Srđan Vujaklija ( sr-Cyrl, Срђан Вујаклија; born 21 March 1988) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a striker for

FK Mladost Novi Sad FK Mladost GAT () is a professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system. History Between 2018–19 and 2021–22, the club achieved four con ...

Club career

Novi Sad

Born in

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, Vujaklija started his career with local low ranked club

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, later moved to

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and joined

FK Novi Sad RFK Novi Sad 1921 () is a professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League Vojvodina, the third tier of the national league system. History Founded in 1921 as NTK, the club was refounded in 1948 ...

, where he spent the next 4 years. He made 19 appearances and scored 2 goals for the first season in the club, after which Novi Sad was relegated to the

Serbian League Vojvodina Serbian League Vojvodina ( Serbian: Српска лига Војводина / Srpska liga Vojvodina) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third tier of professional football in Serbia. The other three sections are Serbian League B ...

, but after one season, the club returned to the second tier league. Vujaklija participated in success with 6 goals on 30 matches. For the 2007–08 season, Vujaklija scored 5 goals on 22 matches in the

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and was also declared as the

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2 times, as the previous two seasons too. Later, for the next season and a half, Vujaklija played only 24 matches, without a goal.

Spartak Subotica

Vujaklija joined

FK Spartak Subotica Fudbalski klub Spartak Ždrepčeva Krv () is a professional football club from Subotica, Serbia, that plays in the Serbian SuperLiga. The club was founded in 1945 and was named after Jovan Mikić Spartak, the leader of the Partisans in Subotic ...

in the spring half of the 2009–10 season. For the first 6 months spent in the

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, he made 10 appearances, with only 1 start and without goals. In the first half of the

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season, Vujaklija made 1 appearance, when he was substituted in from the bench, but he got the chance for a spring half usually as the first choice and scored 3 goals in 14 matches.

Hajduk Kula

After the episode with Spartak Subotica, Vujaklija stayed in the SuperLiga, signing with

FK Hajduk Kula FK Hajduk Kula (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Хајдук Кула) was a Serbian football club based in Kula. The club was named after a Hajduk, a much celebrated hero figure in the Serbian epic poetry. On 30 July 2013, just eleven days before start ...

in the 2011–12 season. Playing for Hajduk Kula, he made 7 league and 1

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appearance and scored 1 goal.

Loan to Banat Zrenjanin

As the member of

Hajduk Kula FK Hajduk Kula (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Хајдук Кула) was a Serbian football club based in Kula. The club was named after a Hajduk, a much celebrated hero figure in the Serbian epic poetry. On 30 July 2013, just eleven days before start ...

, Vujaklija was loaned to

side

FK Banat Zrenjanin FK Banat Zrenjanin () was a football club based in Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia. History The club was founded in June 2006 by the merger of Budućnost Banatski Dvor and Proleter Zrenjanin. They started competing in the Serbian SuperLiga in the ...

. Although he played at only the first three matches, he scored 1 goal for Banat in a 5–3 defeat against

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. Previously, Vujaklija lost a cup match against Kolubara, playing with

in the first half-season.

Proleter Novi Sad

Vujaklija joined

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in the beginning of 2013. Previously he played with

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in the

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for some period in 2012. He started his first matches with Proleter Novi Sad as a back-up for Darko Drinić, but later coach

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used both of them on the field. Vujaklija scored 8 goals until the end of the

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season. Next season, he became the first choice for new coach,

Zoran Marić Zoran Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Mapић; born 21 February 1960) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. Club career Born in Boka, SFR Yugoslavia, Marić represented local clubs Novi Sad and Vojvodina in his co ...

, after Drinić left the club. He scored 12 goals in the 2013–14 season, but mostly in the first half as a result of cooperation with

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. In the summer of 2014, Vujaklija was on trial in

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Serbia, the second large ...

as the best scorer of Proleter Novi Sad, but stayed with Proleter for one more season. Vujaklija made 25 First League matches and scored 6 goals in the 2014–15 season. During the time he spent with the team from Slana Bara, Vujaklija also played 3

matches.

Borac Čačak

Vujaklija joined

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in the summer of 2015, along with former coach of Proleter Novi Sad,

and former teammates

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and

Aleksandar Tanasin Aleksandar Tanasin ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Танасин; born 15 November 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Mladost Novi Sad. Club career Metalac Futog Born in Novi Sad, Tanasin is a product of V ...

