Saša Zdjelar ( sr-Cyrl, Саша Здјелар; born 20 March 1995) is a Serbian professional

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who plays for Russian club

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as a

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Club career

Zdjelar made his senior debut for

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburm ...

in a 3–0 home league win over

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on 3 December 2011, aged 16. He was later sold to Greek champions

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 ...

in 2013, but remained at his parent club for the next two years. In total, Zdjelar recorded 67 competitive appearances with the ''Romantičari''. In the summer of 2015, Zdjelar eventually moved to Greece and joined

. He made his debut for the club on 28 October 2015, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–2

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draw versus Platanias. On 13 January 2016, Zdjelar scored his first ever senior goal for Olympiacos in a 6–0 Greek Cup win over

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. On 13 January 2017, Zdjelar was loaned to Spanish Segunda División side RCD Mallorca until the end of the

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. On 29 January 2018, he was loaned to

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 ...

until the end of the 2017-18 season, after being put on Olympiacos' out-of-favour list. At the end of the 2017-18 season,

announced the signing of the player for an estimated fee at the range of €500,000 On 23 May 2018, Zdjelar scored the winner against

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, in the

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final. In 2018-19 season, Zdjelar won his second

trophy and collected 45 appearances for Partizan, across three competitions. In 2019-20 season, interrupted due to global pandemic of

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, Zdjelar was again the most capped Partizan player, amassing 42 appearances (and skipping only 3 games) across all competitions. In July 2020, Saša wore Partizan's captain armband for the first time. On 28 July 2022, Zdjelar signed a contract with

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club

for three years with an option to extend.

International career

Zdjelar represented

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at the 2014 UEFA Under-19 Championship, as the team was eliminated in the semi-final by

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after penalties. He was also a member of the team that won the gold medal at the

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. On 31 May 2016, Zdjelar made his full international debut for

, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 friendly win over

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. He subsequently appeared as an injury-time substitute in a 1–1 friendly draw with

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five days later.

Statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club

;Olympiacos * Superleague Greece: 2015–16 *

: Runner-up 2015–16 ;Partizan *

: 2017–18, 2018-19

International

;Serbia *

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: 2015

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zdjelar, Sasa 1995 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Serbian footballers Association football midfielders Serbian SuperLiga players OFK Beograd players Super League Greece players Russian Premier League players Olympiacos F.C. players RCD Mallorca players FK Partizan players PFC CSKA Moscow players Serbia international footballers Serbia under-21 international footballers Serbia youth international footballers Serbian expatriate footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Russia