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Uroš Spajić ( sr-Cyrl, Урош Спајић, ; born 13 February 1993) is a Serbian professional
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who plays as a
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for
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club
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.


Club career


Red Star Belgrade

Spajić made his professional debut for
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 ...
on 27 October 2010 in a
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match against Borac Čačak. He was subsequently loaned to Red Star's farm team Sopot in the Serbian third tier, where he played the 2011–12 season. In his final season at Red Star, he appeared in 16 games and became recognized as a player with remarkable qualities.


Toulouse

On 29 May 2013, Red Star Belgrade and
Toulouse FC Toulouse Football Club () is a French professional association football, football club based in Toulouse. The club was founded in 1970 and currently plays in Ligue 1, the first division of Football in France, French football. Toulouse plays it ...
agreed on Spajić's transfer to the French side for €1.5 million. Spajić made his Toulouse debut against
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on the opening day of the 2013–14 season; after
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committed a foul to concede a
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, the uninvolved Spajić was sent off in an apparent case of mistaken identity.


Anderlecht

On 31 August 2016, Spajić joined Belgian club
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on a season-long loan deal. The deal was made permanent near the end of the 2016-17 season.


Krasnodar

On 26 May 2018, he signed a 5-year contract with the
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side
FC Krasnodar FC Krasnodar is a Russian professional football club based in Krasnodar that plays in the Russian Premier League. They are the league's reigning champions. The club was founded in 2008. In 2009, the club was promoted to the Russian First Divis ...
. Before the 2020–21 season, a new limit of 8 foreign players in a squad was introduced by the
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. Spajić did not appear for Krasnodar in 2020 up to that point due to injury, and he was not registered with the league for the season. On 21 January 2022, his contract with Krasnodar was terminated by mutual consent.


Feyenoord

On 15 September 2020 he joined
Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Netherlands, Dutch professional association football, football club based in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football league system, Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the ...
on loan for the remainder of the season. He made his debut for the club on 4 October 2020 by starting in the away game against Willem II, a match which was won 1–4.


Kasımpaşa

On 31 January 2022, Spajić joined Turkish club Kasımpaşa. In April 2022, he injured his knee ligaments, and missed the rest of the season and the
2022 World Cup The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting ri ...
. He left the club at the end of the season.


Red Star Belgrade

In December 2022, he signed a three-year deal with his home club, Red Star Belgrade.


Beijing Guoan

On 18 February 2025, Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan announced that it has completed the signing of Spajić.


International career

Spajić first played for Serbia's U21 team in a friendly with Israel U21 on 6 February 2013. He played all three group matches for the team at the 2015 UEFA Under-21 Championship. He made his debut for the Serbia national team on 4 September 2015 in a
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qualifier against
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which Serbia won 2–0. In June 2018 he was selected in Serbia's squad for the
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, but he failed to make any appearances there. Spajić was selected in Serbia's squad for the
UEFA Euro 2024 The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, was the 17th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international Association football, football champ ...
, but didn't make any appearances in the tournament.


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International


Honours

Anderlecht *
Belgian League The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...
: 2016–17 *
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:
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Red Star Belgrade *
Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...
: 2022–23, 2023–24 *
Serbian Cup The Serbian Cup ( Serbian: Куп Србије / Kup Srbije), also known as Mozzart Serbian Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the national football cup of Serbia. The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round. ...
: 2022–23, 2023–24 Individual *
Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season The Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season is an annual award given to a set of 11 footballers in the top tier of Football in Serbia, Serbian football, the Serbian SuperLiga, SuperLiga, who are seen to be the best 11 players of the calendar season. S ...
: 2023–24


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