Darko Lemajić ( sr-cyr, Дарко Лемајић; born 20 August 1993) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a

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for Latvian club RFS in the Optibet Virslīga.

Club career

Inđija

Born in

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, Lemajić made his debut for

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, on away match versus

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in last fixture match of the

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, played 6 June 2010 against

. He played his

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match in the

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season, against

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, played on 20 November 2010. He also played three more matches for the season. After the club relegated in the

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for the next season again, Lemajić collected 21 league and two cup matches, scoring four goals in both competitions. He was linked with

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, and was on trial with another club in Switzerland,

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. Although he also was scouted by Italian club

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, Lemajić stayed in Inđija. As like as the previous season, he played 21 matches in the

2012–13 Serbian First League The 2012–13 Serbian First League was the eighth season of the league under its current name. It started on 11 August 2012 and concluded on 5 June 2013. Napredak Kruševac won the title and Čukarički finished as runners-up, with both clubs e ...

season and scored three goals, but also played just one cup match for the season, without goals. During the 2013–14 season, Lemajić appeared on 27 league matches, scoring 9 goals. That score promoted him to the best team scorer and one of the most important players for surviving the club in the Serbian First League. Lemajić also started the 2014–15 season as the first team captain. He scored both goals in opening match for 2–0 home victory against Sloboda Užice. During the first half-season, he scored five goals on 10 matches, missing some period because of injury. After he spent the whole 2015 with

Napredak Kruševac Napredak, which translates from Serbo-Croatian as ''Progress'', may refer to: *HKD Napredak, cultural society of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina *FK Napredak Kruševac, Serbian football club *FK Napredak Aleksinac, Serbian football club *FK Napred ...

, Lemajić returned in his home club at the beginning of 2016 as a loaned player until the end of

2015–16 Serbian First League The Serbian First League (Serbian: Prva liga Srbije) is the second-highest football league in Serbia. The league is operated by the Serbian FA. 16 teams compete in the league for the 2015–16 season. Two teams were promoted to the Serbian SuperLi ...

season. He also extended his loan in summer 2016 for a six months, and stayed with Inđija until the end of 2016. In the winter break off-season, Lemajić rejoined the club as a single-player.

Napredak Kruševac

Lemajić joined

at the beginning of 2015. During the first year he spent with club, Lemajić was mostly used as a back-up player. During the second half of 2014–15 season, he scored two goals on 13 league matches and also appeared in both

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, after which Napredak relegated in the

. For the rest of a year, Lemajić scored one Serbian First League goal on 11 caps. He also played two cup matches, against Moravac Mrštane when he scored two goals and was nominated for the

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, and Radnički Niš. In the winter break off-season, Lemajić was loaned to

. He returned from loan in summer 2016 and started the

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season with Napredak, but later moved on new six-month loan to Inđija. In January 2017, Lemajić terminated the contract and left the club.

Riga

On 25 June 2017, Lemajić signed for Latvian club

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. Lemajić became the top scorer of the

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, scoring 15 goals in 24 matches. He helped Riga win both - the league and the

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- for the first time in the history of the club.

RFS

In June 2019, Lemajić joined

FK RFS FK RFS (FC RFS) is a professional Latvian association football, football club based in Riga. The club competes in Latvian Higher League, Virslīga, the top tier of the Latvian football league system. Founded in 2005, the club has worn a blue h ...

Gent

On 24 August 2021, Lemajić signed for Belgian club

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on a 2-year contract for undisclosed fee.

RFS

On 1 July 2023, Lemajić joined

again.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Inđija *

: 2009–10 Napredak Kruševac * Serbian First League: 2015–16 Riga *

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Gent *

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: 2021–22 Individual *

Top scorer:

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References

External links

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at utakmica.rs * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lemajic, Darko 1993 births Footballers from Belgrade Living people Serbian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Serbia men's youth international footballers FK Inđija players FK Napredak Kruševac players Riga FC players FK RFS players K.A.A. Gent players Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian First League players Latvian Higher League players Belgian Pro League players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium