Rajko Brežančić

Rajko Brežančić

Personal information
Full name	Rajko Brežančić
Date of birth	21 August 1989
Place of birth	Vlasenica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left-back
Club information
Current team	AZ
Number	5
Youth career
	Radnički Nova Pazova
2002–2007	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2007–2010	Partizan	10	(0)
2007–2008	→ Teleoptik (loan)	15	(0)
2008	→ Bežanija (loan)	13	(0)
2010	→ Teleoptik (loan)	9	(0)
2010–2011	Metalac Gornji Milanovac	7	(0)
2011	→ Bežanija (loan)	13	(0)
2011–2013	Bežanija	58	(2)
2013–2015	Čukarički	61	(2)
2015–	AZ	8	(1)
National team
2005–2006	Serbia and Montenegro U17[1]	7	(0)
2007	Serbia U19[1]	2	(0)
2009–2010	Serbia U21	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 January 2016 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Rajko Brežančić (Serbian Cyrillic: Рајко Брежанчић; born 21 August 1989) is a Bosnian Serb professional footballer who plays for Dutch club AZ, as a left-back.

Club career

Brežančić signed his first professional contract with Partizan on 1 June 2007, penning a five-year deal.^[2] He subsequently went on loan to Teleoptik and Bežanija. In January 2009, Brežančić returned to Partizan and made seven league appearances until the end of the 2008–09 season. He recorded three more during the first part of the 2009–10 season, before moving to Teleoptik once again in January 2010.

In the summer of 2010, Brežančić signed with Metalac Gornji Milanovac. He was then loaned to Bežanija during the 2011 winter transfer window. After a six-month period, Brežančić signed a permanent contract with Bežanija and stayed there for the next two seasons.

In the summer of 2013, Brežančić was transferred to newly promoted Čukarički. He made 29 league appearances in the 2013–14 season and scored one goal. In the following season, Brežančić again missed only one out of 30 league games and scored one goal, as Čukarički finished in 3rd place. He also helped the team win the 2014–15 Serbian Cup.

On 4 August 2015, Brežančić signed a three-year contract with Dutch club AZ.^[3]

International career

Brežančić represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2006 UEFA Under-17 Championship. He was also a member of the Serbian national under-21 team at the 2009 UEFA Under-21 Championship, but did not play. Brežančić made his first appearance for the Under-21 side in a friendly match against Israel U21 on 11 August 2009. His second and last appearance for the team came on 26 May 2010, in another friendly match against Romania U21.^[4]

Statistics

As of 31 December 2015

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Teleoptik	2007–08	15	0	1	0	0	0	16	0
Bežanija	2008–09	13	0	1	0	0	0	14	0
Partizan	2008–09	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
	2009–10	3	0	2	0	2	0	7	0
Teleoptik	2009–10	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Metalac Gornji Milanovac	2010–11	7	0	-	-	0	0	7	0
Bežanija	2010–11	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
	2011–12	30	2	0	0	0	0	30	2
	2012–13	28	0	1	0	0	0	29	0
Čukarički	2013–14	29	1	1	0	0	0	30	1
	2014–15	29	1	4	0	4	0	37	1
	2015–16	3	0	0	0	4	0	7	0
AZ	2015-16	8	1	2	0	2	0	12	1
Total		194	5	13	0	12	0	219	5

Honours

Partizan

• Serbian SuperLiga: 2008–09
• Serbian Cup: 2008–09

Čukarički

• Serbian Cup: 2014–15

Notes and references

1. Only official UEFA matches included
2. "Četiri prinove u crno-belom taboru" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 11 February 2011.
3. "AZ haalt Brežančić" (in Dutch). az.nl. 4 August 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
4. "Avem speranţe! România U21 - Serbia U21 3-1" (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2011.

External links

• UEFA profile
• Soccerway profile
• Srbijafudbal profile