Relja Obrić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 May 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, Serbia | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Atalanta U23 | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FK Milutinac | |||
| Partizan | |||
| 2023–2024 | Atalanta | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | Atalanta U23 | 47 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Slovenia U16 | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Slovenia U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2024–2025 | Slovenia U19 | 11 | (0) |
| 2025– | Slovenia U21 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:29, 12 September 2025 (UTC) | |||
Relja Obrić (Serbian: Реља Обрић; born 22 April 2006) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for the Serie C club Atalanta U23. Born in Serbia, he is a youth international for Slovenia.
Club career
[edit]Obrić is youth product of the Serbian clubs FK Milutinac and Partizan.[1] He moved to the youth academy of the Italian club Atalanta on 31 January 2023 on a 2.5 year contract.[2] On 29 April 2024, he extended his contract with Atalanta until 2028.[3] He was promoted to Atalanta U23s for the 2024–25 season.[4] He was called up to the senior Atalanta team for a set UEFA Champions League match against Paris Saint-Germain on 17 September 2025.[5]
International career
[edit]Born in Serbia, Obrić is of Slovenian descent through his maternal grandmother and Serbian descent through his other relatives, and holds dual Slovenian-Serbian citizenship.[6] He opted to play for Slovenia internationally.[7] He was called up to the Slovenia U17s for the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[8] He also made the final squad for the Slovenia U21s at the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "V Srbiji rojeni slovenski branilec Relja Obrić se predstavi: Korenine iz Idrije, srce pa mu zaigra vsakič, ko prejme vabilo iz Slovenije - Planet Nogomet". 9 September 2023.
- ↑ "Lo sloveno Obric all'Atalanta: le immagini della firma e i dettagli del contratto". Tutto Atalanta.
- ↑ "Atalanta, ufficiale il rinnovo di Obric fino al 2028". 29 April 2024.
- ↑ "Komaj 18-letni Slovenec v Italiji vse bolj in bolj opozarja nase: Relja Obrić z novo zelo dobro postavo v ekipo kroga Serie C - Planet Nogomet". 20 January 2025.
- ↑ "Atalanta U23, Obric convocato in Champions League contro il PSG". Tutto C.
- ↑ ""Če pokliče Srbija? Kakšno vprašanje ..." Srb slovenskega porekla tudi o igranju za Slovenijo". Ekipa.
- 1 2 "Beograđanin i bivši igrač Partizana ne želi da igra za Srbiju ako ga Piksi pozove: "Nikada ne bih promenio reprezentaciju" - Sport - Dnevni list Danas". 12 June 2025.
- ↑ "Kadetska reprezentanca zbrana na Brdu". Football Association of Slovenia (in Slovenian). 9 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- Relja Obrić at Soccerway
- 2006 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Belgrade
- Slovenian men's footballers
- Slovenia men's youth international footballers
- Serbian men's footballers
- Slovenian people of Serbian descent
- Serbian people of Slovenian descent
- Men's association football central defenders
- Atalanta BC players
- Atalanta BC Under-23 players
- Serie C players
- 21st-century Slovenian sportsmen
- Slovenian expatriate men's footballers
- Slovenian expatriates in Italy
- Serbian expatriate men's footballers
- Serbian expatriates in Italy
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- 21st-century Serbian sportsmen