Filip Kostić

Filip Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Костић, pronounced [fǐlip kôstitɕ, - kǒ-]; born 1 November 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for German club Eintracht Frankfurt. He most frequently plays on the left wing.

Filip Kostić

Kostić with Serbia at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Filip Kostić
Date of birth	1 November 1992
Place of birth	Kragujevac, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Winger/Left wing-back
Club information
Current team	Eintracht Frankfurt
Number	10
Youth career
	Radnički Kragujevac
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2012	Radnički Kragujevac	62	(5)
2012–2014	Groningen	45	(11)
2014–2016	VfB Stuttgart	59	(8)
2016–2018	Hamburger SV	61	(9)
2018–	Eintracht Frankfurt	82	(11)
National team^‡
2015–	Serbia	35	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:08, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Radnički Kragujevac

Kostić made his senior debut with Radnički Kragujevac in 2010 at the age of 17. This was after the club was promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga from the Serbian First League.[2] He began attracting the interest of several clubs including Red Star Belgrade, Anderlecht, Udinese, and Tottenham Hotspur.[3] On 15 April 2012, he was named starting left winger in Sportal's ideal team of round 24 in the SuperLiga.[4]

Groningen

Kostić training with FC Groningen in 2013

On 4 April 2012, he signed a contract with Eredivisie side Groningen and moved to the Netherlands in June 2012 after the end of the season.[5] He made his debut for Groningen on 21 October 2012.[6] After getting little playing time, Kostić finally began showing promising potential from the beginning of the 2013–14 Eredivisie; he attracted media attention after playing a brilliant game in which he had one assist against NEC,[7] and then on 25 August he added to his reputation of play-making by assisting twice against Go Ahead Eagles.[8] Finally, on 20 October 2013, Kostić scored his first ever goal for Groningen in a 1–0 win against PSV Eindhoven.[9] Kostić received criticism for a media interview after drawing 0–0 with Aberdeen F.C. in the second round of the Europa League qualifiers. He went on record after the match saying, “We go home happy, we have done 80% of what we need to go through”.[10] Groningen went on to lose the tie with the Scottish club 1–2 at the Euroborg.[11] Aberdeen winger Johnny Hayes was later quoted as saying "I was quite happy ramming their words down their throats".[12]

VfB Stuttgart

On 9 August 2014 Filip Kostić moved to German side VfB Stuttgart for €6 million and a possible bonus of €1 million. Groningen also would get 15% of a future transfer fee received by Stuttgart.[13] Kostić signed a contract until June 2019 with VfB Stuttgart.[14]

Hamburger SV

After the relegation of VfB Stuttgart at the end of the season 2015–16, Kostić was transferred to Hamburger SV for a fee of €14 million, making him the most expensive buy in the history of the club.[15]

Kostić with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2019

Loan to Eintracht Frankfurt

On 20 August 2018, Kostić joined Eintracht Frankfurt on loan until the end of 2018–19 season.[16]

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 17 May 2019, Frankfurt announced the permanent signing of Kostić on a permanent deal until 2023.

International career

Kostić has played for Serbia at under-19 level and under-21 level.[17] In the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification play-offs, he scored the winner against Spain.[18]

On 7 June 2015, Kostić made his debut for the Serbia national senior team against Azerbaijan in a 4–1 friendly win in Sankt Pölten, Austria, making way for Lazar Marković after 56 minutes.[19] He played in his first competitive match for Serbia on 13 June 2015 in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group I against Denmark.[20] On 5 September 2016, he scored his 1st International goal against the Republic of Ireland in a 2–2 draw.

In June 2018, he was selected in the Serbian squad for the 2018 World Cup,[21] playing all three group stage matches.[22][23][24]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 January 2021[2]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Radnički Kragujevac	2009–10	5	0	—		—		5	0
	2010–11	30	2	—		—		30	2
	2011–12	27	3	2	0	—		29	3
	Total	62	5	2	0	—		64	5
Groningen	2012–13	7	0	0	0	—		7	0
	2013–14	38	11	3	1	—		41	12
	2014–15	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
	Total	45	11	3	1	2	0	50	12
VfB Stuttgart	2014–15	29	3	1	0	—		30	3
	2015–16	30	5	3	0	—		33	5
	Total	59	8	4	0	—		63	8
Hamburger SV	2016–17	31	4	4	0	—		35	4
	2017–18	30	5	0	0	—		30	5
	Total	61	9	4	0	—		65	9
Eintracht Frankfurt	2018–19	34	6	0	0	12	4	46	10
	2019–20	33	4	3	3	15	5	51	12
	2020–21	15	1	0	0	0	0	15	1
	Total	82	11	3	3	27	9	112	23
Career total		309	44	16	4	29	9	354	57

International

As of 12 November 2020[2]

Serbia
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	5	0
2016	8	2
2017	6	0
2018	9	0
2019	4	0
2020	3	0
Total	35	2

International goals

As of 10 November 2017[2]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 September 2016	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia	10	Republic of Ireland	1–1	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	6 October 2016	Zimbru Stadium, Chișinău, Moldova	11	Moldova	1–0	3–0

Honours

Individual

• UEFA Europa League Squad of the Season: 2018–19[25]

References

1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
2. Filip Kostić at Soccerway
3. "Tottenham enter chase for Serbian teenager". Daily Mirror. 28 December 2011. Archived from the original on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
4. Archived 10 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine SPORTAL.RS tim 24. kola JSL – 15 April 2012
5. "FK Radnicki – April 4, 2012 – Kostic potpisao za Groningen". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
6. B92 Sport (Serbian): Filip Kostić debitovao za Groningen 21 October 2012
7. Archived 17 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Sportske: Živković strelac, Kostić asistent – 4 August 2013 (in Serbian)
8. Archived 17 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Sportske: Kostić asistirao, Groningen do boda – 25 August 2013 (in Serbian)
9. Archived 17 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Sportske: Kostić srušio PSV! (in Serbian) 20 October 2013
10. "Cocky winger Filip Kostic says FC Groningen are 80% through". 18 July 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
11. "FC Groningen 1 – 2 Aberdeen". 24 July 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
12. "Dons winger Jonny Hayes: 'I was quite happy ramming their words down their throats'". 25 July 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
13. "Transfer Kostic naar VfB Stuttgart afgerond". fcgroningen.nl (in Dutch). FC Groningen. 9 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
14. "Filip Kostic transfer completed". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 9 August 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
15. Busy summer fuels expectations for Hamburg. Deutsche Welle, 18 August 2016
16. "Eintracht Frankfurt verpflichtet Filip Kostic" (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
17. Filip Kostić at Srbijafudbal
18. "Superb Serbia end Spain reign". uefa.com. UEFA. 14 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
19. "Ubedljiva pobeda: Srbija – Azerbejdžan 4:1 (1:1)". fss.rs (in Serbian). Football Association of Serbia. 7 June 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
20. "Poulsen and Poulsen score as Denmark see off Serbia". uefa.com. UEFA. 13 June 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
21. "World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia". BBC Sport. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
22. Timothy Abraham (17 June 2018). "Costa Rica 0–1 Serbia". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
23. Matthew Henry (23 June 2018). "Serbia 1–2 Switzerland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
24. Andrew Das (27 June 2018). "World Cup: Brazil cruises into next round with easy victory". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
25. "UEFA Europa League Squad of the 2018/19 Season". UEFA.com. 30 May 2019.

External links

• Filip Kostić – UEFA competition record