Mladen Zeljković
Mladen Zeljković (born 18 November 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bečej 1918.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mladen Zeljković | ||
| Date of birth | 18 November 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Bečej 1918 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Novi Sad | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Novi Sad | 29 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Proleter Novi Sad | 7 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Palić | ||
| 2012 | Radnik Bijeljina | 13 | (1) |
| 2013 | Borac Banja Luka | 14 | (1) |
| 2013–2015 | Željezničar | 49 | (0) |
| 2015 | Waterloo Region | 9 | (5) |
| 2016–2017 | Radnik Bijeljina | 29 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Alashkert | 37 | (2) |
| 2020 | Čelik Zenica | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Napredak Kruševac | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Dečić | 9 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Tekstilac Odžaci | ||
| 2022– | Bečej 1918 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:24, 5 April 2021 (UTC) | |||
Career edit
Zeljković started playing in 2008 at Novi Sad, after which he played for Proleter Novi Sad and Palić. In 2012, he went across the border to play in the Bosnian Premier League with Radnik Bijeljina.[1] He later had stints with Borac Banja Luka and Željezničar.[2][3]
In 2015, Zeljković went abroad to play in the Canadian Soccer League for Waterloo Region.[4] After a season in Canada, he returned to Radnik in 2016.[5] He won the Bosnian Cup and two Republika Srpska Cups while at the club.
In 2017, he signed with Alashkert of the Armenian Premier League.[6] He featured in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League against Santa Coloma and BATE Borisov.[7][8] In the 2017–18 season, Zeljković helped Alashkert to win the league title.[9] In the 2018–19 season, Zeljković won the Armenian Supercup and the 2018–19 Armenian Cup as well.[10] He left Alashkert in December 2019 after his contract with the club expired.[11]
In January 2020, Zeljković came back to Bosnia and Herzegovina and joined Čelik Zenica.[12] He made his official debut for Čelik in a 2–0 league loss against Zrinjski Mostar on 23 February 2020.[13] On 3 July 2020, Zeljković left Čelik and joined Serbian SuperLiga club Napredak Kruševac.[14] The following season he remained in the Balkan region and secured a contract with Dečić in the Montenegrin top division.[15]
After a season in Montenegro, he returned to Serbia the following year to play in the country's third-tier league with Tekstilac Odžaci.[16] In 2022, he signed with Bečej 1918.[17][18]
Honours edit
Radnik Bijeljina
Alashkert
References edit
- ^ Woile, Dennis Grebasch, Michael. "Radnik Bijeljina 2012-13". en.eufo.de. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Zeljković: Opreznom igrom do uspijeha". www.srbijasport.net. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Mladen Zeljković neće konkurisati za ekipu u posljednje dvije utakmice". FK Željezničar (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "SC Waterloo | Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Zeljković: Za nas, za klub, za Bijeljinu!". MTELBA. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ LiveScore, SofaScore.com. "Mladen Zeljković Alashkert videor, övergångshistoria och statistik - SofaScore.com". www.sofascore.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ UEFA.com. "UEFA Champions League - Alashkert-FC Santa Coloma". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ UEFA.com. "UEFA Champions League - BATE-Alashkert - Line-ups". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ S. Mlaćo (22 May 2018). "Zeljković proslavio titulu prvaka: Pregovori su u toku, zadovoljan sam ovdje" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ^ "Zeljković: Osim je Željin najveći adut" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ S. Mlaćo (29 December 2019). "Zeljkoviću istekao ugovor u Armeniji" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ D. Kurbegović (26 January 2020). "Mladen Zeljković umjesto u Radniku karijeru nastavlja u Čeliku" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ^ "NK ČELIK - HŠK ZRINJSKI (0 : 1) 0 : 2". nfsbih.ba (in Bosnian). 23 February 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
- ^ A. Pašić (3 July 2020). "Mladen Zeljković se vratio u Srbiju". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ Jovanovic, Nikola (14 June 2021). "ДАН - Нововић и Мараш прва појачања Дечића" [Novović and Maraš are Dečić's first reinforcements]. www.dan.co.me. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "FK Radnički preuzeo "fenjer" posle poraza u Odžacima, od novajlija se mnogo očekuje" [FK Radnički took over the "lantern" after the defeat in Odzaci, a lot is expected from the newcomers]. ilovezrenjanin.com (in Serbian). 13 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Jankov, Vlastimir (18 July 2022). "Prva pobeda Bečejaca u pripremnom periodu" [The first victory of the team from Bečej in the preparatory period]. Portal Moj Bečej - Bečejske opštine iz ugla građana! (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Jankov, Vlastimir (1 June 2023). "Fudbal: Bečejci se u subotu opraštaju od svojih navijača" [Football: Bečej residents say goodbye to their fans on Saturday]. Portal Moj Bečej - Bečejske opštine iz ugla građana! (in Serbian). Retrieved 4 September 2023.
External links edit
- Mladen Zeljković at Soccerway
- Mladen Zeljković at FootballDatabase.eu