# Aleksa Terzić

Aleksa Terzić (Serbian Cyrillic: Алекса Терзић; born 17 August 1999) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Serbia national team.

## Club career
### Red Star Belgrade

Born in Belgrade, Terzić grew up in Mladenovac, where he also started playing football in the local club. In 2010, he moved to Red Star Belgrade, and passed the whole youth categories. He signed his first, three-year professional contract in November 2016. In early 2017, he was marked as one of the top club's prospects by general director Zvezdan Terzić. He was licensed for the 2017–18 season with first squad, and played with youth team until team until the end of a calendar year respectively. In early 2018, after training with senior squad during the winter-break, Terzić moved on loan to the Serbian League Belgrade side Grafičar Beograd for the rest of season. Following the end of the League Belgrade campaign, in which he made 10 appearances with the satellite club, Terzić returned to Red Star in June 2018.
During the summer pre-season, while Milan Rodić was with national team at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Tezić got split playing time with Stefan Hajdin as a left-back. At the beginning of the 2018–19 season, Terzić has been licensed for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League qualifications. After he missed both of matches against Spartaks Jūrmala in the first round, Terzić played a full-time match against Dinamo Vranje on 20 July 2018, which was his Serbian SuperLiga debut. Terzić also started the 5th fixture match of the season, when he assisted to Slavoljub Srnić in 2–1 home victory over Čukarički.

### Serie A

On 13 June 2019, Terzić joined to Italian Serie A club Fiorentina.
On 1 September 2020, Terzić joined on loan to Empoli until 30 June 2021.

### Red Bull Salzburg

On 23 July 2023, due to lack of playing time at Fiorentina, Terzić was sold to FC Red Bull Salzburg for 5.5 million.

## International career
### Youth

Terzić debuted for Serbia U16 on 3 March 2015, replacing Nikola Savić in 1−1 draw to Slovenia. The same year in October, Terzić also made his debut for Serbia U17 in the first round qualification match for the Under-17 UEFA Euro, against Luxembourg. Playing with the team until 2016, Terzić had been named in squad for the final competition. In September 2016, Terzić was a part of the Serbia under-19 team on the memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić - Ćele", where he debuted in the opening match against United States. On 29 November 2016, while he played with U19 squad respectively, Terzić scored on his debut for Serbia U18 against Montenegro.
In March next year, coach Milan Obradović called Terzić into the squad for elite qualification round of the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Terzić also contributed to the team during the 2017−18 qualifications, scoring a goal in 4−1 victory over Azerbaijan on 7 October 2017.
As coach of the Serbia under-21, Goran Đorović included Terzić to the squad for competitive matches against Macedonia and Russia in September 2018.

### Senior debut

On 7 June 2021, Terzić debuted for the Serbian senior squad in a friendly match against Jamaica.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 9 March 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Grafičar Beograd (loan) | 2017–18 | Serbian League Belgrade | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2017–18 | Serbian SuperLiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Red Star Belgrade | 2018–19 | Serbian SuperLiga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Red Star Belgrade | Total | Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Fiorentina | 2019–20 | Serie A | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Fiorentina | 2021–22 | Serie A | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 0 |
| Fiorentina | 2022–23 | Serie A | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 |
| Fiorentina | Total | Total | 33 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 1 |
| Empoli (loan) | 2020–21 | Serie A | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | Total | Total | 29 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 95 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 2 |
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
* 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League

### International

    As of 18 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Serbia | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| Serbia | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| Serbia | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| Serbia | 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 8 | 1 |

### International goals

| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 15 November 2024 | Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland | Switzerland | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2024–25 UEFA Nations League |

## Honours

Red Star Belgrade
* Serbian Superleague: 2018–19
Empoli
* Serie B: 2020–21
Fiorentina
* Coppa Italia runner-up: 2022–23
* UEFA Conference League runner-up 2022–23