Vladimir Stojković (born 4 October 1996) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for Saudi Arabian club Al-Faisaly as a

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Club career

Born in

Leça da Palmeira Leça da Palmeira () is an area in the Portuguese city of Matosinhos north of the Leça river. It was a civil parish until 2013, when it was merged with the parish of Matosinhos, forming Matosinhos e Leça da Palmeira. The parish covered and had ...

Matosinhos Matosinhos () is a City#Portugal, city and a Concelho, municipality in the district of Porto District, Porto in Portugal. The municipality covers an area of approximately and had 172,557 inhabitants in 2021. It is bordered by the municipalities o ...

to a Serbian father, Stojković joined

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

's youth system in 2007, aged 10. On 21 February 2016 he made his professional debut, appearing for the reserves in a 1–1 home draw against S.C. Freamunde in the Segunda Liga. Stojković played with the newly created under-23 team in the 2018–19 season, following which he left the club. On 10 August 2019, he signed a one-year contract with

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese professional sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its Association football, football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home g ...

also of the Portuguese second division. Only used in the under-23s, on 1 September the next year he transferred to hometown side

Leixões S.C. Leixões Sport Club (), commonly known as Leixões, is a Portuguese sports club from Matosinhos. It is organised into several departments for many sports, such as athletics, boxing, football, futsal, handball, karate, swimming, volleyball, wat ...

where he had begun playing football aged 7. On 28 January 2021,

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Stojković joined

Académica de Coimbra The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students' union of the University of Coimbra (UC). Founded in Coimbra on November 3, 1887, it is the oldest students' union in Portugal. It is also the biggest Portuguese students' union belongin ...

also of the Portuguese second tier, on a five-month deal. On 5 July 2022, after his team's relegation, he agreed to a contract at

Al-Okhdood Club Al-Okhdood Club () is a Saudi professional football club based in Najran, in the southern region of Saudi Arabia. Founded in 1976, the club competes in the Saudi Professional League, the first tier of Saudi football. The club have won the Saud ...

in the

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. In July 2023, Stojković moved to

Al-Faisaly FC Al-Faisaly KSA FC () is a Saudi Arabian Association football, football club based in Harmah., the club currently competes in the Saudi First Division League, the second tier of Football league system in Saudi Arabia, Saudi football.. History ...

in the same country and league.

International career

Stojković was

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once by Portugal at under-18 level. His appearance was a 2–0 win over the

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on 8 June 2014.

Personal life

Stojković's father and uncle, respectively named

Vladan Vladan (, sr-Cyrl, Владан) is a Serbian language, Serbian masculine given name, a shorter form of Slavic dithematic names with the element ''vlad'' meaning "to rule, ruler". It is attested in Serbian society since the Middle Ages. The patron ...

and

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, were also goalkeepers. Both spent several years in Portugal, and the latter was also a longtime Serbian international.

References

External links

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Portuguese League profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stojkovic, Vladimir 1996 births Living people Portuguese people of Serbian descent 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Matosinhos Men's association football goalkeepers Liga Portugal 2 players Sporting CP B players G.D. Estoril Praia players Leixões S.C. players Académica de Coimbra (football) players Saudi First Division League players Al-Okhdood Club players Al Faisaly FC players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia