Boris Kopitović

Boris Kopitović (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Борис Копитовић; born 17 September 1994) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a defender for Belarusian club BATE Borisov and the Montenegro national team.[1]

For the footballer currently playing for Tampines Rovers, see Boris Kopitović (footballer, born 1995).
Boris Kopitović
Kopitović with Montenegro in 2019
Personal information
Full name Boris Kopitović
Date of birth (1994-09-17) 17 September 1994
Place of birth Podgorica, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Center-back
Club information
Current team
 BATE Borisov
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Budućnost Podgorica 61 (1)
2012 → Zabjelo (loan)
2015–2016 Hapoel Acre 31 (3)
2016 Mladost Podgorica 14 (1)
2017–2019 Čukarički 63 (6)
2019– BATE Borisov 18 (0)
National team‡
2011 Montenegro U17 3 (0)
2012–2013 Montenegro U19 9 (1)
2015–2017 Montenegro U21 11 (0)
2018– Montenegro 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2019

Club career

Early career

Born in Podgorica, Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia, Kopitović played for Zabjelo, Budućnost, Israeli club Hapoel Acre, and Mladost Podgorica before coming to Serbia during winter break of 2016–17 season to join Čukarički.[2]

Čukarički

In December 2016, Kopitović signed a three-year contract with Čukarički.[3] Over the course of two full seasons and half of a third, he played a total of 69 games for Čukarički, scoring a total of six goals.[4]

BATE Borisov

In August 2019, Kopitović signed a 3.5-year contract with BATE Borisov in a €300,000 transfer from Čukarički.[5]

International career

Kopitović represented Montenegro in U17, U19, U21, before debuting for Montenegro national team in a June 2018 friendly match against Slovenia.[6]

International goals
Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 October 2018LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania Lithuania2–04–12018–19 UEFA Nations League C

References
  1. Boris Kopitovic at Srbijafudbal.com
  2. Boris Kopitovic at Soccerway
  3. "Boris Kopitović iz Mladosti u Čukarički". Vijesti (in Serbian). 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  4. Dejan Prlina (4 August 2019). "Kopitović posle prelaska u BATE: Čukarički zauvek u srcu". MaxBet Sport (in Serbian).
  5. "Zvanično je: Crnogorski defanzivac tri i po godine u BATE Borisovu". Vijesti (in Serbian). 3 August 2019.
  6. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
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