Bibars Natcho (
Adyghe: Пыйпэрыс Натхъо, he, ביברס נאתכו, ; born 18 February 1988) is an Israeli professional
footballer
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who plays as a
central midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for Serbian club
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
and captains the
Israel national team. He is the first captain of Israel to be of either
Circassian or
Muslim
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origin.
He also holds Serbian citizenship.
Early and personal life
Natcho was born in
Kfar Kama
Kfar Kama ( he, כְּפַר כַּמָא, ar, كفر كما, ) is a Circassian town located in the Lower Galilee of Israel's northern district, located along road 767, that leads from Kfar Tavor to the Kinneret. It is one of the only two Cir ...
, Israel, to a
Circassian-Israeli Muslim
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family.
His father Akram Natkho served in the
Israel Border Police
The Israel Border Police ( he, מִשְׁמַר הַגְּבוּל, Mišmar Ha-Gvul) is the gendarmerie and border security branch of the Israel National Police. It is also commonly known by its Hebrew abbreviation Magav (), meaning border gua ...
, and died of cardiac arrest in 2008. His cousin, Circassian-Israeli basketball player
Nili Natkho
Nili Natkho ( he, נילי נאתכו; February 18, 1982 – November 5, 2004) was a Circassian-Israeli basketball player who played for Maccabi Raanana and Elitzur Ramla. Natkho died in a car accident at the age of 22.
Her cousin is the promi ...
, died in 2004 in a car accident in northern Israel. Their grandfather moved from Turkey to what was then
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* Mandate for Palestine: a League of Nations mandate under which the British controlled an area which included Mandatory Palestine and the Emirate of Transjordan.
* Mandatory P ...
(now
Israel
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). His younger cousin
Amir Natkho
Amir Adamovich Natkho (russian: Амир Адамович Натхо; born 9 July 1996) is a Russian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Career
Natkho was formed at the Konoplyov football academy, where alum ...
joined
CSKA in 2015 as well.
His uncle, Amir's father,
Adam Natkho
Adam Cherimovich Natkho ( ady, Адам Натхъо, russian: Адам Черимович Натхо; born 14 February 1959) is a Russian professional football coach and former player.
Personal life
Adam is a Circassian by nationality. He ...
is also a former footballer from Russia.
He is married to Circassian-Israeli Talia Achmiz, and together they have three children. His eldest son was born in 2012 and is named after Natcho's late father.
Club career
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Natcho joined
Hapoel Tel Aviv's youth team together with
Ben Sahar
Ben Sahar ( he, בן שׂהר, changed the Hebrew spelling of his surname from ; born 10 August 1989) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a striker for Maccabi Haifa and the Israel national team.
At 16, Sahar was the equivalent ...
, moving through the ranks up to the first team at the start of the
2006–07 season, winning the
State Cup
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The State Cup was first he ...
during that season. Throughout the years, Natcho became an important player in Hapoel and in the Israeli national youth teams. Natcho made his
League
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Sports
* Sports league
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debut coming on as a substitute against
Maccabi Netanya F.C.
Maccabi (sports), Maccabi Netanya F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי נתניה, ''Football Club Maccabi Netanya'') is an Israeli association football, football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding memb ...
on 18 November 2006. Natcho's first professional goal was against
NK Široki Brijeg
Nogometni klub Široki Brijeg ( en, Široki Brijeg Football Club) is a professional association football club from the city of Široki Brijeg, that is situated in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Currently, Široki Brijeg plays in the Premier League of ...
during the 2nd leg of the
2007–08 UEFA Cup second qualifying round at
Bloomfield Stadium
Bloomfield Stadium ( he, אצטדיון בלומפילד) is a football stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel, with a capacity of 29,400. It is the home stadium of Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, and Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv. The stadium also serves the ...
. After the arrival of coach
Eli Guttman
Israel "Eli" Guttman (or Gutman, he, אלי גוטמן; born 24 February 1958) is an Israeli former football player and manager who most recently managed Maccabi Haifa, before officially announcing his retirement from the football world, stating ...
during the
2007–08 season, Natcho became a main part of the team, scoring his first league goal against
Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C.
Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. ( he, מכבי פתח תקווה) (Full name: "Maccabi Avshalom Ironi Petah Tikva F.C., ) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva. It is part of the Maccabi World Union for international Jewish spo ...
on 9 February 2008. Natcho made a few impressive performances at the beginning of the
2009–10 UEFA Europa League
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Spain ...
helping Hapoel finish top of
Group C
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It was designed to replace both Group 5 special production cars (closed top touri ...
