Boris Sekulić

Boris Sekulić (Serbian Cyrillic: Борис Секулић; born 21 October 1991) is a Serbian-born naturalized Slovak professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for the Chicago Fire in MLS, and the Slovakia national team.

Boris Sekulić
Personal information
Full name Boris Sekulić
Date of birth (1991-10-21) 21 October 1991
Place of birth Belgrade, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Fullback
Club information
Current team
 Chicago Fire
Number 2
Youth career
2005–2009 Zemun
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 Zemun 0 (0)
2009–2010 → Grafičar Beograd (loan)
2010–2011 Beograd 27 (1)
2011–2015 Košice 101 (5)
2015–2018 Slovan Bratislava 82 (2)
2018–2019 CSKA Sofia 12 (0)
2019–2020 Górnik Zabrze 34 (2)
2020– Chicago Fire 20 (2)
National team‡
2018– Slovakia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 June 2018

Career

Born in Zemun, Sekulić started his career playing in the youth team of local club FK Zemun. In 2009 he became senior and played on loan at Grafičar Beograd. Next season he signed with Beograd.[1]

In the summer of 2011 he moved abroad to Slovakia and joined Košice at the age of 19. Sekulić was a stable player for Košice Reserves, making 13 appearances. On 3 March 2012, he made his debut for the first team, playing ninety minutes of a derby match, in a 1–0 away win against Tatran Prešov.[2]

On 20 June 2018, Sekulić signed with Bulgarian First League side CSKA Sofia, after a three-year spell with Slovan Bratislava, during which he obtained Slovak citizenship.[3]

On 15 February 2020, Sekulić moved to MLS side Chicago Fire on a three-year deal.[4] On October 11, 2020 he scored his first MLS goal against D.C. United at Soldier Field.[5]

International career

In August 2017, Sekulić obtained Slovak citizenship, making him eligible to represent Slovakia[6] and in March 2018 he was called up to the national team by his former coach at MFK Košice, Ján Kozák, for two fixtures at 2018 King's Cup. Although he was benched in the semi-final 2–1 win over UAE, he played the entire final game against Thailand (3–2 win) as a right-back.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 November 2020[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Košice 2011–12 Slovak Super Liga 130———130
2012–13 32040——360
2013–14 31360——373
2014–15 252402[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]0322
Total 101514020101185
Slovan Bratislava 2015–16 Slovak Super Liga 310606[lower-alpha 1]0—430
2016–17 220503[lower-alpha 1]0—300
2017–18 292504[lower-alpha 1]11[lower-alpha 3]0393
Total 822160131101123
CSKA Sofia 2018–19 First League 120106[lower-alpha 1] 0—190
Górnik Zabrze 2018–19 Ekstraklasa 13210——142
2019–20 21010——220
Total 342200000362
Chicago Fire 2020 Major League Soccer 212———212
Career total 250113302112030612
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance(s) in Slovak Super Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in Czechoslovak Supercup

Honours

Club

Košice

Slovan Bratislava

International

Slovakia

References
  1. Bois Sekulic at zerozero.pt
  2. Košice si odvážajú z Prešova víťazstvo Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine 03.03.2012, profutbal.sk
  3. "Борис Секулич е футболист на ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 20 June 2018.
  4. "Chicago Fire FC Acquires Slovakia National Team Defender Boris Sekulić | Chicago Fire FC".
  5. "Match Thread Chicago Fire FC vs D.C. United". Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. "Sekulić is already a Slovakian citizen" (in Slovak). šport.sk. 26 August 2017.
  7. Boris Sekulić at Soccerway. Retrieved January 4, 2021.


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