. Lalatović gave Vujaklija a chance as a first choice in attack. He scored his first goal for Borac in the second fixture of the SuperLiga, against

FK Voždovac Fudbalski klub Voždovac () is a professional football club based in Voždovac, Belgrade, Serbia, which competes in the Serbian First League, the second tier. Nicknamed "The Dragons", they experienced little success in the Yugoslavian era, but h ...

at the

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. Later, Vujaklija was a scorer in matches against

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and

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

, when Borac confirmed a 2nd position on the 2015–16 SuperLiga table. In the next fixture match, against

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, Vujaklija scored 2 goals and demonstrated his goal celebration with imitation of playing the violin. Before the

match against Red Star,

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said in joking, how his team will answer Vujaklija with playing contrabass. Borac won that match with a 5–1 result and Vujaklija made 2 assists and scored 1 goal, after which he repeated the same goal celebration. In the meantime of two matches, Vujaklija also scored 2 goals, against

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and

FK Radnik Surdulica FK Radnik Surdulica () is a professional football club based in Surdulica, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian First League, the second tier of the national league system. History The club was founded as Surdulički sportski klub (SSK) in 1926 on ...

. In a match against

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, played on 6 December 2015, Vujaklija scored his 11th 2015–16 SuperLiga goal, and equated with Aleksandar Katai on the 1st place of the scorer list. During the winter break off-season, the media circulated stories about his departure, and was published that he signed with

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club

FC Ordabasy FC Ordabasy () is a professional association football, football club from Kazakhstan based at the Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium (Shymkent), Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Stadium in Shymkent. Ordabasy was formed in 1949, following the merger of two exi ...

, but he stayed with Borac and scored a new goal in the spring half premiere against

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. He was also a scorer in the quarter-final cup match against

. Vujaklija was declared as the best sportsman of the

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for the year 2015.

Red Star Belgrade

In the summer of 2016, Vujaklija signed a preliminary contract with

, six months until the end of his contract with

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, due to regulations. In the winter break off the 2016–17 season, he officially joined the new club, signing a two-year contract on 10 January 2017 with

. He made his official debut for the club in the 25th fixture match of the

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season against

, played on 8 March 2017. In the first match he started on the field, Vujaklija scored 2 goals in a 2–1 victory against Spartak Subotica on 1 April 2017. After he was nominated for the

, Vujaklija was also elected as the player of the week in the

. On 7 July 2017, he terminated the contract with Red Star Belgrade and left the club as a

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Ordabasy

On 8 July 2017, Vujaklija signed with

side Ordabasy. He scored on his debut for the new club in a 1–0 win over

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the next day. With the ending of September of the same year, Vujaklija scored in two successive matches against

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and

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Gwangju

On 27 February 2018, it was announced Vujaklija moved to the

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club

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as a free player. He left Gwanju after only 6 months at the club in August 2018.

Return to Proleter Novi Sad

In August 2018, Vujaklija rejoined Proleter Novi Sad on a free transfer. He left Proleter after the end of the

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season.

Borac Banja Luka

On 11 July 2019, Vujaklija signed a one-year contract with

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club

FK Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian Serb professional association football, football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Republika ...

. He made his official debut for Borac on 20 July 2019, in a 0–0 away league draw against

FK Željezničar Sarajevo Fudbalski klub Željezničar Sarajevo ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Жељезничap Сарајево; English language, English: Football Club Željezničar Sarajevo), commonly referred to as Željo, is a professional Association fo ...

. He scored his first official goal for Borac on 14 September 2019, in a 3–1 away league loss against

FK Sloboda Tuzla Fudbalski klub Sloboda Tuzla English: Football Club Sloboda Tuzla) is a Bosnian professional football club based in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The English translation of the team's name is ''Football Club Freedom Tuzla''. The club is a mem ...

. Vujaklija left the club in June 2020.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Novi Sad *

: 2006–07

References

External links

Srđan Vujaklija stats
at utakmica.rs * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vujaklija, Srdjan 1988 births Living people Serbian men's footballers Serbian expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Footballers from Novi Sad FK Veternik players RFK Novi Sad 1921 players FK Spartak Subotica players FK Hajduk Kula players FK Banat Zrenjanin players FK Proleter Novi Sad players FK Borac Čačak players Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Borac Banja Luka players FC Ordabasy players Gwangju FC players Al-Arabi SC (UAE) players Doxa Drama F.C. players Rovaniemen Palloseura players Serbian First League players Serbian SuperLiga players Kazakhstan Premier League players K League 2 players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players UAE First Division League players Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Serbian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Finland 21st-century Serbian sportsmen