Aleksa Terzić (Serbian Cyrillic: Алекса Терзић; born 17 August 1999) is a Serbian professional footballer, who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Serbia national team.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 (age 23) | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Fiorentina | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2010 | Mladenovac | ||
| 2010–2017 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Red Star Belgrade | 2 | (0) |
| 2019– | Fiorentina | 16 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Empoli (loan) | 21 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Serbia U16 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015−2016 | Serbia U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2016−2017 | Serbia U18 | 8 | (1) |
| 2016−2018 | Serbia U19 | 19 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Serbia U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 2021– | Serbia | 5 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:11, 17 May 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2022 | |||
Born in Belgrade, Terzić grew up in Mladenovac, where he also started playing football in the local club.[1] In 2010, he moved to Red Star Belgrade, and passed the whole youth categories.[2] He signed his first, three-year professional contract in November 2016.[3] In early 2017, he was marked as one of the top club's prospects by general director Zvezdan Terzić.[4] He was licensed for the 2017–18 season with first squad, and played with youth team until team until the end of a calendar year respectively.[5] In early 2018, after trained with senior squad during the winter-break, Terzić moved on loan to the Serbian League Belgrade side Grafičar Beograd for the rest of season.[6] Following the end of the League Belgrade campaign, in which he made 10 appearances with the satellite club,[7] Terzić returned to Red Star in June 2018.[8] During the summer pre-season, while Milan Rodić was with national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Tezić got split playing time with Stefan Hajdin as a left-back.[9] At the beginning of the 2018–19 season, Terzić has been licensed for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League qualifications.[10] After he missed both of matches against Spartaks Jūrmala in the first round, Terzić played a full-time match against Dinamo Vranje on 20 July 2018, which was his Serbian SuperLiga debut.[11] Terzić also started the 5th fixture match of the season, when he assisted to Slavoljub Srnić in 2–1 home victory over Čukarički.[12]
On 13 June 2019, Terzić joined to Italian Serie A club Fiorentina.[13]
On 1 September 2020, Terzić joined on loan to Empoli until 30 June 2021.[14]
Terzić made his debut for the Serbia U16 on 3 March 2015, replacing Nikola Savić in 1−1 draw to Slovenia.[15] In October same year, Terzić also made his debut for Serbia U17 in the first round qualification match for the Under-17 UEFA Euro, against Luxembourg.[16] Playing with the team until 2016, Terzić had been named in squad for the final competition.[17] In September 2016, Terzić was a part of the Serbia under-19 team on the memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele", where he debuted in the opening match against United States.[18] On 29 November 2016, while he played with U19 squad respectively, Terzić scored on his debut for Serbia U18 against Montenegro.[19] In March next year, coach Milan Obradović called Terzić into the squad for elite qualification round of the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[20] Terzić also contributed to the team during the 2017−18 qualifications, scoring a goal in 4−1 victory over Azerbaijan on 7 October 2017.[21] As a coach of the Serbia under-21, Goran Đorović included Terzić to the squad for competitive matches against Macedonia and Russia in September 2018.[22]
He made his debut for Serbia senior national team on 7 June 2021 in a friendly against Jamaica.[23]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Grafičar Beograd (loan) | 2017–18[7] | League Belgrade | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Red Star Belgrade | 2017–18 | SuperLiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Fiorentina | 2019–20 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
| Empoli (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 49 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 54 | 0 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | |
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