Stefan Cebara (; born 12 April 1991) is a Canadian professional

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player.

Early life

Cebara was born in the city of Zadar to a Serb father and a Croat mother and spent his early years in the town of Benkovac. He first moved to

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with his family when he was four, and then to Canada at the age of six. At the age of nine he started playing with Windsor FC Nationals. He grew up competing in soccer, basketball, hockey, volleyball and track/field.

Club career

Early career

Cebara played for the Windsor FC Nationals before moving to Serbia to join Rad Belgrade. He played with their youth team, although he also had the chance to play a few exhibition matches with the main team alongside future Canadian national team goalkeeper

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Zalaegerszeg

After a year in Belgrade he moved to Hungary and signed with Zalaegerszeg. He scored in his first-team debut on 2 March 2011, in a Hungarian Cup match against Vasas,Stefan Cebara
at Soccerway however as the youngest player on the team he divided his time between the first team and the reserve team. Cebara made two appearances in the Hungarian Championship before leaving to join the Canadian U20 team in their World Cup qualifiers. After his return the club began experiencing financial difficulties and Cebara had problems cancelling his contract, so he spent the following 6 months inactive.

Celje

In August 2012 he went on a ten-day trial period at Italian club Udinese, however a month later, on 11 September, he signed a two-year contract with Slovenian side

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. He made his debut for Celje on 16 September 2012, in a

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game against

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Zlaté Moravce

In February 2015, Cebara was reported to have signed with ViOn Zlaté Moravce of the

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Vojvodina

After spending six months with Lithuanian A Lyga club Utenis Utena, on 10 July 2017 Cebara signed a two-year-deal with Serbian club Vojvodina Novi Sad.

Valour FC

On 3 April 2020, Cebara signed with Canadian Premier League side Valour FC. He made his debut for Valour on August 16 against Cavalry FC. In December 2022, Valour announced Cebara would be departing the club.

International career

Cebara was 19 when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2011 with coach Valerio Gazzola. He represented the Canadian national under-20 team at the

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. On 14 March 2013, Cebara received his first call up by the Canadian national team for friendlies against

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and Belarus.Canada announces roster, additional match for camp in Qatar
at Canada Soccer, 14-3-2013 He made his first appearance on 22 March as a second half sub for Kyle Bekker during a 2–1 defeat to Japan.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cebara, Stefan 1991 births Living people Men's association football forwards Canadian men's soccer players Soccer people from Ontario Footballers from Zadar People from Benkovac Sportspeople from Windsor, Ontario Canadian people of Croatian descent Canadian people of Serbian descent Yugoslav Wars refugees Yugoslav emigrants to Canada Naturalized citizens of Canada Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Zalaegerszegi TE players NK Celje players FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce players FK Utenis Utena players FK Vojvodina players Valour FC players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Slovak First Football League players A Lyga players Serbian SuperLiga players Canadian Premier League players Canada men's youth international soccer players Canada men's international soccer players