Sava-Arangel Čestić

Sava-Arangel Čestić (Serbian Cyrillic: Сава-Аранђел Честић; born 19 February 2001) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Prva HNL club Rijeka and the Serbia national team.

Sava-Arangel Čestić
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-02-19) 19 February 2001[1]
Place of birth Offenbach am Main, Germany
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Rijeka
Number 6
Youth career
2006–2011 SG Rosenhöhe Offenbach
2011–2015 Kickers Offenbach
2015–2016 FSV Frankfurt
2016–2019 Schalke 04
2019–2020 1. FC Köln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 1. FC Köln II 28 (2)
2020–2022 1. FC Köln 11 (0)
2022– Rijeka 7 (0)
National team‡
2017 Serbia U17 3 (0)
2017–2020 Serbia U19 4 (0)
2021– Serbia U21 4 (0)
2021– Serbia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:15, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021

Club career

A native of Offenbach am Main, Čestić began his youth career with local outfits SG Rosenhöhe and Kickers Offenbach. In 2015, he joined the youth academy of FSV Frankfurt, from where he transferred to Bundesliga team Schalke 04.[2] In July 2019, he joined the academy of 1.FC Köln.[3] On 28 November 2020, he made his professional debut for Köln in an away game at Borussia Dortmund.[4] The day after his debut, it was reported that Čestić had extended his contract with the club until July 2024.[5] On 7 January 2022, his contract with Köln was terminated with immediate effect.[6]

On 10 January 2022, it was announced that Čestić had signed with the Croatian club Rijeka.[7]

International career

He made his debut for Serbia national football team on 7 June 2021 in a friendly against Jamaica.[8]

Career statistics

International
As of 11 June 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Serbia 202120
Total20

References
  1. "Sava-Arangel Čestić | Playerprofile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. "Laufbahn. Cestic, Sava-Arangel". kicker.de. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. "Köln-Talente im Fokus internationaler Top-Klubs?". Express.de. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  4. "1. FC Köln: Sava Cestic feiert sein Bundesliga-Debüt gegen den BVB". Express.de. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  5. "Debütant Cestic verlängerte schon vor Bundesliga-Premiere beim FC". kicker.de. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  6. "FC löst Vertrag mit Abwehr-Talent Cestic sofort auf". express.de (in German). Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  7. "Mladi srpski reprezentativac pojačao Rijeku". HRT Sport (in Croatian). Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  8. "Serbia v Jamaica game report". Eurosport. 7 June 2021.


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