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Stjepan Lončar
Personal information
Full name Stjepan Lončar
Date of birth (1996-11-10) 10 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rijeka
Number 44
Youth career
2003–2016 Široki Brijeg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Široki Brijeg 48 (3)
2018– Rijeka 53 (6)
International career‡
2014–2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 15 (2)
2017–2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 11 (0)
2018– Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2019

Stjepan Lončar (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [stjêpaːn lǒntʃaːr]; born 10 November 1996) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for 1. HNL club Rijeka and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Lončar started his professional career at Široki Brijeg, before joining Rijeka in 2018.

A former youth international for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Lončar made his senior international debut in 2018.

Club career

Early career

Lončar came through Široki Brijeg's youth academy, which he joined in 2003.[2] He made his professional debut against Vitez on 24 July 2016 at the age of 19.[3] On 20 September 2017, he scored his first professional goal against Radnik Bijeljina.[4]

Rijeka

On 11 June 2018, Lončar signed a three-year contract with Croatian side Rijeka.[5] He made his competitive debut for the team in a convincing victory over Inter Zaprešić on 3 August.[6] On 10 February 2019, he scored his first goal for Rijeka.[7] Lončar won his first trophy with the club on 22 May 2019, by beating Dinamo Zagreb in Croatian Cup final.[8]

International career

Lončar represented Bosnia and Herzegovina on various youth levels.[9]

In January 2018, he received his first senior call-up, for friendly games against United States and Mexico.[10] Lončar debuted in a defeat to latter on 31 January.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 June 2020[12]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Široki Brijeg 2016–17 Bosnian Premier League 23 0 7 0 0 0 30 0
2017–18 Bosnian Premier League 25 3 4 1 4 0 33 4
Total 48 3 11 1 4 0 63 4
Rijeka 2018–19 1. HNL 27 2 4 1 0 0 31 3
2019–20 1. HNL 26 4 4 1 4 1 34 6
Total 53 6 8 2 4 1 65 9
Career total 101 9 19 3 8 1 128 13

International

As of match played 8 September 2019[13]
National team Year Apps Goals
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018 2 0
2019 2 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Široki Brijeg[12]

Rijeka[12]

References

  1. ^ "Stjepan Lončar". nk-rijeka.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Stjepan Lončar: Ponosan sam što sam nosio dres Širokog Brijega i dalje sam veliki navijač". hercegovina.info (in Croatian). 7 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Rezervista Kapetan zaledio Pecaru u finišu". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 24 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Pobjede Širokog i Zvijezde 09, Vitez i Leotar ubjedljivi". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 20 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Stjepan Lončar zvanično novi igrač Rijeke". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 11 June 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Kvržić pogodio za Rijeku, Lončar igrao od prve minute". reprezentacija.ba (in Bosnian). 3 August 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Lončar strijelac u uvjerljivoj pobjedi Rijeke". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 10 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Ništa od duple krune Dinama: Rijeka u sjajnom meču osvojila Kup, Kvržić jedan od junaka". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Lončar: Vjerujem da ću opravdati poziv Roberta Prosinečkog". scsport.ba (in Bosnian). 22 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Prosinečki objavio širi spisak nogometaša za utakmice sa SAD-om i Meksikom". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 9 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  11. ^ "BiH se nije mogla odbraniti: Meksiko zasluženo slavio". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 1 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  12. ^ a b c "S. Lončar". soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Stjepan Lončar". eu-football.info. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

External links

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