Ognjen Stijepović
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-10-22) 22 October 1999
Place of birth Podgorica, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dečić
Number 33
Youth career
2015–2016 Budućnost
2016–2017 Mladost
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Mladost 18 (0)
2018–2021 Sampdoria 1 (0)
2019–2020 → Pistoiese (loan) 17 (5)
2020–2021 → Alessandria (loan) 7 (0)
2021 → Grosseto (loan) 12 (0)
2021–2023 Spezia 0 (0)
2021–2022 → Pistoiese (loan) 17 (1)
2022–2023 → Imolese (loan) 18 (3)
2023 Mura 0 (0)
2023– Dečić 12 (1)
International career
2015–2016 Montenegro U17 6 (0)
2018–2020 Montenegro U21 12 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023

Ognjen Stijepović (born 22 October 1999) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Montenegrin First League club Dečić.[1]

Club career

On 19 July 2016, Stijepović made his Champions League debut in a qualifier against Ludogorets, at the age of 16.[2] On 4 January 2018, Stijepović joined Sampdoria from Mladost.[3] Stijepović made his professional debut for Sampdoria in a 1–0 Serie A loss to Sassuolo on 5 May 2018.[4]

On 23 August 2019, he joined Pistoiese on a season-long loan.[5]

On 28 September 2020, he moved on loan to Alessandria.[6]

On 29 January 2021, he was recalled from Alessandria loan and loaned to Grosseto.[7]

On 27 August 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Spezia;[8] on the same day he returned to Pistoiese on loan.[8][9] On 1 September 2022, Stijepović was loaned to Imolese.[10]

In January 2023, Stijepović left Spezia and joined Slovenian PrvaLiga side Mura on a contract until 2025.[11][12]

International career

Stijepović was a youth international for Montenegro. He scored and assisted on his debut for the under-21 team in a 3–1 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification win over Luxembourg on 23 March 2018.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Ognjen Stijepović at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Sa 16 godina debitovao u kvalifikacijama za LŠ".
  3. ↑ "Il montenegrino Stijepovic è blucerchiato, arriva dal Mladost Podgorica - U.C. Sampdoria". 4 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Politano, gol salvezza: Sassuolo-Samp 1–0". sport.sky.it.
  5. ↑ "È arancione l'attaccante Ognjen Stijepović" (Press release) (in Italian). Pistoiese. 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 24 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "OGNJEN STIJEPOVIC È UN GIOCATORE GRIGIO" (Press release) (in Italian). Alessandria. 28 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Stijepovic passa dall'Alessandria al Grosseto" (Press release) (in Italian). Sampdoria. 29 January 2021.
  8. 1 2 "UFFICIALE | OGNJEN STIJEPOVIC È UN NUOVO CALCIATORE DELLO SPEZIA" (Press release) (in Italian). Spezia. 27 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Torna in arancione l'attaccante Ognien Stijepovic" (Press release) (in Italian). Pistoiese. 27 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "TRANSFERMARKT". Spezia. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Mura potrdila največji prestop v zgodovini kluba". pomurec.com (in Slovenian). 19 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Pregled pogodb med igralci in klubi 1. SNL na dan 24.01.2023" (PDF). nzs.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "Under-21 – Luxembourg–Montenegro". UEFA.com.
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