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Biography
Stefan Šćepović (Serbian Cyrillic: Cтeфaн Шћeпoвић; born 10 January 1990) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Spanish club Getafe CF as a striker.
He has represented clubs in his homeland, Italy, Belgium, Israel, Spain and Scotland. In his first season at Celtic, he contributed to them winning a double of the Scottish Premiership and Scottish League Cup.
Formerly an under-21 international, Šćepović made his senior debut for Serbia in 2012.
Club career
Early career
Šćepović started his professional career at OFK Beograd in 2007. In 2010 he left on loan to Sampdoria. As part of the agreement, Sampdoria have an option to sign him permanently at the end of the season. At the end of the season, Šćepović was linked to Juventus and Belgian Club Brugge, signing with the latter.
Club Brugge
In July 2010 Šćepović joined Belgian club Club Brugge. After suffering a goal drought in the first half of the season, he was loaned to Kortrijk in January 2011. Belgian media also described that he was most remembered in Brugge for accidentally locking himself in a bathroom in Affligem hours before a friendly.
Partizan
On 8 June 2012, Šćepović signed a two-year contract with FK Partizan. On the same day, he married his longtime girlfriend Jovana Šćepović. He featured with Partizan in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League and played against the likes of Internazionale, Rubin Kazan, and Neftchi Baku.
Sporting Gijón
In July 2013, Šćepović signed a three-year loan deal with Sporting de Gijón, with a buyout clause. In September he became the first player in the history of the club who managed to score in his first five consecutive games (against Real Madrid Castilla, Recreativo de Huelva, Mallorca, Ponferradina and Deportivo de La Coruña). This great performance was rewarded with the Segunda División Player of Month prize.
In January 2014 Šćepović was voted by the readers of Spanish sports newspaper Marca, best player of the first half of season, being referred as "the king of Segunda". Also, he was named in the campaign's midway best eleven, chosen by LFP.
On 6 February 2014 Šćepović was bought by Sporting outright for a €1 million fee, signing a contract until 2018. He scored 22 goals in 39 appearances for the club.
Celtic
On 2 September 2014, Šćepović signed a four-year deal with Celtic for £2.3 million, having turned down a move the day before. Eleven days later, he made his debut as a starter in a 2–1 victory against Aberdeen at Celtic Park.
On 23 October, he scored his first goal for the club against Astra Giurgiu in the UEFA Europa League, scoring a header from an Anthony Stokes free kick in a 2–1 home win. Three days later, he netted his second goal for the club and his first in the league, in a 2–0 victory over Kilmarnock. The other goal of that game was a free kick from John Guidetti, earned after Manuel Pascali was sent off for a professional foul on Šćepović.
On 15 March 2015, Šćepović was an unused substitute as Celtic won the Scottish League Cup with a 2–0 win over Dundee United in the final at Hampden Park, with Stokes and Leigh Griffiths starting and Guidetti as a substitute. On 24 May, he scored in each half as Celtic concluded their fourth consecutive league-winning season with a 5–0 home win over Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Getafe
On 31 August 2015, Šćepović joined Spanish club Getafe on a season long loan. Scepovic scored his first goal for Getafe a diving header in the 1–0 win over Málaga.
On 28 June 2016, Šćepović joined Spanish club Getafe on another season long loan.
International career
Šćepović made his debut for the Serbia national football team on 29 February 2012 in a friendly match against Cyprus. He scored his first international goal on 15 October 2013 in a qualifier for the following year's World Cup against Macedonia at the Jagodina City Stadium; after replacing Filip Đorđević in the 62nd minute, he netted his team's last goal of a 5–1 victory eleven minutes later.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 17 January 2016
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental | Playoffs | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| OFK Beograd | 2007–08 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Total | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Mladi Radnik (loan) | 2008–09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sopot (loan) | 2008–09 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 4 | ||
| Sampdoria (loan) | 2009–10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Club Brugge | 2010–11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | |
| Kortrijk (loan) | 2010–11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| Hapoel Acre | 2011–12 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 2 | 31 | 12 | |
| Partizan Belgrade | 2012–13 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | — | 25 | 8 | |
| Ashdod (loan) | 2012–13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 2 | 13 | 6 | |
| Sporting Gijon | 2013–14 | 39 | 23 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 41 | 23 | |
| Celtic | 2014–15 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 6 |
| 2015–16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Getafe CF (loan) | 2015–16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
| Getafe CF (loan) | 2016-17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 161 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 202 | 65 | |
Personal life
He is the older brother of Marko Šćepović and the son of former Partizan striker and now one of the youth coaches, Slađan Šćepović.
Honours
Club
- Celtic
- Scottish Premiership (1): 2014–15
- Scottish League Cup (1): 2014–15
Individual
- Segunda División Player of the Month: September 2013