Aleksandar Čavrić (; born 18 May 1994) is a Serbian-Slovak professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for

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on loan from Slovak club Slovan Bratislava.

Club career

Serbia, Belgium and Danmark

Čavrić made his senior debuts at

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, before switching to OFK Beograd in June 2012. He was the club's top scorer with 11 league goals (from 30 appearances) in the 2013–14 season. On 1 September 2014, Čavrić officially joined the Belgian club Genk on a three-year contract (plus a two-year option). He moved on a season-long loan to the Danish side

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in August 2015, with an option for a permanent deal.

Slovan Bratislava

In September 2016, Čavrić signed a four-year contract with Slovak club Slovan Bratislava. On 3 November 2022, Čavrić scored two decisive goals during UEFA Europa Conference League – Group H fixture at LFF Stadium versus

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(2–1), which secured a Slovak club first advancement to European play-off rounds in 17 years, when Čavrić's then-manager Vladimír Weiss Sr. led Artmedia Petržalka in the UEFA Champions League. In January 2024, Čavrić joined

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club

on loan for the remainder of the season with an option to buy.

International career

Youth career

Čavrić represented Serbia at the UEFA European Under-19 Championship twice, winning the gold medal in

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. He subsequently went on to play for the Serbia U21s, taking part in both the

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and

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, as the team exited in the group stage.

Senior career

Following the match against

in November 2022, it was announced that Čavrić and Slovan began pursuing

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, which would make him eligible to represent Slovakia internationally. Later in November ahead of Slovak national team fixtures against Montenegro and Chile, national team manager

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informed that he would consider Čavrić to the national team once he meets eligibility requirements.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Slovan Bratislava * Slovak Super Liga: 2018–19, 2019–20,

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, 2021–22,

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* Slovak Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20,

International

Serbia U19 * UEFA Under-19 Championship:

Individual

* Slovak Super Liga Player of the Month: November 2022, April 2023 * Slovak Super Liga Team of the Season:

References

External links

Futbalnet profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cavric, Aleksandar Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders Belgian Pro League players Danish Superliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia FK Banat Zrenjanin players K.R.C. Genk players Kashima Antlers players OFK Beograd players Serbia men's under-21 international footballers Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Serbian First League players Serbian men's footballers Serbian SuperLiga players Serbs of Croatia People from the Republic of Serbian Krajina ŠK Slovan Bratislava players Slovak First Football League players Sportspeople from Vukovar 1994 births Living people