Stefan Kovač

Stefan Kovač
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-01-14) 14 January 1999
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Baltika Kaliningrad
Number 14
Youth career
2007–2017 Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Red Star Belgrade 0 (0)
2018 → IMT (loan) 26 (9)
2019–2024 Čukarički 155 (14)
2024–2025 Partizan 29 (4)
2025– Baltika Kaliningrad 7 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Bosnia and Herzegovina U17 9 (1)
2017–2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 3 (0)
2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 2 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2020

Stefan Kovač (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Ковач; pronounced [stěfaːn kǒʋaːtʃ]; born 14 January 1999) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Russian club Baltika Kaliningrad.

Club career

Early career

Kovač came through youth academy of his hometown club Red Star Belgrade, which he left in January 2019 to join Čukarički.[2] He made his professional debut against Voždovac on 24 February at the age of 20.[3] On 1 May, he scored a brace in a triumph over Napredak Kruševac, which were his first professional goals.[4]

Baltika Kaliningrad

On 30 May 2025, Kovač signed a five-year contract with Russian Premier League club Baltika Kaliningrad.[5]

International career

Kovač represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at all youth levels.

Career statistics

As of 20 August 2026[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
IMT 2017–18 Serbian League Belgrade 125——125
2018–19 Serbian League Belgrade 144——144
Total 269——269
Čukarički 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga 92——92
2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 291304[a]1362
2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga 30321—324
2021–22 Serbian SuperLiga 303104[b]0353
2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga 251104[c]3304
2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga 283217[d]0374
2024–25 Serbian SuperLiga 4100—41
Total 155149219418320
Partizan 2024–25 Serbian SuperLiga 2942120335
Baltika Kaliningrad 2025–26 Russian Premier League 7060—130
2026–27 Russian Premier League 0020—20
Total 708000150
Career total 2172719321425734
  1. ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League qualifying
  2. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying
  3. ↑ Four appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying
  4. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying and five appearances in UEFA Europa League group stage

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Stefan Kovač". fkcukaricki.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bivši omladinski reprezentativac BiH u Čukaričkom". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian). 21 January 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Čukarica se šali sa Voždovcem". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 24 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Čukaričkom se sviđa na trećem mestu". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "DOBRODOSLI, STEFAN" [Welcome, Stefan] (in Bosnian). Baltika Kaliningrad. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Stefan Kovač at Soccerway
  7. ↑ "Najbolji igrač 3. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Stefan Kovač". www.superliga.rs. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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