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Lazar Samardžić

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Lazar Samardžić
Personal information
Full name Lazar Vujadin Samardžić[1]
Date of birth (2002-02-24) 24 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Berlin, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, left winger
Team information
Current team
 Atalanta
(on loan from Udinese)
Number 24
Youth career
FK Hercegovac
Blau-Weiß Spandau
Schwarz-Weiß Neukölln
–2009 Grün-Weiss Neukölln
2009–2020 Hertha BSC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Hertha BSC II 5 (1)
2020 Hertha BSC 3 (0)
2020–2021 RB Leipzig 7 (0)
2021– Udinese 93 (13)
2024– → Atalanta (loan) 15 (2)
International career‡
2017–2018 Germany U16
2022–2023 Germany U21 5 (2)
2023– Serbia 17 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:43, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2024

Lazar Vujadin Samardžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазар Вујадин Самарџић, pronounced [lâzaːr sǎmaːrdʒitɕ]; born 24 February 2002) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for Serie A club Atalanta, on loan from Udinese. Born in Germany, he plays for the Serbia national team.[2][3]

Club career

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Hertha BSC

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Youth

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Samardžić played for BSV Grün-Weiss Neukölln 1950 e.V. from 2008 to 2009[4] and joined Hertha BSC from 9 October 2009.[3][5] Samardžić played for the U17 and U19 teams of Hertha BSC in the Under 17 and Under 19 Bundesliga, scoring 16 and 14 goals respectively.[6] Samardžić won the bronze award of the Fritz Walter Medal in the U17 group.[7][8]

First team

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Samardžić was announced to have signed a professional contract, and first appeared as an unused substitute for the professional team in a 3–3 away draw against Fortuna Düsseldorf on 28 February 2020.[9][10]

Samardžić made his debut for Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga on 22 May 2020, coming on as a substitute for Per Ciljan Skjelbred in the 81st minute of the Berlin derby against Union Berlin, which finished as a 4–0 win.[11] Samardzic is considered one of Germany's most talented prospects and he has attracted serious interest from elite clubs around the world, such as Chelsea, Barcelona and Juventus.[12][13]

RB Leipzig

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On 8 September 2020, Samardžić joined fellow Bundesliga side RB Leipzig on a five-year deal.[14] He made his RB Leipzig debut on 3 October, coming off the bench in a 4–0 win against FC Schalke 04.

Udinese

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Ahead of the 2021–22 season, 19-year-old Samardžić moved to Italian Serie A club Udinese. He signed a five-year contract.[15]

Atalanta

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On 18 August 2024, Samardžić joined fellow Serie A side Atalanta on loan, with an obligation to make the transfer permanent under certain conditions.[16] Later that year, on 26 November, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 6–1 away victory over Young Boys.[17]

International career

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Samardžić played for Berlin at the Under-15 level and Germany at the Under-17 and Under-19 levels. He first appeared internationally and played two matches in the 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification against Belarus and Slovenia.[6][18][19] He then played in all three matches of the group stage of the tournament, scoring once, but the team failed to progress to the knockout stage. For the U-19 level, he played in the 2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, scoring twice.[6]

Serbia national team

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In February 2023, the Football Association of Serbia announced that Samardžić had accepted manager Dragan Stojković's invitation to switch his allegiance to Serbia on his 21st birthday.[20] He subsequently received his first official call-up to the Serbian senior national team the following month, being included in the list for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Lithuania and Montenegro.[21]

On 25 March 2023, Samardžić made his debut for Serbia in a 2–0 win over Lithuania in Belgrade.[22]

Samardžić was selected in Serbia's squad for the UEFA Euro 2024. He played in group stage matches against Slovenia and Denmark. Serbia finished fourth in the group.

