Stefan Hajdin

Stefan Hajdin (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Хајдин; born 15 April 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Red Star Belgrade.

Stefan Hajdin
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994
Place of birth Glina, Croatia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position(s) Left wing-back
Club information
Current team
 Red Star Belgrade
Number 44
Youth career
Jedinstvo Vršac
2003–2008 Red Star Belgrade
2008–2012 Zemun
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Zemun 4 (0)
2013 BASK 5 (0)
2014 Dunav Stari Banovci 8 (1)
2014–2017 Radnički Nova Pazova 72 (6)
2017 Spartak Subotica 22 (2)
2018–2020 Red Star Belgrade 7 (0)
2019–2020 → Voždovac (loan) 26 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2020

Club career

Early years

Hajdin made his first football steps in Vršac, playing with local club Jedinstvo.[1] Later was member of Red Star Belgrade academy from 2003 to 2008,[2] and finally completed his youth career with Zemun, where he also made his first senior appearances in the Serbian League Belgrade.[3] Next he moved to BASK and later to Dunav Stari Banovci. Finally, Hajdin joined Radnički Nova Pazova in summer 2014, where he affirmed in next three season, scoring 6 goals on 72 matches in the Serbian League Vojvodina.[3] In summer 2016, Hajdin was also called into the amateur squad under Football Association of Vojvodina for the UEFA Regions' Cup.[4]

Spartak Subotica

In summer 2017, Hajdin's agent Raša Bebić connected him with Spartak Subotica. Hajdin passed a trial period, spending the complete pre-season with club.[5] After he convinced the management in friendly matches, Hajdin signed a four-year professional contract in July 2017.[6] He made his official debut for the club in the first fixture match of the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga campaign against OFK Bačka.[7] He scored his first goal for the club in 1–1 draw to his former club, Zemun, on 24 September 2017.[8] He also scored in the last SuperLiga match in 2017, for 1–1 draw to Vojvodina on 13 December.[9] During the first half-season with the club, Hajdin collected 23 matches in both domestic competitions usually as the first choice under coach Aleksandar Veselinović,[10] missing the first round cup match against Polet Lipljan only.[11]

Red Star Belgrade

On 12 January 2018, Hajdin agreed on a three-year deal with Red Star Belgrade. The transfer fee was reported as €200k plus 20 percent of the future transfer.[12] He officially promoted in new club by sporting director Mitar Mrkela next day. Hajdin chose to wear number 34 jersey.[2] Hajdin made his official debut for the club in the Serbian Cup match against Mačva Šabac on 14 March 2018.[13] Hajdin also made his league debut for the club on 13 May 2018, replacing Milan Rodić in 52 minute of the away match against Vojvodina.[14] After passing the complete pre-season with first team in summer 2018, Hajdin was excluded from the UEFA Champions League player list for the 2018–19 qualifying phase.[15]

Playing style

Standing at 6-foot-2-and-a-half-inches (1.89 m),[16] Hajdin uses both legs equally well.[5] He usually operates as an offensive full-back or wing-back on the left flank,[16] being capable of playing as a midfielder and participating in final actions.[17] Although he mostly plays on the left side of the field, he often enters to the middle and take a shot with an inverted leg. Hajdin is also a long distance taker.[8] While with Red Star Belgrade, Vladan Milojević used him as a right full-back respectively.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of 13 May 2018[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Zemun 2011–12[3] League Belgrade 40———40
BASK 2012–13[3] 50———50
Dunav Stari Banovci 2013–14[3] League Vojvodina 81———81
Radnički Nova Pazova 2014–15[3] 282———282
2015–16[3] 213———213
2016–17[3] 231———231
Total 726———726
Spartak Subotica 2017–18[19] SuperLiga 22210——232
Red Star Belgrade 2017–18[20] 101000—20
2018–19[21] 602000—80
Total 703000—100
Career total 12894000—1329

Honours

Club
Red Star Belgrade

Personal life

Hajdin was born in Glina, Croatia but moved to Serbia at an early age.[16] He had lived at Vršac and Zemun until he became an adult.[5] Hajdin is a Sport and Physical Education faculty student at the University of Belgrade.[22] Hajdin likes to read books in his spare time and as some of his favorite writers quotes Orhan Pamuk and Paulo Coelho.[18]

References
  1. "Симовић потврдио: Стефан Хајдин прелази у Звезду". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 11 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. "Представљен и Хајдин". Red Star Belgrade official website. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. "Hajdin, Stefan". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. "Достојно представити српски фудбал". Dnevnik (in Serbian). 16 September 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  5. "SOS kanal - Stefan Hajdin intervju". soskanal.net. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. "Spartak otvara sezonu protiv Bačke iz Bačke Palanke". tvsubotica.com. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  7. "Pobeda na startu prvenstva". FK Spartak Subotica official website. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  8. "Реми Земуна и Спартака". Sportski žurnal. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  9. "Спартак и Војводина ремизирали 1:1". Dnevnik. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  10. "Веселиновић препородио суботички Спартак". Radio Television of Vojvodina (in Serbian). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  11. Stefan Hajdin at Soccerway
  12. "HAJDIN U ZVEZDI! Levom beku ugovor na tri i po godine, Spartaku 200.000 evra!". Informer (in Serbian). 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  13. "Мачва - Црвена звезда 0:0 (5:4, пенали)". Red Star Belgrade official website. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  14. "Војводина - Црвена звезда 1:2 (1:1)". Red Star Belgrade official website. 13 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  15. "Zvezdina formula za kvalifikacije 23+5: Nema Degeneka, Ilića i Hajdina". mozzartsport.com. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  16. "Hajdin Stefan 2015 - Agent Scouting Video". YouTube. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  17. "Hajdin, Stefan". YouTube. 29 June 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  18. "Upoznajte Zvezdino pojačanje: Čita Nobelovca, čeka aprilski ispitni rok i zna da će biti trener! (VIDEO)". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  19. "Spartak Subotica, 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  20. "Crvena zvezda, 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  21. "Crvena zvezda, 2018–19 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  22. "DIF-ovcima zlatne medalje na Beogradskom maratonu". sportindeks.rs (in Serbian). 19 April 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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