Uroš Tegeltija

Uroš Tegeltija (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Тегелтија, born 19 March 2006) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Red Star Belgrade.^[2]

Uroš Tegeltija

Personal information
Full name	Uroš Tegeltija
Date of birth	(2006-03-19) 19 March 2006 (age 19)
Place of birth	Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Red Star Belgrade
Number	70
Youth career
2019–2022	Čukarički
2022–	Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2025–	Red Star Belgrade	0	(0)
International career‡
2022	Serbia U16	3	(0)
2022	Serbia U17	8	(1)
2023–	Serbia U18	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2023

Club career

Born in Novi Sad, Serbia, Uroš and his twin brother Dragan at 2019 both started training at the Čukarički youth football school,^[3] From there, in 2022, they also went together to Red Star Belgrade where they both of them sign them first professional contracts.^[4][5]

Due to the insufficient number of players in training, due to the national team term, coach Vladan Milojević joined the work with the first team in March 2025 with 12 players from the youth team, including Tegeltija.^[6] He sat on the bench in the round of 16 match of the Serbian Cup with OFK Beograd, and made his debut in the 83rd minute when he entered the game together with Ognjen Teofilović.^[7] They replaced Strahinja Stojković and Bruno Duarte on the field.^[8][9]

International career

He played for the Serbian national teams at U16, U17 and U18 levels.

Personal life

Uroš's twin brother Dragan is also a professional footballer who plays on loan from Red Star Belgrade in OFK Beograd U19 youth team.^[10]

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