_21.jpg.webp) Ratkov in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 August 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Red Bull Salzburg | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| TSC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | TSC | 76 | (16) |
| 2023– | Red Bull Salzburg | 10 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Serbia U19 | 8 | (3) |
| 2023– | Serbia U21 | 7 | (2) |
| 2023– | Serbia | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 00:21, 24 November 2023 (UTC) | |||
Petar Ratkov (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Ратков; born 18 August 2003) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Red Bull Salzburg and the Serbia national team.[1]
Career
On 18 June 2023, Ratkov signed for reigning Austrian Bundesliga champions Red Bull Salzburg on a five-year contract.[2]
International career
Ratkov is of mixed Bulgarian and Croatian Serb descent. He holds both Serbian and Bulgarian citizenships which made him able to represent Serbia or Bulgaria; he was also eligible to play for Croatia through his mother's aforementioned latter descent. In September 2023, he declined a call up for Bulgaria, committing himself to Serbia national team.[3][4]
Style of play
Issue number 375 of the CIES Football Observatory puts Ratkov in the 79th place of 100 best performing U21 outfield players from 32 European leagues according to players’ performance compared to teammates, the employer team’s sporting level, as well as that of opponents, covering eight different game areas: air defence, ground defence, recovery, distribution, take on, chance creation, air attack and shooting. Ratkov is the third-youngest player on the list at the age of 18.6, the only Serbian player on the list, and his game profile is characterized as a target man shooter.[5]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 12 December 2023[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| TSC | 2020–21 | Serbian SuperLiga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 3 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 40 | 14 | ||||
| Total | 76 | 16 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 81 | 17 | ||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | |
| Career total | 86 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 19 | ||
- ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 14 October 2023
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
Individual
- Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Week: 2022–23 (Round 36[7])
References
- ↑ "RATKOV PETAR". FK TSC website (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ↑ "Serbisches Sturmtalent verstärkt unsere Roten Bullen" [Serbian storm talent strengthens our Red Bulls]. www.redbullsalzburg.at/de (in German). 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ↑ Сръбски нападател е отклонил предложението на Кръстаич да заиграе за България
- ↑ "HRVATI, BUGARI... ŽELEO SAM SAMO SRBIJU: Petar Ratkov prvi put govori o reprezentaciji! Otkriva i ko mu je od kolega IDOL!". Kurir (in Serbian). 10 October 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
- ↑ "Best performing youngsters: Bukayo Saka at the top". football-observatory. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ↑ Petar Ratkov at Soccerway
- ↑ "Najbolji igrač 36. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Petar Ratkov". www.superliga.rs. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
External links
- Petar Ratkov at Soccerway
- Petar Ratkov at FootballDatabase.eu
- Petar Ratkov at WorldFootball.net