Lazar Samardžić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lazar Vujadin Samardžić[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 February 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Berlin, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Atalanta (on loan from Udinese) | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FK Hercegovac | |||
| Blau-Weiß Spandau | |||
| Schwarz-Weiß Neukölln | |||
| –2009 | Grün-Weiss Neukölln | ||
| 2009–2020 | Hertha BSC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | Hertha BSC II | 5 | (1) |
| 2020 | Hertha BSC | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | RB Leipzig | 7 | (0) |
| 2021– | Udinese | 93 | (13) |
| 2024– | → Atalanta (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Germany U16 | ||
| 2022–2023 | Germany U21 | 5 | (2) |
| 2023– | Serbia | 17 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:43, 22 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2024 | |||
Lazar Vujadin Samardžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазар Вујадин Самарџић, pronounced [lâzaːr sǎmaːrdʒitɕ]; born 24 February 2002) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for Serie A club Atalanta, on loan from Udinese. Born in Germany, he plays for the Serbia national team.[2][3]
Club career
[edit]Hertha BSC
[edit]Youth
[edit]Samardžić played for BSV Grün-Weiss Neukölln 1950 e.V. from 2008 to 2009[4] and joined Hertha BSC from 9 October 2009.[3][5] Samardžić played for the U17 and U19 teams of Hertha BSC in the Under 17 and Under 19 Bundesliga, scoring 16 and 14 goals respectively.[6] Samardžić won the bronze award of the Fritz Walter Medal in the U17 group.[7][8]
First team
[edit]Samardžić was announced to have signed a professional contract, and first appeared as an unused substitute for the professional team in a 3–3 away draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf on 28 February 2020.[9][10]
Samardžić made his debut for Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga on 22 May 2020, coming on as a substitute for Per Ciljan Skjelbred in the 81st minute of the Berlin derby against Union Berlin, which finished as a 4–0 win.[11] Samardzic is considered one of Germany's most talented prospects and he has attracted serious interest from elite clubs around the world, such as Chelsea, Barcelona and Juventus.[12][13]
RB Leipzig
[edit]On 8 September 2020, Samardžić joined fellow Bundesliga side RB Leipzig on a five-year deal.[14] He made his RB Leipzig debut on 3 October, coming off the bench in a 4–0 win against FC Schalke 04.
Udinese
[edit]Ahead of the 2021–22 season, 19-year-old Samardžić moved to Italian Serie A club Udinese. He signed a five-year contract.[15]
Atalanta
[edit]On 18 August 2024, Samardžić joined fellow Serie A side Atalanta on loan, with an obligation to make the transfer permanent under certain conditions.[16] Later that year, on 26 November, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 6–1 away victory over Young Boys.[17]
International career
[edit]Samardžić played for Berlin at the Under-15 level and Germany at the Under-17 and Under-19 levels. He first appeared internationally and played two matches in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification against Belarus and Slovenia.[6][18][19] He then played in all three matches of the group stage of the tournament, scoring once, but the team failed to progress to the knockout stage. For the U-19 level, he played in the 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, scoring twice.[6]
Serbia national team
[edit]In February 2023, the Football Association of Serbia announced that Samardžić had accepted manager Dragan Stojković's invitation to switch his allegiance to Serbia on his 21st birthday.[20] He subsequently received his first official call-up to the Serbian senior national team the following month, being included in the list for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Lithuania and Montenegro.[21]
On 25 March 2023, Samardžić made his debut for Serbia in a 2–0 win over Lithuania in Belgrade.[22]
Samardžić was selected in Serbia's squad for the UEFA Euro 2024. He played in group stage matches against Slovenia and Denmark. Serbia finished fourth in the group.
