Saša Zdjelar

Saša Zdjelar

Personal information
Full name	Saša Zdjelar
Date of birth	20 March 1995
Place of birth	Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Olympiacos
Number	44
Youth career
–2012	OFK Beograd
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2012–2015	OFK Beograd	62	(0)
2015–	Olympiacos	6	(0)
National team^‡
2011–2012	Serbia U16[1]	2	(0)
2011–2013	Serbia U17[2]	13	(2)
2013–2014	Serbia U18[3]	1	(0)
2013–2015	Serbia U19[4]	17	(1)
2014–2015	Serbia U20	12	(0)
2015–	Serbia U21	5	(0)
Honours FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 April 2016. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2015

Saša Zdjelar (Serbian Cyrillic: Саша Здјелар; born March 20, 1995) is a Serbian footballer who currently plays for Superleague Greece club Olympiacos, as a Midfielder.

Career

On 8 September 2013, Zdjelar signed a 5 years' contract with Greek giants Olympiakos for an undisclosed fee.^[5] He stayed with his former team for the 2013-2014 & 2014-2015 seasons before move to Olympiacos in 2015.

In mid December 2015, Zdjelar believes that he is still in the plans of Olympiakos's manager Marco Silva. "Olympiakos told me that I am not for loan, because my manager wants me to stay, so I don't know anything about Red Star's interest. I want to fight for my place in the team at least until summer, so far I have not played in many matches but I am still young. There are players of top level in my position, like Cambiasso, Milivojevic and Kasami and I try to learn things from them in trainings. I am happy to be in the same squad with them and not afraid of the competition. Cambiasso is 36-year-old but he is always the first in training and still plays with the same enthusiasm", said the 20-year-old Zdjelar.^[6]

On 23 January 2016, he made his debut with the club in Super League 1-0 home game against Skoda Xanthi. On 2 February along with Jimmy Durmaz replaced Alfred Finnbogason and Giannis Maniatis, who left Olympiakos in January, in UEFA Europa League list ahead of matches against RSC Anderlecht.^[7]

Honours

International

Serbia

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2015

Club

Olympiacos

• Superleague Greece: 2015-16

References

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5. Επένδυση με Ζντιέλαρ στον Ολυμπιακό
6. Zdjelar believes he is still in manager's plans
7. Durmaz and Zdjelar in Olympiakos' Europa League list

External links

• Saša Zdjelar profile at Soccerway