Aleksandar Sedlar

Aleksandar Sedlar

Sedlar in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-12-13) 13 December 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	Novi Sad, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender, midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team	Alavés
Number	4
Youth career
	Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	Borac Novi Sad
2011–2012	Veternik	14	(0)
2012–2016	Metalac Gornji Milanovac	99	(4)
2016–2019	Piast Gliwice	84	(10)
2019–2022	Mallorca	38	(0)
2022–	Alavés	45	(1)
International career^‡
2016	Serbia	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 June 2016

Aleksandar Sedlar (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Седлар; born 13 December 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Deportivo Alavés. He can play as a wide or central midfielder, and in defense as a centre or full-back.

Sedlar has started his career as a midfielder, but affirmed himself as a centre-back playing with Metalac Gornji Milanovac.

Club career

Early career

Born in Novi Sad, Sedlar passed the youth school of FK Vojvodina.^[2] He started his senior career playing with local clubs Borac and Indeks.^[1] Later he moved in the Serbian League Vojvodina club, Veternik,^[3] where he made 14 appearances for the 2011–12 season.^[4]

Metalac Gornji Milanovac

2012–13 season

Sedlar joined Metalac for the 2012–13 season. He made 21 appearances in the Serbian First League and also played in 2 cup matches.^[4]

2013–14 season

For the difference of previous season, while he played mostly as a midfielder, Sedlar got the new role, and in new season, he was used usually as a defender. Sometimes, he also was moved to left-back position while he has played as a midfielder, so positions in defense were no strage for him. Later, he was rotated on centre-back position, but he was not the first choice,^[5] so he made only 3 league caps and one cup match for the autumn half of season. After changing coach, formation was changed too, and Metalac was playing with 3 centre-backs for the better part of spring half-season.^[6] Sedlar played all matches in that period, and his position was something like Emre Can's in Liverpool for 2014–15 season. He made total 20 appearances until the end of season, including 18 league,^[4] 1 cup,^[7] and 1 play-off match.^[8]

2014–15 season

In the 2014–15 season, Sedlar was in group of the most important players for Metalac, with 26 league caps. He also played on some different positions as in the past, but all of 26 matches he started on the field and scored 2 goals, against Jedinstvo Putevi,^[9] and Javor Ivanjica.^[10] He also played 2 cup matches, against and Napredak^[11] and Voždovac,^[12] and 2 play-off matches after then Metalac promoted in Serbian SuperLiga.^[13][14]

2015–16 season

Sedlar made his SuperLiga debut in the 1st fixture of 2015–16 season as a centre-back, in tandem with Vladimir Otašević.^[15] In the 7th fixture he scored a goal in away win against Spartak Subotica.^[16] In the 9th fixture he also scored an away goal, against Vojvodina.^[17] Sedlar missed some matches in the first half season because of injury, but beginning of December, the media reported Red Star Belgrade has expressed interest in him.^[18] Later, after the end first half of season, appeared the information that Partizan interested too.^[19] During the season, Sedlar played mostly matches as a team captain, and was one of the most important players in roster. Sedlar was also selected in the team of the season by Sportski žurnal.^[20]

Piast Gliwice

Sedlar signed three-year contract with Ekstraklasa club Piast Gliwice in June 2016.^[21]

Mallorca

On 12 July 2019, Sedlar signed a four-year deal with La Liga side RCD Mallorca as a free agent.^[22]

Alavés

On 5 July 2022, Sedlar signed a two-year contract with Deportivo Alavés in Segunda División, after his contract with Mallorca expired.^[23]

International career

The coach of the Serbia national team, Slavoljub Muslin, called Sedlar into the squad for several friendly matches during the year 2016.^[24][25] He made his first appearance for the Serbia national football team in a friendly 2–1 win against Cyprus on 25 May 2016.^[26]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 May 2024^[27]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Veternik	2011–12[4]	Serbian League Vojvodina	14	0	—		—		—		14	0
Metalac Gornji Milanovac	2012–13	Serbian First League	21	0	2	0	—		—		23	0
	2013–14		18	0	1	0	—		1[a]	0	20	0
	2014–15		26	2	2	0	—		2[b]	0	30	2
	2015–16	Serbian SuperLiga	34	2	—		—		—		34	2
	Total		99	4	5	0	0	0	3	0	107	4
Piast Gliwice	2016–17	Ekstraklasa	31	3	1	0	1[c]	0	—		33	3
	2017–18	Ekstraklasa	23	1	1	0	—		—		24	1
	2018–19	Ekstraklasa	30	6	1	0	—		—		31	6
	Total		84	10	3	0	1	0	0	0	88	10
Mallorca	2019–20	La Liga	12	0	2	0	—		—		14	0
	2020–21	Segunda División	16	0	1	0	—		—		17	0
	2021–22	La Liga	10	0	4	0	—		—		14	0
	Total		38	0	7	0	0	0	3	0	33	0
Alavés	2022–23	Segunda División	34	0	3	0	—		—		37	0
	2023–24	La Liga	11	1	0	0	—		—		11	1
	Total		45	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	48	1
Career total			280	15	17	0	1	0	3	0	301	15

