Andrej Mrkela (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Андреј Мркела; born on April 9, 1992) is a Serbian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

. He is the son of former footballer

Mitar Mrkela Mitar Mrkela (Serbian Cyrillic: Mитap Mpкeлa; born 10 July 1965 in Belgrade) is a retired Serbian football player, who was a member of the Yugoslavian team that won the bronze medal at the Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olym ...

and actress and politician Lidija Vukićević. He was born in

Enschede Enschede (; known as in the local Twents dialect) is a municipality and city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel and in the Twente region. The eastern parts of the urban area reaches the border of the German city of Gronau ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

, where his father played for

FC Twente Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese ...

at the time. Andrej signed a one-year loan deal (with an option to buy) with Turkish

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), officially known as Spor Toto Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional league for association football clubs. It is the top-flight of the Turkish football league system and is run by the ...

giants

Eskişehirspor Eskişehirspor Kulübü is a Turkish professional football club located in Eskişehir. Eskisehirspor has a total of six trophies, making them the sixth most trophies holders in Turkey. Founded in 1965, Eskişehirspor competed in the top division ...

on December 26, 2012. He was accompanied by the signing of Goran Čaušić on the same day.

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at Utakmica.rs * 1992 births Living people Footballers from Enschede Association football midfielders Serbian footballers Serbia under-21 international footballers Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Rad players FK Spartak Subotica players FK Bežanija players ACS Poli Timișoara players Eskişehirspor footballers Serbian First League players Serbian SuperLiga players Süper Lig players Liga II players Serbian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Romania Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Romania {{Serbia-footy-midfielder-stub