Aleksa Terzić ( sr-cyr, Алекса Терзић; born 17 August 1999) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Red Bull Salzburg and the Serbia national team.

Club career

Red Star Belgrade

Born in

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, Terzić grew up in Mladenovac, where he also started playing football in the local club. In 2010, he moved to

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

, and passed the whole youth categories. He signed his first, three-year professional contract in November 2016. In early 2017, he was marked as one of the top club's prospects by general director

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. He was licensed for the 2017–18 season with first squad, and played with youth team until team until the end of a calendar year respectively. In early 2018, after training with senior squad during the winter-break, Terzić moved on loan to the

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side Grafičar Beograd for the rest of season. Following the end of the League Belgrade campaign, in which he made 10 appearances with the satellite club, Terzić returned to Red Star in June 2018. During the summer pre-season, while Milan Rodić was with

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at the

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, Tezić got split playing time with Stefan Hajdin as a left-back. At the beginning of the 2018–19 season, Terzić has been licensed for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League qualifications. After he missed both of matches against Spartaks Jūrmala in the first round, Terzić played a full-time match against Dinamo Vranje on 20 July 2018, which was his

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debut. Terzić also started the 5th fixture match of the season, when he assisted to

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in 2–1 home victory over Čukarički.

Serie A

On 13 June 2019, Terzić joined to Italian

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club

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. On 1 September 2020, Terzić joined on loan to

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until 30 June 2021.

Red Bull Salzburg

On 23 July 2023, due to lack of playing time at Fiorentina, Terzić was sold to

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for 5.5 million.

International career

Youth

Terzić debuted for Serbia U16 on 3 March 2015, replacing Nikola Savić in 1−1 draw to

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. The same year in October, Terzić also made his debut for Serbia U17 in the first round qualification match for the Under-17 UEFA Euro, against

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. Playing with the team until 2016, Terzić had been named in squad for the final competition. In September 2016, Terzić was a part of the Serbia under-19 team on the memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele", where he debuted in the opening match against

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. On 29 November 2016, while he played with U19 squad respectively, Terzić scored on his debut for Serbia U18 against

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. In March next year, coach Milan Obradović called Terzić into the squad for elite qualification round of the

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. Terzić also contributed to the team during the 2017−18 qualifications, scoring a goal in 4−1 victory over

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on 7 October 2017. As coach of the Serbia under-21,

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included Terzić to the squad for competitive matches against

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and

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in September 2018.

Senior debut

On 7 June 2021, Terzić debuted for the Serbian senior squad in a friendly match against

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Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

Red Star Belgrade * Serbian Superleague: 2018–19 Empoli *

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: 2020–21 Fiorentina *

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runner-up: 2022–23 *

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runner-up 2022–23

References

External links

Profile
at the FC Red Bull Salzburg website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Terzic, Aleksa 1999 births Living people Serbian men's footballers Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football fullbacks Serbia men's international footballers Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers Red Star Belgrade footballers Serbian SuperLiga players RFK Grafičar Beograd players Serie A players Serie B players ACF Fiorentina players Empoli FC players Austrian Football Bundesliga players FC Red Bull Salzburg players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Austria