Aleksandar Stanković (born 3 August 2005) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. He is the son of former Inter Milan and Serbia footballer

Dejan Stanković Dejan Stanković ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Станковић, , born 11 September 1978) is a Serbian professional manager and former player. He currently manages Italian club Sampdoria. He captained the Serbia national team from 2007 until 201 ...

Club career

Stanković made his debut in the Inter Milan first team match day squad being named on the substitute bench for Inter on 1 October 2022 for a

match against

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at the

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. He was part of the match day squad but an unused substitute as Inter won the

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title with a 2- 1 victory over

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International career

In February 2020 Stanković was called up to the Serbia U15 squad. Stanković represented Serbia Under16 and Serbia U17 and captained the youth team for the first time in May 2021. He captained the Serbian team that reached the semi-finals of the

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. In September 2022 he was called up for the first time, and played as captain, for the Serbia U18 national team in a 1–0 defeat against Italy U18. Against the same opponent four days later he scored the first goal in a 2–1 win for his country.

Style of play

Whilst he was captaining the Serbia U17 team to the semi-finals of the

, Stanković was described by the

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website as having set-piece delivery that would “be a menace to any opponent” and a “blend of finesse and fight in midfield

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makes it clear why he wears the captain's armband.”

Personal life

His brother

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plays as a goalkeeper for

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, on loan from

. They are both sons of former Inter and Serbia footballer

. His mother Ana is Slovenian and the family spend a lot of time in

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. His maternal uncle is a Slovenian former professional footballer

Milenko Ačimovič Milenko "Mile" Ačimovič (; ; born 15 February 1977) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Besides Slovenia, he has played in FR Yugoslavia, England, France, Saudi Arabia, and Austria. Club career Born to S ...

Honours

Inter Milan *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stankovic, Aleksandar 2005 births Living people Serbian people of Slovenian descent Italian people of Serbian descent Serbian footballers Footballers from Milan Men's association football midfielders Serbia men's youth international footballers Italian footballers Inter Milan players