Nemanja Glavčić

Nemanja Glavčić (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Главчић; born 19 February 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for AEL Limassol.

Nemanja Glavčić

Glavčić with Khimki in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-02-19) 19 February 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Kraljevo, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	AEL Limassol
Number	26
Youth career
2002–	Bambi Kraljevo
	Apolon Kraljevo
0000–2010	Sloga Kraljevo
2011–2014	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	Partizan	2	(0)
2014–2016	→ Teleoptik (loan)	31	(3)
2016–2019	Spartak Subotica	92	(2)
2019–2022	Slaven Belupo	86	(5)
2022–2023	Khimki	29	(1)
2023–2025	Volos	45	(2)
2025–	AEL Limassol	0	(0)
International career‡
2012–2013	Serbia U16	14	(2)
2013–2014	Serbia U17	18	(1)
2014–2015	Serbia U18	13	(0)
2015–2016	Serbia U19	14	(2)
2016–2017	Serbia U20	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 December 2017

Club career

Partizan

Originating from Bogutovac, Glavčić was born in Kraljevo. He started training for football at the age of 5 with local football school "Bambi".^[1][2] He played for youth categories of Sloga Kraljevo until 2011, when he joined Partizan.^[3] He was loaned to Teleoptik for the 2014–15 season.^[4] Glavčić signed his first professional five-year contract with Partizan on 18 June 2015.^[5] He made his Serbian SuperLiga debut in 3rd fixture of 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga, against Novi Pazar.^[6] During the winter break off-season, Glavčić returned to Teleoptik, where he spent the rest of 2015–16 season.^[7] In summer 2016, Glavčić terminated the contract with club.^[8]

Spartak Subotica

Glavčić moved to Spartak Subotica in summer 2016 and signed a three-year professional contract with the club.^[9] He started the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga season as the back-up option, having split playing time with Nnaemeka Ajuru for the first half-season. During the second half-season, Glavčić played mostly matches, pairing with Marko Pantić on two defensive midfield positions. During the season, Glavčić made 33 matches in both domestic competitions at total, under coach Andrey Chernyshov.^[10] Glavčić scored his first goal for Spartak Subotica in 3–2 victory over Mačva Šabac on 14 August 2017.^[11] He also scored in the Serbian Cup match against Polet Lipljan on 20 September same year.^[12]

Slaven Belupo

On 9 July 2019, Glavčić signed for Prva HNL club Slaven Belupo.^[13] He scored his first goal on 30 October 2019 in a Croatian Cup match against BSK Bijelo Brdo, which Slaven won 2–0.^[14] Upon arrival of new coach Tomislav Stipić, Glavčić soon turned into one of the key parts of the Slaven squad.^[15] He scored his first Prva HNL goal on 22 August 2020 in a 2–1 defeat to Gorica.^[16] On 16 October, he scored once and assisted Tomislav Božić twice in a 5–1 routing of Istra 1961. He also notably assisted Stipe Bačelić-Grgić in a 2–2 draw with Hajduk Split and Törles Knöll in a 3–3 draw with Dinamo Zagreb on 29 August and 19 September, respectively.^[17] His great performances in Croatia sparked debates in Serbia about whether Partizan gave up on the player too early.^[18]

Khimki

On 18 January 2022, he signed a 2.5-year contract with Russian club Khimki.^[19]

Volos

On 27 June 2023, he joined Volos on a free transfer. ^[20]