Personal life

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Samardžić was born in Berlin, and he is a Serb from Bosnia and Herzegovina. His father hails from Živinice, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.[23]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 22 December 2024[24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hertha BSC II 2019–20 Regionalliga Nordost 5 1 — — 5 1
Hertha BSC 2019–20 Bundesliga 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
RB Leipzig 2020–21 Bundesliga 7 0 2 0 0 0 9 0
Udinese 2021–22 Serie A 22 2 2 0 — 24 2
2022–23 37 5 2 0 — 39 5
2023–24 34 6 0 0 — 34 6
2024–25 — 1 0 — 1 0
Total 93 13 5 0 — 98 13
Atalanta (loan) 2024–25 Serie A 15 2 1 1 5[b] 1 21 4
Career total 123 16 8 1 5 1 136 18
  1. ^ Includes DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

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As of match played 18 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Serbia 2023 5 0
2024 12 0
Total 17 0

Honours

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RB Leipzig

Individual

References

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  1. ^ Birlanga, Javier (15 June 2022). "El Barça acapara la lista del 'Golden Boy 2022' con cinco candidatos". Goal.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b Lazar Samardžić at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b "Lazar Samardžić | Player profile". Bundesliga. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. ^ "U 17: Einst Amateurverein, mittlerweile Nationalspieler". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Hertha BSC - HerthaBSC.de". www.herthabsc.de (in German). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Germany - L. Samardžić - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  7. ^ Quinn, Phillip (13 August 2019). "Fritz Walter Medals awarded to Germany's top youth players". Bavarian Football Works. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Gold Fritz Walter medals for Kühn, Bühl and Adeyemi". DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V. (in German). Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  9. ^ "A comeback on the Rhein - Teams - HerthaBSC.de". www.herthabsc.de (in German). Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Wird dieses Hertha-Talent der neue Max Kruse? – Meldung". tekk.tv. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Germany » Bundesliga 2019/2020 » 27. Round » Hertha BSC – 1. FC Union Berlin 4:0". WorldFootball.net. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Lazar Samardzic: Barcelona and Juventus chasing Germany's latest wonderkid | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Bild: Chelsea among top clubs targeting Hertha Berlin prospect Lazar Samardžić". Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  14. ^ "RB Leipzig sign Lazar Samardzic from Hertha Berlin". Bundesliga. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  15. ^ "Lazar Samardžić è bianconero < Squadra < News < Udinese" (in Italian). Udinese Calcio. 5 August 2021.
  16. ^ "Samardžić becomes Atalanta's seventh summer signing". Atalanta BC. 18 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Young Boys "knocked for six" in Bern and another UCL win!". Atalanta BC. 26 November 2024.
  18. ^ UEFA.com. "Germany-Belarus | Under-17". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  19. ^ UEFA.com. "Slovenia-Germany | Under-17". UEFA.com. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  20. ^ "МЛАДИ И ТАЛЕНТОВАНИ АС УДИНЕЗЕА ЛАЗАР САМАРЏИЋ ПРИХВАТИО ПОЗИВ СЕЛЕКТОРА ДРАГАНА СТОЈКОВИЋА". fss.rs (in Serbian). 24 February 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  21. ^ "СЕЛЕКТОР ДРАГАН СТОЈКОВИЋ САОПШТИО СПИСАК ИГРАЧА ЗА УВОДНЕ МЕЧЕВЕ КВАЛИФИКАЦИЈА ЗА ЕУРО 2024. ПРОТИВ ЛИТВАНИЈЕ И ЦРНЕ ГОРЕ". fss.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  22. ^ "Nemac koga je "majka Srbija pozvala": Ko je Lazar Samardžić, novi fudbaler Intera koji je "postao Srbin" zahvaljujući Piksiju". Danas (in Serbian). 8 July 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  23. ^ Škorić, E. (18 July 2020). "Uspostavljeni kontakti: Juventus dovodi 18-godišnje čudo čiji je otac rođen u selu kod Živinica". SportSport.ba (in Croatian).
  24. ^ "L. Samardzic". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  25. ^ "Fritz-Walter-Medaille in Gold an Kühn, Bühl und Adeyemi" (in German). German Football Association. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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