, ending the European campaign drawing 0–0 on a raining evening and losing 0–3 away at the
Central Stadium.
Rubin Kazan
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After losing 3–0 on aggregate in the
Round of 32 of Europa League, Natcho moved to the eventual "European Dream" killers
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 8 March 2010, signing a four-year deal with this Russian club.
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rubin-kazan.ru, 8 March 2010 with transfer fee of €650,000 paid to
Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Natcho then scored his first goal for the club, on 17 April 2010, in a 1–0 win over
Amkar Perm
FC Amkar Perm (russian: link=no, Футбо́льный клуб "Амка́р" Пермь ) is a professional association football, football club. Originally founded in 1994, it is based in the city of Perm, Russia, Perm. It was a participant in ...
. His second goal came in a 2–1 win over
Rostov
Rostov ( rus, Росто́в, p=rɐˈstof) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, one of the oldest in the country and a tourist center of the Golden Ring. It is located on the shores of Lake Nero, northeast of Moscow. Population:
While t ...
on 16 October 2010. However, injuries limited his playing time, as he made fourteen appearances and scored twice.
![Bibras Natkho](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Bibras_Natkho.jpg)
Natcho started the 2011–12 season well in all competitions, scoring his first goal on 27 May 2011, in a 4–1 win over
Tom Tomsk
FC Tom Tomsk (russian: Футбольный клуб Томь Томск) is a Russian professional football club, based in the Siberian city of Tomsk. The team plays in Trud Stadium (Tomsk).
History
The team was previously named ''Burevestnik'' ...
. His second goal of the season came on 14 June 2011, in a 3–0 win over
Dynamo Moscow
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. As a result of his performance, Natcho was named Team of The Week Matchday 13. Elsewhere, Natcho scored two goals in the Champions League qualifier against
Dynamo Kyiv
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Union, Soviet Dynamo Sports Club, Dynamo Sports Soc ...
and
Lyon
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, who they eliminated Kazan out of the competitions and the club would play in the Europa League. Then in the Europa League campaign, Natcho scored twice in six matches in the Group Stage of the Europa League against
Tottenham Hostpur and
Shamrock Rovers
Shamrock Rovers Football Club ( ga, Cumann Peile Ruagairí na Seamróige) is an Irish association football club based in Tallaght, South Dublin. The club's senior team competes in the League of Ireland Premier Division and it is the most su ...
. Natcho performance was praised for his role during the season and helped the club win the
Russian Cup after playing a vital of assisting the winning goal, in a 1–0 win over Dynamo Moscow. Natcho made 56 appearances and scored fourteen appearances in all competitions. Also at the end of the year, Natcho was voted by the club's supporters as the best player of the year.
At the start of the 2012–13 season, Natcho continuously made a good start for the club when he scored six goals in the first six matches against
Krasnodar
Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southern ...
, twice against
Alania Vladikavkaz
FC Alania Vladikavkaz (russian: "Алания" (Владикавказ), os, Футболон клуб "Алани" (Дзæуджыхъæу)) is a Russian football team from Vladikavkaz. Founded in 1921, the club played in the Soviet Top League ...
, Dynamo Moscow,
Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow may refer to the following teams based or formerly based in Moscow, Russia:
* FC Spartak Moscow, an association football club
* HC Spartak Moscow, a professional ice hockey team
* Spartak GM Moscow, a semi-professional rugby club
* WB ...
and
Zenit Saint Petersburg
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. Soon after, Natcho started negotiating over a new three-year contract with the club that would keep him until 2016. However, the negotiations changed again to a one-year contract a month later. Despite a contract negotiations, which is yet reported, Natcho scored his sixth goal of the season, on 11 November 2012, in a 2–0 win over
Krylia Sovetov Samara
PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara (russian: Профессиональный футбольный клуб «Крылья Советов» Самара) is a football club from Russia based in Samara. It returned to the Russian Premier League for the 20 ...
. It would later be revealed that the delay to Natcho's new contract was over the future of Manager
Kurban Berdyev
Kurban Bekiyevich Berdyev ( tk, Gurban Bekiýewiç Berdiýew, russian: Курбан Бекиевич Бердыев; born 25 August 1952) is a Turkmen-Russian football manager, and a former Soviet footballer. He is the manager of Russian club S ...
