Stefan Čupić ( sr-cyr, Стефан Чупић; born 7 May 1994) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

OFK Beograd

Born in

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, Čupić started playing football with local club Radnički, but moved to

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 Karaburma, ...

in 2006. Čupić was promoted in the first team for the

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qualification, but stayed with youth team until summer 2012. He signed his first four-year professional contract with OFK Beograd ending of 2012, after he spent the first half of

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season as a loaned player with

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side

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. Čupić made his professional SuperLiga debut for OFK Beograd on 6 April 2013, against Javor Ivanjica. At the beginning of 2014, Čupić was loaned to

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, but returned in OFK Beograd after a week and spent the whole season as a reserve choice. He also played in the last 2 fixtures of the 2013–14 season. For the first 2 seasons he spent with the first team, Čupić made 3 SuperLiga appearances at total, but was promoted as the first choice goalkeeper for the

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season taking jersey number 1. After 5 cleansheets on 15 games, he was elected for the best debutant in 2014. After Bogdan Planić's injury, coach

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gave a captain armband to Čupić several fixtures before the end of season. Čupić also made 36 league and 3

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matches for the 2015–16 season after which OFK Beograd relegated to the

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. Čupić also started new season with club, but missed opening matches and moved on six-month loan to

OFK Bačka OFK Bačka (Serbian Cyrillic: ОФК Бачка) is a football club based in Bačka Palanka, Serbia. In 2016, the club achieved promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga. It is known as one of the most successful football clubs in Serbia at the all ti ...

in last day of the summer transfer window 2016.

Sarpsborg 08 FF

On 20 January 2017, Čupić signed a two-year deal with

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. While with the club, Čupić spent the whole

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campaign as a back-up choice for Anders Kristiansen. During the season, Čupić also appeared in the

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, making several appearances.

Voždovac

On 10 February 2018, Čupić returned to the

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side

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, penning two-and-a-half year deal with the club. He chose to wear number 1 jersey after Zoran Popović left the club. Čupić made his debut for Voždovac in 3–2 victory over

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on 23 February 2018.

FC Ararat-Armenia

On 16 January 2019, Čupić joined Armenian club

FC Ararat-Armenia FC Ararat-Armenia ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ-Արմենիա), is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan, founded in 2017. History It was founded in 2017 as FC Avan Academy by Ruben Hayrapetyan, on the basis of t ...

. On 27 January 2021, Ararat-Armenia confirmed that Čupić had left the club to join

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for an undisclosed fee.

Olympiakos Nicosia

On 27 January 2021 he joined

. In the first six months at the club he had some good appearances but was mostly second goalkeeper. In the 2022 season he only made one appearance.

International career

Čupić was a member of U17 and U18 levels until 2012 when he joined

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. During the

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, Čupić was mostly used as a reserve for

Predrag Rajković Predrag Rajković ( sr-cyr, Предраг Рајковић, ; born 31 October 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Mallorca and the Serbia national team. Club career Jagodina Born in Negotin, ...

, and also played match

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on 26 July 2016. After he won the championship, Čupić overgrown U19 selection and became a member of Serbia U21 in 2014. Coach of

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, Milan Rastavac invited him to squad for a friendly match against

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in December 2015.

Career statistics

Club

Ararat-Armenia *

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(2): 2018–19, 2019–20 *

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(1): 2019

International

Serbia U19 *

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(1) :

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References

External links

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at utakmica.rs * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cupic, Stefan 1994 births Living people Footballers from Niš Men's association football goalkeepers Serbian men's footballers Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers OFK Beograd players Olympiakos Nicosia players FK Dorćol players OFK Bačka players FK Voždovac players Sarpsborg 08 FF players FC Ararat-Armenia players Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian First League players Armenian Premier League players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Armenia