1. Appearance(s) in league play-offs
2. Appearance(s) in league play-offs
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League

International

As of 31 December 2016^[28]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Serbia	2016	2	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Piast Gliwice

• Ekstraklasa: 2018–19

Individual

• Ekstraklasa Defender of the Season: 2018–19^[29]

References

1. "Aleksandar Sedlar". FK Metalac official website (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
2. "Sedlar bedem Pjasta". sport.rs (in Serbian). 18 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. "Aleksandar Sedlar u reprezentaciji Srbije". FK Metalac official website (in Serbian). 7 June 2016. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 19 June 2016.
4. "Aleksandar Sedlar". srbijafudbal.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 August 2015.
5. "Mladenović srušio Radnik". FK Metalac official website (in Serbian). 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
6. "Građevinari dočekuju Metalac u revanšu baraža". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). 4 June 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
7. "Partizan – Metalac 2:0 (1:0)". FK Partizan official website (in Serbian). 25 September 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
8. "Без голова у Горњем Милановцу, Рад и Металац на Бањици одлучују о последњем суперлигашу за наредну сезону". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 1 June 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
9. "Sedlar pogodio u 92.minutu". FK Metalac official website (in Serbian). 27 April 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
10. "Metalac – Javor 1:3 (0:1)". FK Metalac official website (in Serbian). 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
11. "Metalac na penale pobedio Napredak". FK Metalac official website (in Serbian). 25 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
12. "Metalac pao posle jedanaesteraca". FK Metalac official website (in Serbian). 30 October 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
13. "Lepa zaliha Milanovčana pred revanš". FK Metalac official website (in Serbian). 1 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
14. "NAPREDAK-METALAC 1:1 (1:0)". FK Napredak official website (in Serbian). 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
15. "1.Kolo: Partizan - Metalac". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). 19 July 2014. Archived from the original on 22 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
16. "7. KOLO SLS: Spartak - Metalac, izvestaj (VIDEO)". soskanal.net (in Serbian). 24 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
17. "Голеада на Бањици, Чачани лако са играчем више, Војводина стрепела после 3:0". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 13 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
18. "Zvezda našla štopera: Aleksandar Sedlar na Grofovom i Terzićevom radaru! (VIDEO)". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 26 November 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
19. "Zvezda ga snimila, Partizan oteo: Sedlar u Humskoj (VIDEO)". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 17 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
20. "Доминација црвено-белих". Sportski žurnal, detail from printed edition (in Serbian). 13 June 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
21. "Aleksandar Sedlar piłkarzem Piasta Gliwice". Piast Gliwice official website (in Polish). 15 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
22. "Aleksandar Sedlar ficha por el RCD Mallorca" [Aleksandar Sedlar signs for RCD Mallorca] (in Spanish). RCD Mallorca. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
23. "Aleksandar Sedlar refuerza la defensa del Deportivo Alavés" [Aleksandar Sedlar bolsters the defense of Deportivo Alavés] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
24. "Muslinova senzacija: Sedlar u reprezentaciji Srbije! Tu je i Filip Stojković! (VIDEO)". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
25. "Седлар: Позив који се дуго сања". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 18 May 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
26. "Пoбедa у Ужицу: Србијa – Кипaр 2:1 (2:1)". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 25 May 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
27. Aleksandar Sedlar at Soccerway
28. Aleksandar Sedlar at National-Football-Teams.com
29. "Rozdano nagrody w Ekstraklasie za sezon 2018/19" [2018/19 season Ekstraklasa awards given] (in Polish). 90minut. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

External links

• Aleksandar Sedlar stats at utakmica.rs (in Serbian) (archived 17 August 2016)
• Aleksandar Sedlar at BDFutbol
• Aleksandar Sedlar at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
• Aleksandar Sedlar at Soccerbase