Stefan Babović

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Stefan Babović
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Babović with Feyenoord in 2010
Personal information
Full name Stefan Babović
Date of birth (1987-01-07) 7 January 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Ivangrad, SFR Yugoslavia
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Partizan
Number 10
Youth career
1995–2004 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Partizan 36 (4)
2006–2008 OFK Beograd 42 (9)
2008–2010 Nantes 33 (0)
2009–2010 → Feyenoord (loan) 10 (1)
2010–2012 Partizan 51 (12)
2012–2013 Zaragoza 9 (0)
2013–2015 Voždovac 31 (7)
2015– Partizan 26 (5)
International career
2003 Serbia and Montenegro U17[1] 3 (1)
2004–2006 Serbia and Montenegro U19[1] 5 (0)
2006–2008 Serbia U21[1] 15 (5)
2007–2008 Serbia 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2016

Stefan Babović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Бабовић; born 7 January 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Partizan, as a deep-lying playmaker.

After representing his country at all youth levels, Babović made his full international debut for Serbia in 2007.

Club career

Partizan and OFK Beograd

Babović came through the youth ranks at Partizan and made his senior team debut at the age of 17, coming on as a substitute in a 3–0 home win over Sutjeska Nikšić on 17 March 2004.[2] He also played for Teleoptik on dual registration. On 8 January 2005, a day after his 18 birthday, Babović signed his first professional contract with Partizan, on a five-year deal.[3] He was also a member of the team that won the league title in 2005. After the retirement of Dragan Ćirić, Babović was given the number 10 shirt. He played 23 league matches and scored three goals in the 2005–06 season. In August 2006, Babović eventually left Partizan after a disagreement with manager Miodrag Ješić.[4][5]

After parting ways with Partizan, Babović joined OFK Beograd as a free agent, penning a four-year contract.[6] He quickly fit into a talented team and played great for the club, which coincided with his fantastic performances for the youth national team.[7]

Nantes and Feyenoord

On 13 December 2007, it was announced that Babović left Serbia to join Nantes of the French second division.[8] The transfer officially went through on 1 January 2008.[9] During his first six months at the Stade de la Beaujoire, Babović made 15 league appearances, scoring no goals, as the club was promoted to the first division. He repeated the same performances in the next season, but the club failed to avoid relegation.

On 1 September 2009, after featuring in Nantes' first three league matches of the campaign, Babović was sent on loan to Feyenoord until the end of the 2009–10 season,[10] with a buyout clause.[11] He was given the number 15 shirt. On 1 November 2009, Babović was sent off during the Klassieker in Amsterdam for elbowing Ajax defender Jan Vertonghen.[12]

After serving his suspension,[13] Babović returned to the lineup for the match against Groningen and scored his first Eredivisie goal, an equalizer in a 3–1 victory. At the end of the season, it was announced that Feyenoord would not offer Babović a new contract.[14] Eventually, Babović returned to France and terminated his contract with Nantes by mutual agreement in June 2010.[15]

Return to Partizan

On 16 August 2010, after almost two months of training with his parent club, Babović signed a two-year contract with Partizan.[16] He scored eight league goals in his comeback season with Partizan, being named in the 2010–11 SuperLiga Team of the Season, also helping his team win their fourth league title in a row. In the same season, Babović made four appearances in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League and won the Serbian Cup trophy.

Likewise, Babović earned a place in the 2011–12 SuperLiga Team of the Season, also winning his second consecutive national championship title with Partizan.

Zaragoza and Voždovac

In August 2012, Babović signed a three-year deal with Zaragoza.[17] He made his official debut for the club in a 0–2 away loss to Real Sociedad on 16 September 2012. Over the course of the 2012–13 season, Babović made nine league appearances, only to have his contract annulled in the summer of 2013, following the club's relegation from the Primera División.[18]

On the last day of the 2013 summer transfer window, Babović signed with Voždovac on a free transfer.[19] He made 21 league appearances and scored three times in the 2013–14 season, as the club finished in 7th place in their comeback season in the top flight. Despite transfer speculation in the summer of 2014, Babović eventually stayed and spent another six months at Voždovac.

Third stint at Partizan

On 14 January 2015, Babović officially returned to his former club Partizan. He signed a three-year contract and was given the number 10 shirt, previously worn by the departing Ismaël Béko Fofana.[20] On 21 February 2015, Babović made his third debut for Partizan, playing the full 90 minutes in a home league fixture against his former club Voždovac; the game ended in a 3–3 draw. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–2 away draw with Čukarički on 22 March 2015.[21] Babović recorded a total of 12 league appearances and scored two goals in the second part of the 2014–15 season, as the club won the title. He was again named in the competition's best eleven due to his performances throughout the season for both Voždovac and Partizan.[22]

On 14 July 2015, Babović netted his first goal in UEFA competitions, scoring from a free kick to give his team a 1–0 win over Dila Gori.[23] He also scored the opener in a 4–2 home victory over Steaua București on 5 August 2015.[24]

International career

A former Serbia and Montenegro U17 and U19 player, Babović was unused substitute in the 2006 UEFA U-21 Championship in Portugal. He was subsequently Serbia's top scorer in the 2007 UEFA U-21 Championship qualification; two of his three goals came in the stunning play-off comeback against Sweden.[25] In the summer of 2007, Babović was named in the 23-man squad for the final tournament held in the Netherlands.[26] Serbia ended the tournament as a runner-up, losing 1–4 to the hosts in the final.

After appearing in an unofficial friendly against the Basque Country on 27 December 2006,[27] Babović made his official debut for the senior national team in a rescheduled UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Kazakhstan on 24 November 2007.

Statistics

As of 10 January 2016

Club

Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Partizan 2003–04 4 0 0 0 – 0 0 4 0
2004–05 9 1 1 0 – 1 0 11 1
2005–06 23 3 2 0 – 2 0 27 3
Total 36 4 3 0 – 3 0 42 4
OFK Beograd 2006–07 27 6 2 0 – 0 0 29 6
2007–08 15 3 0 0 – 0 0 15 3
Total 42 9 2 0 – 0 0 44 9
Nantes 2007–08 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2008–09 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
2009–10 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Total 33 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 36 0
Feyenoord (loan) 2009–10 10 1 3 1 – 0 0 13 2
Total 10 1 3 1 – 0 0 13 2
Partizan 2010–11 22 8 4 2 – 4 0 30 10
2011–12 29 4 4 1 – 5 0 38 5
2012–13 0 0 0 0 – 5 0 5 0
Total 51 12 8 3 – 14 0 73 15
Zaragoza 2012–13 9 0 2 0 – 0 0 11 0
Total 9 0 2 0 – 0 0 11 0
Voždovac 2013–14 21 3 1 0 – 0 0 22 3
2014–15 10 4 2 3 – 0 0 12 7
Total 31 7 3 3 – 0 0 34 10
Partizan 2014–15 12 2 3 0 – 0 0 15 2
2015–16 14 3 2 0 – 11 2 27 5
Total 26 5 5 0 – 11 2 42 7
Career total 238 38 28 7 1 0 28 2 295 47

International

Serbia national team
Year Apps Goals
2007 1 0
2008 3 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Partizan
Individual

References

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