Aleksandar Mitrović (footballer)
Mitrović with Newcastle United in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Aleksandar Mitrović | ||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Smederevo, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
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Current team
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Newcastle United | ||
| Number | 45 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2011 | Partizan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Teleoptik | 25 | (7) |
| 2012–2013 | Partizan | 28 | (13) |
| 2013–2015 | Anderlecht | 69 | (36) |
| 2015– | Newcastle United | 53 | (14) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2013 | Serbia U19 | 13 | (5) |
| 2013– | Serbia U21 | 5 | (4) |
| 2013– | Serbia | 26 | (7) |
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:25, 25 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2016 |
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Aleksandar Mitrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Митровић; born 16 September 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for English club Newcastle United and the Serbia national team. At the age of 18, Mitrović was named among the top 10 talents under the age of 19 in Europe by a selection of UEFA reporters.
A youth product at Partizan, he turned professional after a loan at Teleoptik, and was a regular as they won the Serbian SuperLiga in his first season. He then joined Anderlecht for a club record €5 million, and scored 44 goals in 90 games across all competitions in a two-season spell. He won the Belgian Pro League in his first campaign at the club, and was the league's top scorer in his second. In 2015, he moved to Newcastle United for £13 million.
Mitrović helped Serbia win the 2013 European Under-19 Championship, being voted the best player of the tournament. Since that year, he has also been a senior international player, earning over 20 caps.
Born in Smederevo, Mitrović came to Partizan and went through the youth system of the club. Before being promoted to the first team, he made his senior debut with their affiliated side Teleoptik in the 2011–12 season, scoring seven goals in 25 league matches.
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