Aleksandar Stanković (footballer, born 2005)

Aleksandar Stanković
Personal information
Date of birth	3 August 2005 (age 19)
Place of birth	Milan, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Luzern; (on loan from Inter Milan)
Number	8
Youth career
	Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team
2022–	Inter Milan
2024–	→ Luzern (loan)
International career‡
2021	Serbia U17
2022	Serbia U18
2023–	Serbia U19
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

Aleksandar Stanković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Станковић, Serbian pronunciation: [alɛksǎːndar stǎŋkoʋitɕ]; born 3 August 2005) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Super League club Luzern, on loan from Serie A club Inter Milan. He is a son of former Inter Milan and Serbian international footballer Dejan Stanković.

Club career

Inter Milan

Stanković made his debut in the Inter Milan first team match day squad, being named on the substitute bench for Inter on 1 October 2022, for a Serie A match against Roma at the San Siro.^[1]^[2] He was part of the match day squad, but an unused substitute, as Inter won the 2022–23 Coppa Italia title with a 2- 1 victory over Fiorentina.^[3]

Loan to Luzern

On 3 July 2024, Stanković joined Swiss Super League club Luzern on a season-long loan, with an option to buy and a buyback clause in favour of Inter.^[4]^[5]

International career

In February 2020, Stanković was called up to the Serbia U15 squad.^[6] Stanković represented Serbia Under 16 and Serbia U17, and captained the youth team for the first time in May 2021.^[7] He captained the Serbian team that reached the semi-finals of the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.^[8] In September 2022, he was called up for the first time, and played as captain, for the Serbia U18 national team in a 1–0 defeat against Italy U18.^[9]^[10] Against the same opponent four days later, he scored the first goal in a 2–1 win for his country.^[11]

Style of play

Whilst he was captaining the Serbia U17 team to the semi-finals of the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, Stanković was described by the UEFA website as having set-piece delivery that would “be a menace to any opponent” and a “blend of finesse and fight in midfield [which] makes it clear why he wears the captain's armband.”^[12]

Personal life

His brother Filip played as a goalkeeper for Venezia, on loan from Inter Milan. They are both sons of former Inter and Serbian international footballer Dejan Stanković.^[13] His mother Ana is Slovenian, and the family spend a lot of time in Ljubljana. His maternal uncle is a Slovenian former professional footballer Milenko Ačimovič.^[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 December 2024^[15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Inter Milan	2022-23	Serie A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2023-24	Serie A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luzern (loan)	2024-25	Swiss Super League	18	1	2	0	—		—		20	1
Career Total			18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	1