![]() Eraković with Red Star Belgrade in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Strahinja Eraković[1] | ||
Date of birth | 22 January 2001 | ||
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 | 31 | (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 | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 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
[edit]Red Star Belgrade
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 10 August 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 St. Petersburg | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 27 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Total | 31 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||
Career total | 131 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 166 | 2 |
- ^ Includes Serbian Cup, Russian Cup
- ^ Appearance in Russian Super Cup
International
[edit]- As of 25 March 2024
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Serbia | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
2023 | 4 | 1 | |
2024 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 8 | 1 |
- Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first.
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 16 June 2023 | Franz Horr Stadium, Vienna, Austria | 5 | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–2 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]Red Star Belgrade
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Individual
- Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season: 2022–23[32]
- Serbian SuperLiga Young Player of the Season: 2022–23[33]
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Serbia (SRB)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 26. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Strahinja Eraković profile". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Meet Strahinja Erakovic". FK Crvena zvezda. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ "UEFA Youth League vs. Napoli". UEFA Youth League. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Eraković makes his Crvena zvezda debut". Serbian SuperLiga. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Hoffenheim". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Hoffenheim". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Gent". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Liberec". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Red Star wins the title". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ "Red Star wins the title". Serbian SuperLiga. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ "Crvena zvezda wins the league and cup double". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Crvena zvezda wins the league and cup double". Football Association of Serbia. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ "Eraković named man of the match in the Eternal Derby". Blic. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. SC Braga". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Midtjylland". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Ludogorets". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League vs. Ludogorets". UEFA Europa League. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "Eraković captains the side in Europa League". Republika. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- ^ "Five in a row". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Five in a row". Serbian SuperLiga. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "Zvezda retain the double!". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Zvezda retain the double!". Football Association of Serbia. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
- ^ "Eraković signs new contract to stay at Zvezda until 2026". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Zvezda's development side begins preparations". Red Star Belgrade. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Strahinja Eraković is a Zenit player!". FC Zenit St. Petersburg. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ "Piksi O Debitantima: Eraković Je Dokaz Ispravnosti Bonus Pravila, Odlučio Sam Se Za Njega Pre Finala Kupa". MozzartSport (in Serbian). Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ ""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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ ""Зенит" – обладатель OLIMPBET Суперкубка России-2024" [Zenit is the winner of OLIMPBET Russian Super Cup 2024] (in Russian). Russian Football Union. 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Idealni tim Mozzart Bet Superlige: Petorica iz Zvezde, trojica iz TSC-a". mozzartsport.com. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
- ^ "Najbolji mladi igrač Mozzart Bet Superlige – Strahinja Eraković". mozzartsport.com. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
External links
[edit]- Strahinja Eraković – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Strahinja Eraković at Soccerway
- Strahinja Eraković at Soccerbase
- Strahinja Eraković at WorldFootball.net
- Strahinja Eraković at BDFutbol