Srđan Hrstić (born 18 July 2003) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a striker for

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club

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Career

Born in

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, he played youth football for

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and made his senior debut for the club in June 2020. He was also capped for Serbia on youth and U21 levels. His first

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goals came in August 2021. Hrstić was bought by

club

in early August. He was a direct replacement of

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, meant to contribute immediately, and Häcken's most expensive player of all time. Hrstić made his debut for Häcken in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League qualifying, where he started by playing and scoring in both fixtures against Žalgiris. The aggregate victory qualified Häcken for the

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. Häcken saw considerably less success in the group stage, losing most games, with Hrstić scoring a single consolation goal against Molde. In the latter half of the

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, Hrstić made his league debut on 13 August against Varberg, but did not score his first goal until 29 October against Mjällby. Häcken were fighting for victory in the 2023 Allsvenskan, but a loss of form led to criticism of the club administration for selling players like Bénie Traoré. Hrstić was called "ice cold" by ''

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'', reflecting that he did not start a single match in October. Häcken changed manager in 2024, and hoped that the

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would be the breakthrough season of the Serbian striker. He ended up scoring 4 league goals. Häcken also participated in the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifying, routing several weaker teams in the initial phases. Hrstić scored three goals (of the team's total twelve) during the two matches against F91 Dudelange. In the summer of 2024, Häcken concluded that they would make do with their existing strikers, including Hrstić.

Personal life

Adapting to a foreign country, Hrstić did not speak English or other foreign languages, but most of all missed his family. Hrstić is religious.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hrstic, Srdjan 2003 births Living people Sportspeople from Sombor Men's association football forwards Serbian men's footballers Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers FK Spartak Subotica players BK Häcken players Serbian SuperLiga players Allsvenskan players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden