] Čupić also started new season with club, but missed opening matches and moved on six-month loan[16] to Bačka Bačka Palanka in last day of the summer transfer window 2016.[17]

Sarpsborg 08 FF

On 20 January 2017, Čupić signed a two-year deal with Sarpsborg 08.[18] While with the club, Čupić spent the whole 2017 Eliteserien campaign as a back-up choice for Anders Kristiansen. During the season, Čupić also appeared in the Norwegian Football Cup, making several appearances.[12]

Voždovac

On 10 February 2018, Čupić returned to the Serbian SuperLiga side Voždovac, penning two-and-a-half year deal with the club. He chose to wear number 1 jersey afer Zoran Popović left the club.[19] Čupić made his debut for Voždovac in 3–2 victory over Napredak Kruševac on 23 February 2018.[20]

International career

Čupić was a member of U17 and U18 levels until 2012 when he joined Serbia national under-19 football team.[21] During the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, Čupić was mostly used as a reserve for Predrag Rajković, and also played match France on 26 July 2016. After he won the championship,[22] Čupić overgrown U19 selection and became a member of Serbia U21 in 2014. Coach of Serbia national under-23 football team, Milan Rastavac invited him to squad for a revial match against Qatar in December 2015.[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of 11 March 2018[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
OFK Beograd 2010–11 SuperLiga 00000000
2011–12 000000
2012–13 100010
2013–14 200020
2014–15 28010290
2015–16 36030390
2016–17 First League 0000
Total 6704000710
Dorćol (loan) 2012–13[2] League Belgrade 140140
Bačka Bačka Palanka (loan) 2016–17 SuperLiga 801090
Sarpsborg 08 2017 Eliteserien 005050
Voždovac 2017–18 SuperLiga 4040
Career total 930100001030

References

  1. "Ko su u stvari naši prvaci Evrope". 24sata.rs (in Serbian). 2 August 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Cupic, Stefan". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  3. "Stefan Čupić". OFK Beograd official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Чупићи бране Карабурму". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 8 November 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  5. "Stefan Čupić - Golman za budućnost". supersport365.com (in Serbian). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  6. "Kako je mogao da izgleda tim Radničkog". gradjanin.rs (in Serbian). 24 September 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  7. "Znate li da je sinoć "Radnički" dao gol Nišliji? – Velikom talentu Stefanu Čupiću". mediapress.rs (in Serbian). 25 July 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  8. "Najmlađi tim u Evropi, a svi strahuju od njih: OFK Beograd srpski Ajaks!". 24sata.rs (in Serbian). 14 April 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  9. "Čupić za mirnu mrežu "Romantičara"". sportske.net (in Serbian). 30 November 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  10. "ОФК Беорад: Чупић као матор". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 8 April 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  11. "Stefan Čupić u Dinamu iz Pančeva". transferii.com (in Serbian). 27 January 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  12. 1 2 3 4 Stefan Čupić at Soccerway
  13. "ČUPA OFKOVAC". OFK Beograd official website (in Serbian). 12 May 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  14. "STEFAN ČUPIĆ: Ova ekipa je spremna da ostvari cilj!". supersport365.com (in Serbian). 5 January 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  15. "Čupić: "Sezona iznad očekivanja"". sportske.net (in Serbian). 14 May 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  16. "ČUPIĆ POJAČAO BAČKU". sportmagazin.rs (in Serbian). 1 September 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  17. "Čupić i Đurić u Bačkoj!". FK Bačka Bačka Palanka official website (in Serbian). 1 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  18. "Serbisk EM-vinner til Sarpsborg 08". Sarpsborg 08 FF official website (in Norwegian). 20 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  19. "Добро дошао Стефане! – Замена стигла". FK Voždovac official website (in Serbian). 10 February 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  20. "Voždovac – Napredak 3:2 (2:1)". penal.rs (in Serbian). 23 February 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  21. "Omladinci ponovo bolji od Rusa". subotica.com (in Serbian). 10 August 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  22. "Nišlija prvak Evrope u fudbalu". juznevesti.com (in Serbian). 2 August 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  23. "Izlet uspeo: Srbija sigurna u Herezu". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
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