Filip Kostić
 Kostić training with VfB Stuttgart in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Filip Kostić | ||
| Date of birth | 1 November 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Kragujevac, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Radnički 1923 | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009–2012 | Radnički 1923 | 61 | (5) |
| 2012–2014 | FC Groningen | 43 | (11) |
| 2014– | VfB Stuttgart | 25 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Serbia U19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013– | Serbia U21 | 8 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 April 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Filip Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Костић; born 1 November 1992) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. He most frequently plays on the left wing.
Club career
Radnički 1923
Kostić signed his first professional contract with FK Radnički 1923 in 2010 at the age of 17. This was after the club was promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga from the Serbian First League.[1] He began attracting the interest of several clubs including Red Star Belgrade, Anderlecht, Udinese, and Tottenham Hotspur.[2] On April 15, 2012, he was named starting left winger in Sportal's ideal team of round 24 in the SuperLiga.[3]
Groningen
On April 4, 2012, he signed a contract with Eredivisie side FC Groningen and moved to the Netherlands in June 2012 after the end of the season.[4] He made his debut for Groningen on October 21, 2012.[5] After getting little playing time, Kostić finally began showing promising potential from the beginning of the 2013-14 Eredivisie; he attracted media attention after playing a brilliant game in which he had one assist against NEC,[6] and then on August 25 he added to his reputation of play-making by assisting twice against Go Ahead Eagles.[7] Finally, on October 20, 2013, Kostić scored his first ever goal for Groningen in a 1-0 win against PSV Eindhoven.[8] Kostic received criticism for a media interview after drawing 0-0 with Aberdeen F.C. in the 2nd round of the Europa League qualifiers. Kostic went on record after the match as saying "“We go home happy, we have done 80% of what we need to go through.”.[9] FC Groningen went on to lose the tie with the Scottish club 1-2 at the Euroborg.[10] Aberdeen F.C. winger Johnny Hayes was later quoted as saying "I was quite happy ramming their words down their throats".[11]
VfB Stuttgart
On 9 August 2014 Filip Kostić moved to German side VfB Stuttgart for a fee of €6 million and a possible bonus of €1 million. FC Groningen also would get 15% of a future transfer fee received by Stuttgart.[12] Kostić signed a contract until June 2019 with VfB Stuttgart.[13]
International career
Kostic has played for Serbia at under-19 level and under-21 level.[14]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 22 March 2015[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Radnički Kragujevac | 2009–10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2010–11 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| 2011–12 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | |
| Total | 61 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 5 | |
| FC Groningen | 2012–13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2013–14 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 12 | |
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 43 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 12 | |
| VfB Stuttgart | 2014–15 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| Total | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| Career total | 129 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 18 | |
References
- ↑ Filip Kostić at Soccerway
- ↑ "Tottenham enter chase for Serbian teenager". Daily Mirror. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ↑ SPORTAL.RS tim 24. kola JSL - April 15, 2012
- ↑ FK Radnicki - April 4, 2012 - Kostic potpisao za Groningen
- ↑ B92 Sport (Serbian): Filip Kostić debitovao za Groningen 21 October 2012
- ↑ Sportske: Živković strelac, Kostić asistent - 4 August 2013 (Serbian)
- ↑ Sportske: Kostić asistirao, Groningen do boda - 25 August 2013 (Serbian)
- ↑ Sportske: Kostić srušio PSV! (Serbian) October 20, 2013
- ↑ "Cocky winger Filip Kostic says FC Groningen are 80% through". 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ↑ "FC Groningen 1 - 2 Aberdeen". 24 July 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ↑ "Dons winger Jonny Hayes: ‘I was quite happy ramming their words down their throats’". 25 July 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
- ↑ "Transfer Kostic naar VfB Stuttgart afgerond". fcgroningen.nl (in Dutch). FC Groningen. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ "Filip Kostic transfer completed". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ Filip Kostić at Srbijafudbal
- ↑ "Serbia - F.Kostić - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
External links
- Voetbal International profile (Dutch)
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