Momčilo Raspopović

Momčilo Raspopović (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Распоповић; born 18 March 1994) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a right back for Romanian club Astra Giurgiu and the Montenegro national football team.

Momčilo Raspopović
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994
Place of birth Podgorica, Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Astra Giurgiu
Number TBC
Youth career
0000–2012 Budućnost Podgorica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2018 Budućnost Podgorica 143 (7)
2018–2020 Rijeka 44 (2)
2020– Astra Giurgiu 0 (0)
National team‡
2010 Montenegro U17 3 (0)
2012 Montenegro U19 2 (0)
2013–2016 Montenegro U21 9 (1)
2019– Montenegro 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2020

Club career

Budućnost

Born in Podgorica, he raised through the ranks of Budućnost where he made his senior debut playing in the Montenegrin First League in the 2012–13 season. At the age of 22, he played both legs in the Europa League second qualifying round matches for Budućnost against Genk. In the first leg played on 14 July 2016, Raspopović was a starter, although Budućnost lost by a score of 2-0 at Genk's Luminus Arena.[1] He also started in the second leg against Genk a week later, which Budućnost won 2-0, although Raspopović missed a crucial penalty in the penalty shootout after overtime.[2] It was arguably Raspopović's first encounter with a team from a significantly stronger league, as Genk at the time fielded the likes of Wilfred Ndidi.[1][2] Following more than five years with the club, in January 2018, he was loaned to HNK Rijeka in Croatia until the end of the season with a buying option.[3][4]

Rijeka

Raspopović was loaned to Rijeka in January 2018, after which he made his league debut in a 4-0 victory against NK Istra 1961 on 10 February 2018.[5] After playing a total of eight league games for the rest of the 2017-18 season, Rijeka opted to buy Raspopović's contract from Budućnost, after which he was no a loaned player.[6] On 2 September 2018, Raspopović scored a goal from distance in a 1-1 tie against Dinamo Zagreb.[7]

International career

After having been part of the Montenegrin U17 and Montenegrin U19 team, Raspopović has been a regular presence in the Montenegrin U21 team between 2013 and 2016. On 14 November 2019, he made his debut under coach Faruk Hadžibegić in Montenegro's Euro 2020 qualifier against England, which Montenegro lost 7-0.[8][9]

Honours

Budućnost

Rijeka

References
  1. "Goal.com: Genk v Budućnost". July 14, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  2. "Sky Sports: Live Commentary - Buducnost Podgorica vs Genk". July 21, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  3. "Budućnost ostala bez kapitena: Raspopović na pozajmici u Rijeci" (in Montenegrin). vijesti.me. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  4. "Momčilo Raspopović: 'Đalović i Vešović rekli su mi sve najljepše o Rijeci'" (in Croatian). nk-rijeka.hr. 15 January 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. Orlando Rivetti (February 14, 2018). "Novilist.hr: RASPOPOVIĆ NAKON DEBIJA 'Volio bih u Rijeci krenuti Vešovićevim stopama. To je veliki izazov'" (in Croatian). Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  6. cdm.me: Raspopović i zvanično igrač Rijeke, ali ne zaboravlja Budućnost (in Serbian). May 23, 2018. Accessed September 29, 2018.
  7. Boris Trifunović (September 3, 2018). "24sata.hr: Gavranović dao za vodstvo pa Raspopović poravnao golčinom" (in Croatian). Retrieved September 29, 2018.
  8. Branko Latinović (14 November 2019). "PORAZ „SOKOLA" NA VEMBLIJU". Football Association of Montenegro (in Serbian).
  9. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
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