Uroš Ćosić

Uroš Ćosić
Ćosić playing for AEK Athens in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-10-24) 24 October 1992
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Glyfada
Youth career
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 CSKA Moscow 0 (0)
2011–2012Red Star Belgrade (loan) 15 (1)
2012–2013Pescara (loan) 20 (0)
2013–2015 Pescara 25 (0)
2015Frosinone (loan) 11 (0)
2015–2017 Empoli 23 (0)
2017–2019 AEK Athens 28 (0)
2019–2020 Universitatea Craiova 17 (1)
2020 Shakhtyor Soligorsk 0 (0)
2021 AEL 10 (0)
2021–2022 PAEEK 12 (0)
2022–2024 IMT 27 (0)
2025– A.O. Glyfada 0 (0)
International career
2009–2011 Serbia U19 9 (0)
2013–2014 Serbia U21 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 May 2024

Uroš Ćosić (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Ћосић; born 24 October 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Glyfada.[1]

Club career

Uroš Ćosić was born on 24 October 1992 in Belgrade and he made his first steps in football at the youth academies of Red Star Belgrade. At the age of 17, he transferred to CSKA Moscow and then he moved back to Red Star on loan. In 2013, he moved to Pescara. During his spell at the Italian club, he also had a loan transfer to Frosinone. In the 2016–17 season, Ćosic was playing for Italian Serie A club Empoli.

AEK Athens

On 2 July 2017, AEK Athens and Empoli have reached an agreement for the transfer move of the Serbian central defender to the Super League Greece club. The 25-year-old player made 14 performances during 2016–17 season at Serie A with the struggling Italian team, was expected in Athens in order to complete the final details of deal and sign his four-season contract with AEK.[2] On 3 July 2017, after successfully passing his medicals he put pen to paper to a three (plus one) years' contract.[3] AEK Athens paid €500,000 to acquire Ćosić from Empoli, which has a resale rate of 25%.

On 2 August 2017, Ćosić made his official debut in a 1–0 away defeat against CSKA Moscow for the second leg of the Champions League third qualifying round.[4] On 24 September 2017, he was sent-off, after an altercation with Bjorn Engels in a dramatic 3–2 home win against Olympiacos.[5] Five days later, both players were suspended with a two-match ban.[6] In mid-November, Ćosić faced an ankle problem that kept him out of action for 2–3 weeks. At the end of February 2018, Ćosić had to undergo surgery on his stomach muscles and initial estimations showed that he would miss the rest of 2017–18 season.[7]

Universitatea Craiova

On 2 September 2019, Ćosić signed a contract with Liga I side Universitatea Craiova for three years, with an option for another year.

International career

Ćosić has already played for the Serbia U-19 team and has been selected in early 2011 for the Serbia U-21 team.

Career statistics

As of 1 June 2019
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Red Star Belgrade (loan) 2010–11 Serbian SuperLiga 8 1 2 0 10 1
2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga 7 0 2 0 2[b] 0 11 0
Total 15 1 4 0 2 0 21 1
Pescara (loan) 2012–13 Serie A 20 0 1 0 21 0
Pescara 2013–14 Serie B 13 0 1 0 14 0
2014–15 Serie B 12 0 2 0 14 0
Total 25 0 3 0 28 0
Frosinone (loan) 2014–15 Serie B 11 0 0 0 11 0
Empoli 2015–16 Serie A 9 0 0 0 9 0
2016–17 Serie A 14 0 2 0 16 0
Total 23 0 2 0 25 0
AEK Athens 2017–18 Super League Greece 9 0 2 0 6[c] 0 17 0
2018–19 Super League Greece 19 0 6 0 6[d] 0 31 0
Total 28 0 8 0 12 0 48 0
Career total 122 1 18 0 14 0 0 0 154 1
  1. ^ Includes Serbian Cup, Coppa Italia, Greek Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Red Star Belgrade
AEK Athens

References

  1. ^ "Ανακοίνωση Λυσης Συμβολαιων". www.aelfc.gr/. 14 May 2021. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. ^ AEK napada Ligu šampiona, Ćosić stiže u Atinu
  3. ^ "Στην ΑΕΚ ο Τσόσιτς". www.sport24.gr. 3 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Δεύτερη ήττα και αποκλεισμός για την ΑΕΚ". www.sport24.gr. 2 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Ιστορική ανατροπή για την ΑΕΚ". www.sport24.gr. 24 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Δύο αγωνιστικές σε Τσόσιτς και Ένχελς". www.sport24.gr. 29 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Uroš Ćosić will miss the remainder of 2017-18 season". Retrieved 28 February 2018.