Stevan Račić

Stevan Račić

Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-01-17) January 17, 1984
Place of birth	Bačka Palanka, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Partizani Tirana
Number	17
Youth career
1995-2002	Hercegovac Gajdobra
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Novi Sad	14	(1)
2003–2004	→ Šajkaš Kovilj (loan)	21	(8)
2004	ČSK Pivara	6	(1)
2005	Glogonj	10	(3)
2005–2006	PSK Pančevo	29	(9)
2006–2007	Obilić	6	(0)
2007–2009	Javor	64	(16)
2009	Daejeon Citizen	13	(0)
2010	Javor	12	(3)
2010	Volyn Lutsk	4	(0)
2011	Solo FC	16	(7)
2011–2012	Jagodina	0	(0)
2012	Napredak Kruševac	14	(5)
2012–2013	Čelik Nikšić	37	(15)
2014	Javor Ivanjica	11	(1)
2014–	Partizani Tirana	31	(14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 March 2015

Stevan Račić (Serbian Cyrillic: Cтeвaн Paчић; born January 17, 1984) is a Serbian professional footballer who has played with several Eastern European and Asian clubs during his career.

Club career

Born in Bačka Palanka, Račić played in a number of minor and medium size clubs in Serbia before arriving in Ivanjica in January 2006 to play with local club FK Javor, having won with them promotion to the Serbian SuperLiga in 2008. After having played his first season in the top league, he received a proposal from South Korean club Daejeon Citizen F.C. to move to the K-League in summer of 2009. After playing the rest of the season in the far-east, in January 2010 he returned to his previous club, FK Javor, where he will play the rest of the 2009-10 season, and help them reach a European spot in the SuperLiga.

During 2011 he was playing with Liga Primer Indonesia club Solo FC before returning in summer 2011 to Serbia to play with SuperLiga club FK Jagodina.

Čelik Nikšić

After one season playing in the Serbian First League, he moved to Montenegrin First League team FK Čelik Nikšić. On August 26, 2012, Račić scored the fastest goal in the history of the Montenegrin First League against Mladost Podgorica only 12.25 seconds into the game's duration.

Partizani

In June 2014, Račić signed with Albanian side Partizani. During his presentation, he said he had offers from Montenegro, but he chose Albania as his next destination for his career. After summer transfer window was closed, Partizani had bought 32 players, a record in Albanian football. He made his debut for the club on 24 August in week 1 of 2014–15 Albanian Superliga against KF Laçi, where he score the only goal of his team in a 1–1 draw. On 11 September 2014, he won a penalty kick in 90th minute against KF Skënderbeu that was scored by Emiljano Vila. Partizani won the match 1–0 at Qemal Stafa Stadium to get first win of the season after a draw against Laçi and a lose against Apolonia. Račić scored a direct free kick in 88th minute of the match against FK Kukësi on 14 September that finished with a 0–1 away win for Demat e Kuq. On 19 September, in week 4 against KS Teuta in Qemal Stafa, Račić scored his third goal of the season in 39th minute and three minutes later assisted the goal of Astrit Fazliu in a 2–0 success. This was the third consecutive win for the club. Six days later, Račić played in Tirana derby I against the long time rivals KF Tirana at Qemal Stafa, ended a goalless draw. He continued his superb form in week 9 against KS Elbasani, where he scored the only goal of the match and also won a penalty, missed by Emiliano Vila. He ended his first part of the league with four goals in nine appearances, with Partizani who finished the first part of the season 18 points, tied with KF Tirana as a leader. After the match, asked for insultsis of fans of against his country Serbia, Račić said: "I felt a little bad, but I know they were not against me. They are the best fans in Albanian Superliga and have always supported us, like when we play at home, and where we play away."

External links

• Profile at Srbijafudbal.
• Stevan Račić – K League stats at kleague.com (Korean)