Kristijan Belić
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-25) 25 March 2001
Place of birth Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Partizan
Number 40
Youth career
Serbian White Eagles
OFK Beograd
2015–2019 West Ham United
2019–2021 Olympiacos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Olympiacos 0 (0)
2021–2022 Čukarički 13 (0)
2022– Partizan 40 (3)
International career‡
2018 Serbia U17 5 (1)
2019 Serbia U19 4 (0)
2022 Serbia U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 July 2022

Kristijan Belić (Serbian Cyrillic: Кристијан Белић; born 25 March 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Partizan. Born in Belgium, Belić has represented Serbia U21 at youth international levels up to under-21s.

Playing career

Youth career

Belić was born in Sint-Truiden, where his father, Dušan, played for the club of the same name. He trained with the Serbian White Eagles Academy in Canada when his father was involved with the senior team from 2006 to 2007.[1] In his younger years, he played for OFK Beograd. and then spent four years in West Ham United's academy.

Style of play

In his younger years, Belić performed in attack and defense, while in the senior competition he made his mark as a midfielder. It is characterized by an aggressive playing style, often accompanied by sanctions in the form of cards. In the lineup of Partizan's coach, Gordan Petrić, he established himself as a bonus player from the 168th Eternal derby.

After the meeting with his former club, Čukarički, he was recognized in the media as the successor of Saša Zdjelar, and compared to Juca and Everton Luiz, also former Partizan players. Belić then scored a goal, and later caught up and stopped Samuel Owusu in an open counter attack, and due to his remarkable performance, he was selected as a player of the 15th round of the Serbian SuperLiga for the 2022–23 season.

Before the 169th Eternal Derby, Igor Duljaj, the former defensive midfielder of that club, took over the management of the Partizan team. At that meeting, Belić received praise from the reporter for his combativeness and was rated as the most self-sacrificing footballer of the visiting team in the minimal defeat at the Rajko Mitić Stadium. He finished the game in the 75th minute due to a head injury.

Personal life

Belić is the son of former goalkeeper Dušan Belić.[2] His brother Luka is also a footballer.[2]

Career statistics

As of 16 May 2020[3]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Olympiacos 2019–20 Super League Greece 001[lower-alpha 1]00010
2020–21 Super League Greece 00000000
Čukarički 2021–22 Serbian SuperLiga 1300000130
Partizan 2022–23 Serbian SuperLiga 2211090321
2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga 1822030232
Career total 53340120693
Notes
  1. ↑ Appearances in the Greek Cup

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Vujcic, Djuradj (2022-11-04). "Serbian White Eagles Academy in the Spotlight With Belgrade's Giants". serbianwhiteeagles.ca. Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  2. 1 2 Liberloo, Kristof (2001-03-02). "STVV-keeper Belic was ooit aanvaller én ref" (in Flemish). Gazet van Antwerpen. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  3. ↑ Kristijan Belić at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Najbolji igrač 15. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Kristijan Belić". www.superliga.rs. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Najbolji igrač 6. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Kristijan Belić". www.superliga.rs. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
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