Stefan Simić

Stefan Simić
Personal information
Full name Stefan Simić
Date of birth (1995-01-20) 20 January 1995
Place of birth Prague, Czech Republic
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back / Right back
Club information
Current team
 Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz
Number 34
Youth career
2001–2012 Slavia Prague
2012–2013 Genoa
2013–2014 Milan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Milan 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Varese (loan) 20 (0)
2016– → Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz (loan) 9 (1)
National team‡
2011 Czech Republic U16 6 (0)
2011–2012 Czech Republic U17 16 (1)
2012–2014 Czech Republic U19 15 (0)
2014 Czech Republic U20 3 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 January 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2016

Stefan Simić (born 20 February 1995) is a Czech footballer who plays as a defender for Belgian club Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz, on loan from Milan. He is of Croatian and Bosnian Serb descent.

Career

Simić entered Slavia Prague's youth ranks at the age of 6.[1] He rose through the ranks and became the youngest player to sign a professional contract with the club, aged 15 years and 11 months.[2] He played his first minutes for the senior side in the 13.2.2011 friendly match with Hajduk Split, the club he roots for as well,[3] as a part of the latter's 100 year anniversary celebration, in honor of his mother's passing.[4] A youth international, he, however, left the club before making his debut in an official match, joining the youth ranks of Genoa in Italy in January 2012.[5] The transfert cost the Italian club allegedly 12 million Kč.[6]

He played for a year and a half for Genoa Primavera side before moving to Milan.[7] He was an integral part of the youth team that won the 2014 Torneo di Viareggio[8]

In the summer of 2014 he joined the Serie B side Varese on loan and accumulated 17 caps for the team during the season. After missing out on the first half of the 2015/2016 season due to injury to his right fibula,[9] Simić was supposed to join Hajduk Split in a 6-month loan deal in January 2016.[10] However, on the day he was supposed to sign for the club, while he was already in Split, he was recalled to Milan due to the injury of his teammate Mexes.[11]

For the 2016–17 season, he was loaned out to Belgian First Division side Royal Mouscron-Péruwelz.[12]

International career

Simić chose to represent Czech Republic while having the possibility to play for Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, from which his parents came from and whose passports he holds as well.[13] He accumulated 40 caps and 1 goal between 2011 and 2014 for the Czech youth national teams, playing at U16, U17, U19 and U20 levels.[14]

Personal life

Simić's family originates from Prijedor in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but lived and worked in Zagreb, Croatia before moving to Prague, before his birth.[15] He considers himself a fan of Hajduk Split and Slavia Prague.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Stefan Simić míří do Janova at Slavisticke Noviny
  2. ↑ Stefan Simić dolazi u Hajduk at NogometPlus
  3. ↑ Stefan Simić dolazi u Hajduk at NogometPlus
  4. ↑ Stefan Simić má od Slavie svolení k cestě do Janova na jednání o případném působení at Slavia Prague official site
  5. ↑ Stefan Simić míří do Janova at Slavisticke Noviny
  6. ↑ Exslávista Simič kope za AC Milán: Od áčka mě dělí jen půl roku! at isport.blesk.cz
  7. ↑ A.C. Milan sign Genoa youngster at Forza Italian Football
  8. ↑ MILAN B'DAYS: BEST WISHES TO STEFAN SIMIC at AC Milan official site
  9. ↑ Stefan Simić za Germanijak: Na Hajduku mogu zahvaliti "onom gore", želim duplu krunu za Torcidu! at Germanijak
  10. ↑ Stefan Simić dolazi u Hajduk at NogometPlus
  11. ↑ "Milan, dopo Donnarumma tocca a Livieri e Simic: sono 8 gli Under in rosa". La Gazzetta dello Sport - Tutto il rosa della vita. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  12. ↑ "Official A.C. Milan communication". acmilan.com. Associazione Calcio Milan. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  13. ↑ Exslávista Simič kope za AC Milán: Od áčka mě dělí jen půl roku! at isport.blesk.cz
  14. ↑ Stefan Simič at nv.fotbal.cz
  15. ↑ Stefan Simić za Germanijak: Na Hajduku mogu zahvaliti "onom gore", želim duplu krunu za Torcidu! at Germanijak
  16. ↑ Stefan Simić za Germanijak: Na Hajduku mogu zahvaliti "onom gore", želim duplu krunu za Torcidu! at Germanijak
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