Personal life
[edit]Samardžić was born in Berlin, and he is a Serb from Bosnia and Herzegovina. His father hails from Živinice, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[23]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 22 December 2024[24]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Hertha BSC II | 2019–20 | Regionalliga Nordost | 5 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||
| Hertha BSC | 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| RB Leipzig | 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Udinese | 2021–22 | Serie A | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 24 | 2 | |
| 2022–23 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 39 | 5 | |||
| 2023–24 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 6 | |||
| 2024–25 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 93 | 13 | 5 | 0 | — | 98 | 13 | |||
| Atalanta (loan) | 2024–25 | Serie A | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5[b] | 1 | 21 | 4 |
| Career total | 123 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 136 | 18 | ||
- ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
[edit]- As of match played 18 November 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 2023 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]RB Leipzig
Individual
- Fritz Walter Medal U17 Bronze: 2019[25]
References
[edit]- ^ Birlanga, Javier (15 June 2022). "El Barça acapara la lista del 'Golden Boy 2022' con cinco candidatos". Goal.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ a b Lazar Samardžić at WorldFootball.net
- ^ a b "Lazar Samardžić | Player profile". Bundesliga. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ "U 17: Einst Amateurverein, mittlerweile Nationalspieler". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Hertha BSC - HerthaBSC.de". www.herthabsc.de (in German). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "Germany - L. Samardžić - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ Quinn, Phillip (13 August 2019). "Fritz Walter Medals awarded to Germany's top youth players". Bavarian Football Works. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "Gold Fritz Walter medals for Kühn, Bühl and Adeyemi". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ "A comeback on the Rhein - Teams - HerthaBSC.de". www.herthabsc.de (in German). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Wird dieses Hertha-Talent der neue Max Kruse? – Meldung". tekk.tv. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Germany » Bundesliga 2019/2020 » 27. Round » Hertha BSC – 1. FC Union Berlin 4:0". WorldFootball.net. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- ^ "Lazar Samardzic: Barcelona and Juventus chasing Germany's latest wonderkid | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Bild: Chelsea among top clubs targeting Hertha Berlin prospect Lazar Samardžić". Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "RB Leipzig sign Lazar Samardzic from Hertha Berlin". Bundesliga. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Lazar Samardžić è bianconero < Squadra < News < Udinese" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Samardžić becomes Atalanta's seventh summer signing". Atalanta BC. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "Young Boys "knocked for six" in Bern and another UCL win!". Atalanta BC. 26 November 2024.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Germany-Belarus | Under-17". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Slovenia-Germany | Under-17". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
- ^ "МЛАДИ И ТАЛЕНТОВАНИ АС УДИНЕЗЕА ЛАЗАР САМАРЏИЋ ПРИХВАТИО ПОЗИВ СЕЛЕКТОРА ДРАГАНА СТОЈКОВИЋА". fss.rs (in Serbian). 24 February 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "СЕЛЕКТОР ДРАГАН СТОЈКОВИЋ САОПШТИО СПИСАК ИГРАЧА ЗА УВОДНЕ МЕЧЕВЕ КВАЛИФИКАЦИЈА ЗА ЕУРО 2024. ПРОТИВ ЛИТВАНИЈЕ И ЦРНЕ ГОРЕ". fss.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "Nemac koga je "majka Srbija pozvala": Ko je Lazar Samardžić, novi fudbaler Intera koji je "postao Srbin" zahvaljujući Piksiju". Danas (in Serbian). 8 July 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Škorić, E. (18 July 2020). "Uspostavljeni kontakti: Juventus dovodi 18-godišnje čudo čiji je otac rođen u selu kod Živinica". SportSport.ba (in Croatian).
- ^ "L. Samardzic". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Fritz-Walter-Medaille in Gold an Kühn, Bühl und Adeyemi" (in German). German Football Association. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
External links
[edit]- Lazar Samardžić at DFB (also available in German)
- Lazar Samardžić at Soccerway
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- 2002 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Berlin
- Serbian men's footballers
- Serbia men's international footballers
- German men's footballers
- Germany men's youth international footballers
- Germany men's under-21 international footballers
- German people of Serbian descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Hertha BSC players
- Hertha BSC II players
- RB Leipzig players
- Udinese Calcio players
- Atalanta BC players
- Bundesliga players
- Regionalliga players
- Serie A players
- German expatriate men's footballers
- German expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Serbian expatriate men's footballers
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- UEFA Euro 2024 players
- 21st-century German sportsmen