. In the quarter final of the Europa League, Natcho scored two goals (both coming from penalty) in both legs, as Rubin Kazan lose 5–4 on aggregate against
Chelsea
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Canada
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. Natcho would add two more goals later in the season against
Lokomotiv Moscow
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Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москв ...
and Krasndor. At the end of the 2012–13 season, Natcho wasn't only named by Sports.ru as one of the top players in the Russian league, but team of the year. However, Natcho's agent revealed that Natcho had yet to reach an agreement over a new contract.
In the 2013–14 season, Natcho started his season when he scored in the second round of first leg of the Europa League, in a 3–2 win over
Jagodina )
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. Rubin Kazan would win in the return leg and would progress to the Group Stage. With his uncertainty of his future, as his contract with the club expires in six months time, it announced that Natcho would stay at the club for the remaining months until January. In the Europa League, Natcho played a vital role of assisting goals in the qualifying round and group stages. He would score three goals in six matches of the Group Stage, against
Zulte Waregem and
Maribor
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. In conclusion of the Europa League group stage, UEFA named Natcho in the Team of the Group Stage. Natcho scored a league goal, on 2 December 2013, in a 3–0 win over Amkar Perm.
Natcho was named in the Team of the Season of the Europa League in the 2013–14 season. In the comments on his inclusion, UEFA said: "Probably Rubin's top performer over the last three years, the Israeli international dominates midfield, supplying assists and delivering great set pieces".
In the winter break of the season, it was announced that Natcho would leave the club upon expiry of his contract. Natcho cited the departure of Manager Berdyev as the reason of his departure. After leaving the club, Natcho hinted playing in the
Bundesliga
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since it fits his playing style. Natcho rejected a latest contract from Rubin Kazan despite having increase wages. During his career at Rubin Kazan, he was sometimes referred to as the 'best foreigner' in the Russian league
and made 104 appearances and scored 21 times.
PAOK
On 28 January 2014, Natcho arrived in
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...
, Greece, to discuss a possible contract with
PAOK. As his contract with
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 ...
and sponsorship of 123pame expired he could move to PAOK as a free transfer. The next day Natcho joined the club, signing a six-month contract.
His first goal for the club on 5 February 2014, in a 5–0 win against
Crete
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, followed by his second, in a 2–0 win over
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on 6 April 2014. Having made a good display, Natcho was awarded Player of the Month in March. Natcho would help the club reach the
final of Greek Cup, but received a yellow card during the match, which cause him to miss out for the final match.
At the end of the season, it announced that Natcho was released by the club upon expiry of his contract.
CSKA Moscow
![CSKA-Spartak (9)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/CSKA-Spartak_%289%29.jpg)
After six months at Greece, Natcho returned to Russia, where he joined
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...
on a four-year contract.
Natcho scored his first goal for the club, which is against his former club, in a 2–1 loss on 18 August 2014. After the match, Natcho felt he owned an apology to Rubin Kazan's supporters. Natcho then scored a hat-trick on 31 August 2014, in a 6–0 win over
Rostov
Rostov ( rus, Росто́в, p=rɐˈstof) is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, one of the oldest in the country and a tourist center of the Golden Ring. It is located on the shores of Lake Nero, northeast of Moscow. Population:
While t ...
. On 21 October 2014, Natcho scored his first Champions League goal for CSKA Moscow with a penalty in the 86th minute against Manchester City. Five days later, Natcho scored a brace, as CSKA Moscow drew 3–3 with
FC Ural
FC Ural Yekaterinburg (russian: ФК Урал) is a Russian association football club based in Yekaterinburg. They play in the Russian Premier League.
History
The club was founded in 1930 and was known as Avangard (1930–1948, 1953–1957), Ze ...
.
Natcho provided two assists in the 2–1 victory over Manchester City in a Champions League group stage game.
At the end of the 2014–15 season, Natcho scored 12 goals, gave 8 assists, and was placed in the "Team of the Season". He ended the season being the top scorer of CSKA.
In a game against Dynamo Moscow on 5 October 2015 he suffered a slight concussion and was bleeding. Despite that, he insisted on continuing playing (his manager substituted him despite his protests).
He left CSKA upon the expiration of his contract on 2 June 2018.
Olympiacos
After four years at Russia, Natcho returned to Greece, where he joined
Olympiacos
Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...
on a two-year contract. A year later he mutually ended his contract with the club.
