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Strahinja Eraković
Eraković with Red Star Belgrade in 2021
Personal information
Full name Strahinja Eraković[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-22) 22 January 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Batajnica, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Number 25
Youth career
2010–2019 Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Red Star Belgrade 79 (0)
2019–2020 → Grafičar Beograd (loan) 21 (2)
2023– Zenit Saint Petersburg 36 (0)
International career‡
2017–2018 Serbia U17 11 (1)
2019–2020 Serbia U19 7 (1)
2021 Serbia U20 1 (0)
2020–2022 Serbia U21 6 (1)
2022– Serbia 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024

Strahinja Eraković (Serbian Cyrillic: Страхиња Ераковић; born 22 January 2001) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg and the Serbia national team.

Club career

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Red Star Belgrade

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Strahinja Eraković joined Red Star Belgrade in 2010 as a nine-year-old. He played for every youth category for the Belgrade club[3] and was the captain of the Under-19 side. He appeared for the club in the UEFA Youth League in matches against Napoli[4] and Paris Saint-Germain.

He made his first-team debut for Red Star Belgrade on 1 August 2020 in a Superliga match against Novi Pazar.[5] Despite being just 19, he quickly became a first-team regular for the champions of Serbia. In his first season with the senior side, he played against Hoffenheim,[6][7] Gent[8] and Slovan Liberec[9] in the UEFA Europa League. He was a part of the Red Star Belgrade side that won the first league[10][11] and cup double[12][13] after a 14-year wait.

In the 2021–22 campaign, he became one of the most important players[14] for the team and ranked among the players with most minutes spent on the pitch. He was a first-team regular in European competition as well, playing against Braga,[15] Midtjylland[16] and Ludogorets[17][18] in the Europa League group stage. He captained the side in the away match at Ludogorets.[19] Red Star Belgrade qualified for the competition's knockout stage and Eraković played in both legs as Red Star Belgrade bowed out of the competition with a 4–2 aggregate defeat against Rangers FC of Scotland. Eraković played as Red Star Belgrade secured back-to-back Superliga[20][21] and Kup Srbije doubles.[22][23]

At the start of the 2022–23 season, Eraković signed a new contract to remain at Red Star Belgrade until June 2026.[24]

Loan to Grafičar

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Eraković spent the 2019–20 season playing for RFK Grafičar,[25] Red Star Belgrade's affiliate club in the Prva liga Srbije, the second tier of Serbian football. Eraković appeared in 21 games and scored two goals for Grafičar.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

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On 23 July 2023, Eraković agreed to join Russian champions Zenit Saint Petersburg on a four-year contract, with the option to extend for another year.[26]

International career

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Having been captain of all Serbian youth national teams, Eraković debuted for the Serbian senior squad in a 2022–23 UEFA Nations League match against Norway.[27] In November 2022, he was selected in Serbia's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar,[28] but did not appear in any match.

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 2 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grafičar Beograd (loan) 2019–20 Serbian First League 21 2 0 0 — — 21 2
Red Star Belgrade 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga 13 0 2 0 4 0 — 19 0
2021–22 Serbian SuperLiga 33 0 2 0 6 0 — 41 0
2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga 33 0 0 0 10 0 — 43 0
Total 79 0 4 0 20 0 — 103 0
Zenit 2023–24 Russian Premier League 27 0 10 0 — — 37 0
2024–25 Russian Premier League 9 0 3 0 — 1[b] 0 13 0
Total 36 0 13 0 — 1 0 50 0
Career total 136 2 17 0 20 0 1 0 174 2
  1. ^ Includes Serbian Cup, Russian Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in Russian Super Cup

International

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As of 15 October 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Serbia 2022 2 0
2023 4 1
2024 6 0
Total 12 1
Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 June 2023 Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna, Austria 5  Jordan 1–0 3–2 Friendly

Honours

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Red Star Belgrade

Zenit Saint Petersburg

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Serbia (SRB)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 26. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Strahinja Eraković profile". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Meet Strahinja Erakovic". FK Crvena zvezda. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  4. ^ "UEFA Youth League vs. Napoli". UEFA Youth League. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Eraković makes his Crvena zvezda debut". Serbian SuperLiga. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  6. ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Hoffenheim". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  7. ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Hoffenheim". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  8. ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Gent". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  9. ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Liberec". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Red Star wins the title". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Red Star wins the title". Serbian SuperLiga. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Crvena zvezda wins the league and cup double". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Crvena zvezda wins the league and cup double". Football Association of Serbia. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Eraković named man of the match in the Eternal Derby". Blic. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
  15. ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. SC Braga". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  16. ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Midtjylland". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  17. ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Ludogorets". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  18. ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Ludogorets". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  19. ^ "Eraković captains the side in Europa League". Republika. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  20. ^ "Five in a row". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  21. ^ "Five in a row". Serbian SuperLiga. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  22. ^ "Zvezda retain the double!". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  23. ^ "Zvezda retain the double!". Football Association of Serbia. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  24. ^ "Eraković signs new contract to stay at Zvezda until 2026". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  25. ^ "Zvezda's development side begins preparations". Red Star Belgrade. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  26. ^ "Strahinja Eraković is a Zenit player!". FC Zenit St. Petersburg. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  27. ^ "Piksi O Debitantima: Eraković Je Dokaz Ispravnosti Bonus Pravila, Odlučio Sam Se Za Njega Pre Finala Kupa". MozzartSport (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  28. ^ "Head-coach Dragan Stojković announces the list of players for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar". Football Association of Serbia. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  29. ^ ""Зенит" завоевал золотые медали Мир РПЛ в шестом сезоне подряд!" [Zenit won the gold medals of MIR RPL for the sixth season in a row!] (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 25 May 2024.
  30. ^ "Суперфинал FONBET Кубка России LIVE. Гол Алипа приносит "Зениту" победу" [Russian Cup Superfinal: Alip goal gives Zenit the victory] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 2 June 2024.
  31. ^ ""Зенит" – обладатель OLIMPBET Суперкубка России-2024" [Zenit is the winner of OLIMPBET Russian Super Cup 2024] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 13 July 2024.
  32. ^ "Idealni tim Mozzart Bet Superlige: Petorica iz Zvezde, trojica iz TSC-a". mozzartsport.com. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  33. ^ "Najbolji mladi igrač Mozzart Bet Superlige – Strahinja Eraković". mozzartsport.com. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
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