Aleksa Terzić ( sr-cyr, Алекса Терзић; born 17 August 1999) is a Serbian professional

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, who plays as a

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for Red Bull Salzburg and the Serbia national team.

Club career

Red Star Belgrade

Born in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

, Terzić grew up in

Mladenovac Mladenovac ( sr-cyr, Младеновац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 53,050 inhabitants, while the urban area has 23,314 inhabitants. Name Its name stems ...

, where he also started playing football in the local club. In 2010, he moved to

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

, and passed the whole youth categories. He signed his first, three-year professional contract in November 2016. In early 2017, he was marked as one of the top club's prospects by general director

Zvezdan Terzić Zvezdan Terzić (Serbian Cyrillic: Звездан Терзић; born 21 May 1966) is a Serbian football administrator and former player. He currently serves as the general director for Red Star Belgrade of the Serbian SuperLiga. Immediately after ...

. He was licensed for the 2017–18 season with first squad, and played with youth team until team until the end of a calendar year respectively. In early 2018, after training with senior squad during the winter-break, Terzić moved on loan to the

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side Grafičar Beograd for the rest of season. Following the end of the League Belgrade campaign, in which he made 10 appearances with the satellite club, Terzić returned to Red Star in June 2018. During the summer pre-season, while

Milan Rodić Milan Rodić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Родић, ; born 2 April 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Red Star Belgrade and the Serbia national football team. Club career OFK Beograd Rodić played his first profes ...

was with

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at the

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, Tezić got split playing time with

Stefan Hajdin Stefan Hajdin ( sr-cyr, Стефан Хајдин; born 15 April 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Serbian club Voždovac. Club career Early years Hajdin made his first football steps in Vršac, playing with local club Jedi ...

as a left-back. At the beginning of the 2018–19 season, Terzić has been licensed for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League qualifications. After he missed both of matches against Spartaks Jūrmala in the first round, Terzić played a full-time match against Dinamo Vranje on 20 July 2018, which was his

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debut. Terzić also started the 5th fixture match of the season, when he assisted to

Slavoljub Srnić Slavoljub Srnić ( sr-Cyrl, Славољуб Срнић; born 12 January 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger. He is a twin brother of Dragoljub Srnić. He is currently performing for Red Star Belgrade. Club career ...

in 2–1 home victory over Čukarički.

Serie A

On 13 June 2019, Terzić joined to Italian

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club

Fiorentina ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fo ...

. On 1 September 2020, Terzić joined on loan to

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until 30 June 2021.

Red Bull Salzburg

On 23 July 2023, due to lack of playing time at Fiorentina, Terzić was sold to

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for 5.5 million.

International career

Youth

Terzić debuted for Serbia U16 on 3 March 2015, replacing Nikola Savić in 1−1 draw to

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. The same year in October, Terzić also made his debut for Serbia U17 in the first round qualification match for the Under-17 UEFA Euro, against

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. Playing with the team until 2016, Terzić had been named in squad for the

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. In September 2016, Terzić was a part of the Serbia under-19 team on the memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele", where he debuted in the opening match against

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. On 29 November 2016, while he played with U19 squad respectively, Terzić scored on his debut for

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against

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. In March next year, coach

Milan Obradović Milan Obradović ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Обрадовић, ; born 3 August 1977) is a Serbian football manager and former professional player who played as a defender. Club career Obradović made his senior debut with Radnički Beograd in th ...

called Terzić into the squad for elite qualification round of the

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. Terzić also contributed to the team during the 2017−18 qualifications, scoring a goal in 4−1 victory over

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on 7 October 2017. As coach of the Serbia under-21,

Goran Đorović Goran Đorović ( sr-Cyrl, Горан Ђopoвић; born 11 November 1971) is a Serbian retired footballer who played mainly a central defender but also as a left back. In his country, he played for Prishtina and Red Star. He spent the rest of ...

included Terzić to the squad for competitive matches against Macedonia and

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in September 2018.

Senior debut

On 7 June 2021, Terzić debuted for the Serbian senior squad in a friendly match against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Red Star Belgrade * Serbian Superleague: 2018–19 Empoli *

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: 2020–21 Fiorentina *

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runner-up:

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runner-up

References

External links

Profile
at the ACF Fiorentina website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Terzic, Aleksa 1999 births Living people Serbian men's footballers Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football fullbacks Serbia men's international footballers Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers Red Star Belgrade footballers Serbian SuperLiga players RFK Grafičar Beograd players Serie A players Serie B players ACF Fiorentina players Empoli FC players Austrian Football Bundesliga players FC Red Bull Salzburg players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Austria