Stefan Alexander Ljubičić (born 5 October 1999) is an Icelandic professional

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of Serbian descent who plays as a

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for Swedish

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club

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Club career

Brighton & Hove Albion

After 16-year old Ljubičić had played three games for Keflavík and several games for the youth national teams, he went on a trial at English club Norwich in October 2015 and later at Scottish club

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in January 2016. However, after yet another trial, this time at Brighton & Hove Albion where he scored a goal and played very well in a friendly game against Chelsea's youth team, it was confirmed by the players agent and Keflavík, that Ljubičić had accepted a three-year offer from the club. He would join the club in the summer 2016. Ljubičić played for Brighton's U18 and U23 teams. In February 2018, he was loaned out to Bognor Regis Town until the end of the season. In January 2019, he was loaned out to Eastbourne Borough until the end of April 2019. However, it was confirmed in May 2019, that Ljubičić had been released. He played a total of 35 games and 12 goals for Brighton's U18 team and 8 games for the U23 team.

Grindavík

After being released by Brighton, Ljubičić returned to

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in July 2019. He made eight appearances and scored one goal for the club.

Riga FC

At the beginning of November, Ljubičić joined the training camp of Latvian club Riga FC in Cyprus. He played a friendly game for the team against Pafos FC where he scored a goal. He then signed officially for the club at the end of the month. However, before playing any official games for the club, the cooperation was terminated by mutual agreement on 26 May 2020. Ljubičić had had a few minor injuries, which prevented him from playing.

HK

On 15 June 2020, Ljubičić signed a three-year deal with Icelandic club

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. He scored his first goal for HK on 28 August the same year. After HK was relegated for the 2022 season, Ljubičić left the club at the end of 2021.

KR Reykjavík

On 19 October 2021 it was confirmed, that Ljubičić would join

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for the 2022 season.

Return to Keflavík

In April 2023, Ljubicic moved to Keflavík: a club he also played for in 2015–16.

Skövde AIK

On 30 March 2024, Ljubicic joined

in Swedish second-tier

on a two-year contract.

Personal life

Stefan is the son of Bosnian Serb refugee Zoran Ljubičić, former Icelandic football player and coach. His older brother, Bojan Stefan Ljubičić, is also a footballer. In his youth, Stefan played basketball for

Keflavík ÍF Keflavík ÍF (Keflavík, íþrótta- og ungmennafélag) is an Icelandic sports club, from the town of Reykjanesbær. The club has several divisions for different sports: football, basketball, swimming, gymnastics, badminton, shooting, and taekw ...

for four years and was a member of the Icelandic junior national basketball teams.

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Stefan Ljubicic Stefan Alexander Ljubičić (born 5 October 1999) is an Icelandic professional Association football, footballer of Serbian descent who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Swedish Superettan club Skövde AIK. Club career Bright ...

Men's association football forwards

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Bognor Regis Town F.C. players Eastbourne Borough F.C. players

Riga FC players

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