Stefan Šćepović ( sr-cyr, Стефан Шћеповић, ; born 10 January 1990) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. Formerly an under-21 international, Šćepović made his senior debut for

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in 2012.

Club career

Early career

Šćepović started his professional career at

in 2007. In 2010, he left on loan to

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. As part of the agreement, Sampdoria have an option to sign him permanently at the end of the season. At the end of the season, Šćepović was linked to

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and Belgian

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, signing with the latter.

Club Brugge

In July 2010 Šćepović joined Belgian club

. After suffering a goal drought in the first half of the season, he was loaned to

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in January 2011. Belgian media also described that he was most remembered in Brugge for accidentally locking himself in a bathroom in

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hours before a friendly.

Partizan

On 8 June 2012, Šćepović signed a two-year contract with

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

. On the same day, he married his longtime girlfriend Jovana Šćepović. He featured with Partizan in the

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and played against the likes of

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, and

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Sporting Gijón

In July 2013, Šćepović signed a three-year loan deal with

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, with a buyout clause. In September he became the first player in the history of the club who managed to score in his first five consecutive games (against

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, Ponferradina and

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). This great performance was rewarded with the

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Player of Month prize. In January 2014 Šćepović was voted by the readers of Spanish sports newspaper ''

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'', best player of the first half of season, being referred as "the king of ''Segunda''". Also, he was named in the campaign's midway best eleven, chosen by LFP. On 6 February 2014 Šćepović was bought by Sporting outright for a

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1 million fee, signing a contract until 2018. He scored 22 goals in 39 appearances for the club.

Celtic

On 2 September 2014, Šćepović signed a four-year deal with

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for £2.3 million, having turned down a move the day before. Eleven days later, he made his debut as a starter in a 2–1 victory against

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. On 23 October, he scored his first goal for the club against

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in the

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, scoring a header from an Anthony Stokes free kick in a 2–1 home win. Three days later, he netted his second goal for the club and his first in the league, in a 2–0 victory over

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. The other goal of that game was a free kick from

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, earned after

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was sent off for a professional foul on Šćepović. On 15 March 2015, Šćepović was an unused substitute as Celtic won the

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with a 2–0 win over

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in the final at

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, with Stokes and

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starting and Guidetti as a substitute. On 24 May, he scored in each half as Celtic concluded their fourth consecutive league-winning season with a 5–0 home win over

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Getafe

On 31 August 2015, Šćepović joined Spanish club

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on a season long loan. Scepovic scored his first goal for Getafe a diving header in the 1–0 win over

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. On 28 June 2016, after suffering relegation, Šćepović signed a permanent contract with ''Geta''. He helped the club in their immediate return to the top tier, notably scoring a brace against

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on 10 June 2017.

Sporting Gijón (loan)

On 12 July 2017 Šćepović returned to Sporting, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal. However, on 31 January 2018 and scoring four goals in 16 games played, Getafe and Sporting agreed to terminate the loan and was transferred to Hungarian club Videoton.

Brisbane Roar

On 7 February 2023, Šćepović signed for Australian club

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PAS Giannina

On 7 September 2024, Šćepović signed for Greek club

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. He was released on a free transfer on 14 February 2025.He scored 5 goals in 16 games played.

International career

Šćepović made his debut for the

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on 29 February 2012 in a friendly match against

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. He scored his first international goal on 15 October 2013 in a qualifier for the following year's World Cup against

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at the

Jagodina City Stadium Jagodina City Stadium (Serbian: Градски стадион у Јагодини / ''Gradski stadion u Jagodini''), locally known as ''Stadion pod Đurđevim brdom'' (Serbian Cyrillic: Стадион под Ђурђевим брдом; Stadium un ...

; after replacing

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in the 62nd minute, he netted his team's last goal of a 5–1 victory eleven minutes later.

Career statistics

Club

''Updated to games played as of 18 December 2018.''

Personal life

He is the older brother of

Marko Šćepović Marko Šćepović ( sr-cyr, Марко Шћеповић, ; born 23 May 1991) is a Serbian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. Club career Early career Born in Belgrade, � ...

and the son of former Partizan striker and now one of the youth coaches,

Slađan Šćepović Slađan Šćepović (Serbian Cyrillic: Слађан Шћеповић; born 5 December 1965) is a Serbian former football manager and player. Career Born in Priboj, SR Serbia within SFR Yugoslavia, he played most of his career with FK Partizan in ...

Honours

Celtic *

Scottish Premiership The Scottish Premiership, also known as the William Hill (bookmaker), William Hill Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Scotland and the highest level of the Scottish football league system. Th ...

: 2014–15 *

: 2014–15 Videoton *

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: 2017–18 Individual *

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: September 2013

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