Stefan Cebara

Stefan Cebara
Cebara in 2013
Personal information
Full name Stefan Cebara
Date of birth (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991
Place of birth Zadar, Croatia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
 -
Number -
Youth career
Windsor FC Nationals
2009 Riverside Rebels
2009–2010 Rad Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Zalaegerszegi TE 2 (0)
2011 → Zalaegerszegi TE II 13 (5)
2012–2013 Celje 17 (0)
2015–2016 Zlaté Moravce 31 (2)
2017 Utenis Utena 8 (0)
2017–2018 Vojvodina 5 (0)
National team‡
2011 Canada U20 15 (8)
2013– Canada 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 June 2017

Stefan Cebara (pronounced [stěfaːn tsěbara]; born 12 April 1991) is a Canadian soccer player who last played for Vojvodina.

Early life

He was born in the city of Zadar to a Serb father and a Croat mother and spent his early years in the town of Benkovac. He first moved to Belgrade with his family when he was 4,[1] and then to Canada at the age of 6.[2] At the age of nine he started playing with Windsor FC Nationals. He grew up competing in soccer, basketball, hockey, volleyball and track/field.[1]

Club career

He was playing with the Riverside Rebels[3] before moving to Serbia to join FK Rad. He played with their youth team, although he also had the chance to play a few exhibition matches with the main team alongside Canadian national team goalkeeper Milan Borjan.[2]

After a year in Belgrade he moved to Hungary and signed with Zalaegerszegi TE. He scored in his debut for the first team played on 2 March 2011, in a Hungarian Cup match against Vasas.[4] however, as being the youngest player in the team he divided most of his time between the main and the reserve team. Cebara made two appearances in the Hungarian Championship and left to join the Canadian U-20 team in their World Cup qualifiers, however, after his return, the club began experiencing financial difficulties and Cebara had problems cancelling his contract with them so he spent the following 6 months inactive.[2]

In August 2012 he went on a 10-day trial period at Italian club Udinese, however a month later, on 11 September, he signed a 2-year contract with Slovenian side NK Celje.[5] He made his debut for Celje on 16 September 2012, in a Slovenian First League game against FC Koper.[4][6]

In February 2015, Cebara was reported to have signed with FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce of the Fortuna Liga.

After spending 6 months with Lithuanian A Lyga club Utenis Utena, on 10 July 2017 Cebara signed a two-year-deal with Serbian club Vojvodina.[7]

International career

Cebara was 19 when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2011 with coach Valerio Gazzola. He represented the Canadian national under-20 team at the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[1]

On 14 March 2013, Cebara received his first call up by the Canadian national team for friendlies against Japan and Belarus.[8] He made his first appearance on 22 March as a second half sub for Kyle Bekker during a 2-1 defeat to Japan.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Canada Soccer. "Stefan Cebara". Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Djuradj Vujcic, RedNation Online (10 August 2012). "Stefan Cebara signs for NK Celje". Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Canada.com (17 April 2009). "Cebara scores two goals for Rebels". Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  4. 1 2 Stefan Cebara at Soccerway
  5. ↑ Sportmania (11 September 2012). "Preko Celja v Udinese" (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  6. ↑ Stats from Slovenia at PrvaLiga.si
  7. ↑ STEFAN CEBARA POTPISAO ZA VOJVODINU at FK Vojvodina official website, 10-7-2017 (in Serbian)
  8. ↑ Canada announces roster, additional match for camp in Qatar at Canada Soccer, 14-3-2013 (in English)
  9. ↑ "Canadian men's soccer team drops hard-fought friendly to Japan". CBC Sports. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
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