Partizan
On 19 August 2019, Natcho signed a three-year contract with Serbian club
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
and chose the number 6 shirt. He made his Partizan debut three days later coming on as a 73rd-minute sub in the
UEFA Europa League
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play-off game against
Molde
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The administrative centre of the m ...
. His first goals came on 19 September 2019 when he scored a brace in a 2–2 home draw with
AZ Alkmaar
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in the first matchday of the
Europa League group stage.
Natcho scored his first
Belgrade Derby goal on 10 June 2020, in a 1-0
Serbian Cup
The Serbian Cup ( Serbian: Куп Србије, Kup Srbije) is the national football cup of Serbia. The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round.
From 2006 to 2010, the competition was known as the Lav Cup ...
semi-final win. He finished his first season in Partizan with 32 appearances, 11 goals and 9 assists, across three competitions.
Natcho scored his second Belgrade Derby goal on 19 September 2021 in a 1–1 home draw
Serbian SuperLiga
The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...
game week 9, the Israeli shot diagonally from the right side with his weaker left leg and shook the net of
Milan Borjan
Milan Borjan ( sr-cyr, Милан Борјан; born 23 October 1987) is a professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Red Star Belgrade and the Canadian national team.
Early life
Borjan was born on 23 October 1987 in Knin, SFR Yug ...
. On 12 February 2022, in a 0-2 league win at
Radnički Niš, Natcho became only the fourth foreign player in
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
history to record the 100th official cap.
On 8 July 2022, Natcho acquired Serbian citizenship.
Natcho was voted Player of the Week 13 in Serbian SuperLiga after scoring a brace and recording one assist in a 4–1 victory against
Vojvodina
Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...
in
Derby of Serbia. Natcho also received 50,000 dinars from the league sponsor to hand over as aid for humanitarian purposes, to whoever he deems in need.
International career
![Bibras Natkho Israel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Bibras_Natkho_Israel.JPG)
Throughout his career, Natcho has played for nearly every Israeli national team together with his colleague,
Beram Kayal
Beram Kayal (or Biram Keyal, ar, بيرم كيال, he, בירם כיאל; born 2 May 1988) is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Bnei Sakhnin of the Israeli Premier League. Internationally he plays for I ...
.
He represented the national team at the
Valeri Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament
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2007 that was victorious for it. As a former captain of the
Israel under-19 football team, Natcho was called up for the
Senior team friendly match held 12 August 2009 against
Northern Ireland
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together with fellow club mate
Avihai Yadin
Avihai Yadin ( he, אביחי ידין; born 26 October 1986) is a former Israeli football defensive midfielder.
Career
He started to play football as a child when he was part of Hapoel Kfar Saba and became a member of the senior side when he wa ...
, but wasn't capped. Natcho made his first appearance for the national team in a friendly game against Romania (3 March 2010), when he came on as a substitute for his former teammate
Gil Vermouth
Gil Vermouth ( he, גיל "גילי" ורמוט; born August 5, 1985) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger.
Club career
Vermouth is Jewish, and was born in Kiryat Yam, Israel.
Vermouth st ...
. He scored his first international goal against
Azerbaijan
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(7 September 2012).
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Israel's goal tally first.''
Honors
Hapoel Tel Aviv
*
Israel State Cup
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The State Cup was first held in 1928 as the People's Cup. Because it involve ...
:
2006–07
Rubin Kazan
*
Russian Cup:
2011–12
*
Russian Super Cup
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:
2012
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CSKA Moscow
*
Russian Premier League
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:
2015–16
Individual
*Europa League Team of the Group Stage 2013–14
*
Russian Premier League
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Top 33 Players: 2011–12, 2014–15
References
External links
Profileat the CSKA Moscow website
Profileat the Israel Football Association website
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Natcho, Bibras
1988 births
Living people
People from Kfar Kama
Israeli footballers
Serbian footballers
Association football midfielders
Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players
FC Rubin Kazan players
PAOK FC players
PFC CSKA Moscow players
Olympiacos F.C. players
Israeli Premier League players
Russian Premier League players
Super League Greece players
Israel youth international footballers
Israel under-21 international footballers
Israel international footballers
Israeli expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Russia
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Expatriate footballers in Serbia
Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
Israeli Muslims
Serbian Muslims
Israeli people of Circassian descent
Israeli people of Turkish descent
Israeli people of Russian descent
Naturalized citizens of Serbia
Serbian people of Circassian descent
Serbian people of Turkish descent
Serbian people of Russian descent
Serbian expatriate footballers
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece