Stefan Panić (; born 20 September 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for RFS in Latvia.
Club career Early years Born in Topola, Panić started his career in Mladenovac. Playing for the club with same name, he made 12 appearances from 2010 to 2011, and also spent a period in Portugal with C.D. Nacional in the meantime. In 2012, Panić was with Kovačevac. Playing for that club, he made 27 appearances, and scored 1 goal in the Serbian League Belgrade. He also played 1 cup match against Hajduk Kula, previously won the Belgrade Cup, and also was a scorer in the final of that competition.
Metalac Gornji Milanovac Panić joined Metalac Gornji Milanovac for the second half of the 2012–13 season. He made 2 appearances until the end of season. After adapting period, he spent mostly on the bench, or out of 18 players, he next season very well, and became constant in starting 11. He also played some matches in defence, as a centre-back. He played 25 league appearances, and one cup match, against Partizan, and scored 3 goals. He was a member of play-off match, against Rad, played in Gornji Milanovac. He missed only one match in the 2014–15 Serbian First League, because of yellow card suspension, he scored 3 league goals, as the previous season, he also made 2 cup appearances and 2 play-off match against Napredak Kruševac, after which Metalac promoted in the Serbian SuperLiga. He made his SuperLiga debut in the first fixture of 2015–16 season. Panić scored his first SuperLiga goal for Metalac in the 20th fixture, against Novi Pazar. In January 2016, Panić signed new contract with Metalac. On 26 November 2016, Panić scored a goal against Red Star Belgrade in his 100th league match for Metalac.
Baník Ostrava In summer 2017, Panić signed a two-year deal with Baník Ostrava. He made his debut for new club in the first fixture of the 2017–18 Czech First League season, replacing Tomáš Poznar in 86 minute of the match against Zbrojovka Brno.
International career In January 2017, Panić was elected in a group of players from the Serbian football competition for a friendly match in San Diego, where he made his debut for the National team in a 0–0 draw against the United States. In May 2018, Panić was overlooked after the club's disappointing season from Serbia's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsMladenovac2010–11Serbian League Belgrade110———1102011–12Serbian First League10———10Total120———120Kovačevac2011–12Serbian League Belgrade140———1402012–1313110—11152Total27110—11292Metalac2012–13Serbian First League20———202013–1425310—1Appearance in league play-offs02732014–1529320—2Appearances in league play-offs03332015–16Serbian SuperLiga28210——2922016–1733310——343Total1171160—3012611Baník Ostrava2017–18Czech First League5010——60Career total1611280—4117313
International
SerbiaYearAppsGoals201710Total10
Honours Mladenovac Serbian League Belgrade: 2010–11 Kovačevac Belgrade Cup: 2012
References
External links Stefan Panić at Utakmica.rs