Stjepan Lončar

Stjepan Lončar
Personal information
Full name Stjepan Lončar
Date of birth (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996
Place of birth Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Rijeka
Number 44
Youth career
2003–2016 Široki Brijeg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Široki Brijeg 48 (3)
2018– Rijeka 8 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 13 (1)
2017– Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 10 (0)
2018– Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2018

Stjepan Lončar (Bosnian pronunciation: [stjêpaːn lǒntʃaːr]; born 10 November 1996) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 1. HNL club Rijeka and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Club career

Early career

Lončar is a youth product of Široki Brijeg, whose academy he joined at the age of 7.[2] He debuted professionally in a league game against Vitez on 24 July 2016.[3] It took him over a year, until 20 September 2017, to score his first professional goal, in a cup game against Radnik Bijeljina.[4]

Rijeka

In June 2018, Lončar signed a three-year deal with Croatian side Rijeka, with two optional seasons.[5] He made his competitive debut for the club in a convincing victory over Inter Zaprešić on 3 August.[6]

International career

Lončar represented Bosnia and Herzegovina on various youth levels throughout the years.[7]

He got first senior call-up for friendly games against United States and Mexico in January 2018.[8] He debuted in a 0–1 defeat against Mexico on 31 January.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 October 2018.[10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Široki Brijeg 2016–17 Bosnian Premier League 2307000300
2017–18 Bosnian Premier League 2534140334
Total 48311140634
Rijeka 2018–19 1. HNL 80000080
Career total 56311140714

International

As of match played 1 June 2018.[11]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
201820
Total20

Honours

Široki Brijeg[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Stjepan Lončar". nk-rijeka.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Stjepan Lončar: Ponosan sam što sam nosio dres Širokog Brijega i dalje sam veliki navijač". sirokibrijeg.info (in Croatian). 7 July 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Rezervista Kapetan zaledio Pecaru u finišu". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 24 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "Pobjede Širokog i Zvijezde 09, Vitez i Leotar ubjedljivi". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 20 September 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Stjepan Lončar zvanično novi igrač Rijeke". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 11 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Gorgon i Heber oduševili, Rijeka na vrhu Prve HNL". index.hr (in Croatian). 3 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ovo su najbolji mladi igrači u jesenjem dijelu Premijer Lige BiH". bih.ba (in Bosnian). 8 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "Prosinečki objavio širi spisak nogometaša za utakmice sa SAD-om i Meksikom". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 9 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "BiH se nije mogla odbraniti: Meksiko zasluženo slavio". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  10. 1 2 "S. Lončar". soccerway.com. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "Stjepan Lončar". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
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