Denis Ristov

Denis Ristov (Serbian Cyrillic: Дeниc Pиcтoв; born 24 June 1990) is a Serbian football midfielder, playing for FK Sileks.

Denis Ristov

Personal information
Full name	Denis Ristov
Date of birth	(1990-06-24) 24 June 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth	Pirot, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sileks
Number	20
Youth career
1998–2008	Radnički Pirot
2009	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2008	Radnički Pirot	1	(0)
2009–2010	Teleoptik	0	(0)
2009	→ Balkanski (loan)	7	(3)
2010	→ Radnički Pirot (loan)
2011–2013	Donji Srem	30	(2)
2013–2017	Radnički Pirot	107	(41)
2017–2018	Novi Pazar	28	(5)
2018	Radnički Pirot
2019–2020	Sileks	26	(1)
2020–	Sileks	18	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2017

Club career

Early career

Born in Pirot,^[1] Ristov started playing football with local club Radnički at the age of 8. He joined the first team of Radnički Pirot when he was 17, and made his debut in the last fixture of the 2007–08 Serbian First League season. Later, after club relegated in the Serbian League East, Ristov was sold to Partizan at the beginning of 2009,^[2] where he spent 6 months until the end of his youth career and scored 14 goals on 15 matches for youth team.^[3] Later he moved to Teleoptik, but he spent mostly time as a loaned player with Balkanski^[4] and Radnički Pirot between 2009 and 2010 period.^[5]

Donji Srem

Ristov joined Donji Srem at the beginning of 2011. After winning 2010–11 Serbian League Vojvodina, he was also one of the most standard players in squad during the 2011–12 Serbian First League with 2 goals on 26 league matches and 1 cup match. After Donji Srem promoted in the Serbian SuperLiga, Ristov made just 4 league caps, including historical win against his ex-club Partizan^[6] in which he played last 5 minutes of the match, and 1 cup appearance during the 2012–13 season.

Radnički Pirot

In summer 2013, Ristov decided to return in his home club Radnički Pirot.^[7] During the first half-season, he was used mostly as a reserve although he started season in first 11. Later, for the second half-season, he was standard player, missing 1 match and was also replaced just once time in the last match of 2013–14 Serbian League East season, and he scored 4 goals for the season.^[8] He also played Pirot district cup match against Balkanski.^[9] During the 2014–15 Serbian League East season, Ristov noted 26 league caps with 11 goals, and also played Pirot district cup match against Balkanski as the last year,^[10] and was in protocol in the final match against Lužnica.^[11] Later he also played against Železničar Vranjska Banja in the semi-final regional cup match.^[12] Ristov was one of the most important players in the 2015–16 season, scoring 16 goals on 27 Serbian League East matches.^[13] He also played Pirot district matches against Jedinstvo Pirot,^[14] and Lužnica.^[15]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 November 2017^[16]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Donji Srem	2010–11^[5]	Serbian League Vojvodina	3	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2011–12	Serbian First League	26	2	1	0	—		—		27	2
	2012–13	Serbian SuperLiga	4	0	1	0	—		—		5	0
	Total		33	2	2	0	—		—		35	2
Radnički Pirot	2013–14^[8]	Serbian League East	25	4	—		—		1^[a]	0	26	4
	2014–15^[8]		26	11	—		—		2^[b]	0	28	11
	2015–16^[8]		27	16	—		—		2^[a]	1	29	17
	2016–17	Serbian First League	29	10	—		—		1^[c]	0	30	10
	Total		107	41	—		—		6	1	113	42
Novi Pazar	2017–18	Serbian First League	13	4	1	0	—		—		14	4
	Total		13	4	1	0	—		—		14	4
Career total			153	47	3	0	—		6	1	162	48

1. Appearances in Pirot District Cup
2. Appearances in Pirot District Cup and Eastern Serbia Cup
3. Appearances Southern and Eastern Serbia Cup

Honours

Club

Donji Srem

• Serbian League Vojvodina: 2010–11

Radnički Pirot

• Serbian League East: 2015–16

References

1. "Denis Ristov". jelenfootball.com (in Serbian). 3 October 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
2. "Kratke fudbalske vesti". srbijasport.com (in Serbian). 24 January 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
3. "Pirot čeka promociju". sport.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 26 June 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "2009-10 season stats". fsris.org.rs (in Serbian). 2 February 2010. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
5. "Ristov, Denis". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 March 2017.
6. "Čudo iz Pećinaca!". Alo! (in Serbian). 28 August 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
7. "Nova lica Radničkog VIDEO". plusonline.rs (in Serbian). 23 July 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
8. "FK Radnički Pirot news". plusonline.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 June 2016.
9. "Balkanski u finalu". plusonline.rs (in Serbian). 13 May 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
10. "Radnički – Balkanski 5:2 (2:0)". plusonline.rs (in Serbian). 29 April 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
11. "Igrali Kup, mislili na prvenstvo! VIDEO". plusonline.rs (in Serbian). 13 May 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
12. "Bruka u Vranjskoj Banji: Sudija Igor Kocić uništavao fudbal, vredjao dostojanstvo fudbalera, srozavao ugled Radničkog". plusonline.rs (in Serbian). 3 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
13. . FSRIS (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
14. "Jači trening za fudbalere Radničkog, "samo" pet golova u mreži Jedinstva! Finale Radnički – Lužnica! VIDEO". plusonline.rs (in Serbian). 5 May 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
15. "Pehar koji daje energiju za prvenstvo i Kup!". plusonline.rs (in Serbian). 11 May 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
16. Denis Ristov at Soccerway

External links

• Denis Ristov stats at utakmica.rs (in Serbian)
• Denis Ristov at FootballDatabase.eu
• Denis Ristov at Soccerbase
• Denis Ristov at Soccerway