Đorđe Despotović (; born 4 March 1992) is a Serbian

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who plays as a

centre forward Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

Career

In February 2015, Despotović moved on loan to

FC Zhetysu Jetisu Taldykorgan ( kk, Жетісу Талдықорған футбол клубы, ''Jetisý Taldyqorǵan Fýtbol Klýby'') is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Zhetysu stadium in Taldykorgan. They are founding members of the K ...

for six-months. In July 2015 he went for another loan move to

FC Kairat Football Club Kairat ( kk, Qaırat Fýtbol Klýby) is a professional association football, football club based in Almaty, which plays in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Football in Kazakhstan, Kazakh football. Founded in 1954 ...

. The following February, Despotović signed for

FC Astana Astana Football Club ( kk, Astana Futbol Kluby) is a professional football club based in Astana. They play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest level of Kazakh football. The club's home ground is the 30,254-seat Astana Arena stadium. Th ...

. On 15 February 2017, Despotović moved to

FC Tobol FC Tobol ( kk, Тобыл футбол клубы, Tobyl Futbol Kluby) is a Kazakh professional football club based at the Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. They ...

on loan for the

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season, but the loan was cut short and Despotović returned to Astana on 15 June 2017. Despotović left Astana on 23 July 2018 at the end of his contract. On 31 August 2018, Despotović signed for

FC Orenburg FC Orenburg (russian: ФК «Оренбург») is a Russian professionalism in association football, professional football club from Orenburg, founded in 1976. It will return to the Russian Premier League for the 2022–23 season. History It ...

. On 1 June 2020, Despotović left FC Orenburg after his contract had expired. On 21 July 2020, he signed a 3-year contract with another

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is the top division professional association football league in Russia. It was established at the end of 2001 ...

club

Rubin Kazan FC Rubin Kazan (russian: Футбо́льный клуб Руби́н Каза́нь, ''Futbolny klub Rubin Kazan'' , Tatar: Рубин Казан) is a Russian professional football club based in the city of Kazan. They play in the second-tier ...

. On 30 January 2022, his contract with Rubin was terminated by mutual consent. On 2 February 2022, Despotović signed a 3-year contract with Arsenal Tula.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Player

Club

Lokeren *

Belgian Cup The Belgian Cup (french: link=no, Coupe de Belgique; nl, Beker van België []; german: link=no, Belgischer Fußballpokal) is the main Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in Belgium, run by the Belgia ...

: 2013–14 Belgian Cup, 2013–14 Kairat *

Kazakhstan Cup The Kazakhstan Cup is the main knockout cup competition in Kazakhstan football, run by the Football Federation of Kazakhstan. The tournament was initially founded in 1936 as a competition for clubs in the Kazakh SSR ; kk, Қазақ Сове� ...

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Astana *

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

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Kazakhstan Super Cup The Kazakhstan Super Cup ( kk, Қазақстан Суперкубогы, ''Qazaqstan Sýperkýbogy'') is a one-match football annual competition. The two participating clubs are the Kazakhstan Premier League champion and the Kazakhstan Cup winne ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

References

External links

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UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Loznica Serbian men's footballers Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football forwards FK Spartak Subotica players Red Star Belgrade footballers K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players FK Spartaks Jūrmala players Serbian SuperLiga players Belgian Pro League players Kazakhstan Premier League players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium FC Astana players FC Orenburg players FC Rubin Kazan players FC Arsenal Tula players Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Russian Premier League players Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Russian First League players {{Serbia-footy-forward-stub