Aleksandar Mitrović
Aleksandar Mitrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Митровић, pronounced [aleksǎːndar mǐtroʋitɕ]; ⓘ; born 16 September 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal and the Serbia national team.
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Mitrović with Serbia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Aleksandar Mitrović | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Smederevo, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al Hilal | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Newcastle United | 65 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | → Fulham (loan) | 17 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Fulham | 173 | (97) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Al Hilal | 22 | (22) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Serbia U19 | 13 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Serbia U21 | 8 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Serbia | 89 | (57) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:00, 30 March 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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. 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. 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. In 2018, he was loaned to Fulham, and joined them permanently after helping them achieve promotion to the Premier League.
Mitrović helped Serbia win the 2013 European Under-19 Championship, being voted the best player of the tournament. That same year, he played his first game for the senior national team and has since earned over 80 caps, representing Serbia at the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup. He is Serbia's all-time record goalscorer.