International career

Glavčić has been called up to the Serbia national team selections since 2012. As a youth player, he represented the country passing all selections from under-16 to under-19 level. In November 2016, he was also called into the Serbia national under-20 football team under coach Nenad Lalatović for a friendly match against Montenegro, after which he appeared as a regular team member until 2017.^[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of 8 July 2023^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Partizan	2014–15[4]	Serbian SuperLiga	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	2015–16[4]		2	0	1	0	0	0	—		3	0
	Total		2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Teleoptik (loan)	2014–15[4]	Serbian League Belgrade	22	1	—		—		—		22	1
	2015–16[4]		9	2	—		—		—		9	2
	Total		31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	3
Spartak Subotica	2016–17[22]	Serbian SuperLiga	31	0	2	0	—		—		33	0
	2017–18[23]		30	1	2	1	—		—		32	2
	2018–19[24]		31	1	3	0	6[b]	0	—		40	1
	Total		92	2	7	1	6	0	0	0	105	3
Slaven Belupo	2019–20	Prva HNL	34	0	4	1	—		—		38	1
	2020–21		35	5	3	0	—		—		38	5
	2021–22		17	0	3	0	—		—		20	0
	Total		86	5	10	1	0	0	0	0	96	6
Khimki	2021–22	Russian Premier League	12	0	—		—		2[c]	0	14	0
	2022–23		17	1	4	0	—		—		21	1
	Total		29	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	35	1
Career total			240	11	22	2	6	0	2	0	270	13

1. Includes the Serbian Cup and the Croatian Cup
2. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in the relegation play-offs

Honours

Partizan

• Serbian Cup: 2015–16^[10]

References

1. "Бели бомбадер из Богутовца" (PDF). Ibarske novosti (in Serbian). 10 September 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
2. "Nemanja Glavčić za volimpartizan.net: Sanjam gol u derbiju!". volimpartizan.net (in Serbian). 21 June 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
3. "Glavčić, Nemanja". Sportlend.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 1 August 2015.
4. "Glavcic, Nemanja". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 October 2016.
5. "Nemanja Glavcic signed professional contract". FK Partizan official website. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
6. "3.Kolo: Novi Pazar - Partizan". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). 1 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
7. "ZIMSKI PRELAZNI ROK – FK PARTIZAN (18.01. – 12.02.2016.)" (PDF). FK Partizan official website (in Serbian). 18 February 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
8. ""FUDBAL" 28/16 - page 1716" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 13 July 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
9. ""FUDBAL" 29/16 - page 1799" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 20 July 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
10. Nemanja Glavčić at Soccerway
11. "Fudbaleri Spartaka do pobede posle preokreta". subotica.info (in Serbian). 15 August 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
12. "Spartak lako do osmine finala Kupa". gradsubotica.co.rs (in Serbian). 20 September 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
13. "Nemanja Glavčić novi je igrač Slaven Belupa". NK Slaven Belupo (in Croatian). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
14. "NK BSK Bijelo Brdo NK Slaven Belupo rezultati uživo". SofaScore (in Croatian). 30 October 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
15. Tkalec, Vedran (27 March 2021). "NEMANJA GLAVČIĆ: Volio bih završiti u nekom od tri kluba velike četvorke HNL-a". Germanijak (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 April 2021.
16. "Nemanja Glavčić protiv Gorice postigao svoj prvijenac". NK Slaven Belupo (in Croatian). 25 August 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
17. Dedić, Marko (23 January 2021). "Produkt vrhunske Partizanove škole afirmaciju je pronašao u Slaven Belupu, Nemanja Glavčić: Moram razmišljati brže od drugih". ePodravina.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
18. Zdravković, Milan (17 October 2020). ""Srpski Mesi" zaludeo Hrvate golom i asistencijama, da li ga se Partizan olako odrekao? (VIDEO)". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 21 March 2021.
19. "НЕМАНЬЯ ГЛАВЧИЧ — В "ХИМКАХ"!" (in Russian). FC Khimki. 18 January 2022.
20. "Βόλος μεταγραφές: Ανακοίνωσε τον Γκλάβτσιτς". www.sport24.gr. 27 June 2023.
21. "Mlada reprezentacija poražena od Srbije". reprezentacija.me (in Serbian). 13 November 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
22. "Glavčić, Nemanja 2016–17 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 March 2017.
23. "Glavčić, Nemanja 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 September 2017.
24. "Glavčić, Nemanja 2018–19 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 1 January 2019.

External links

• Nemanja Glavčić stats at utakmica.rs
• Nemanja Glavčić at WorldFootball.net
• Nemanja Glavčić at Soccerbase
• Nemanja Glavčić – UEFA competition record (archive)