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Stefan Cebara
Stefan Cebara (pronounced [stěfaːn tsěbara]; born 12 April 1991) is a professional soccer player. Born in Yugoslavia, he played for the Canada national team. Early lifeCebara was born in the city of Zadar to a Serb father and a Croatian mother and spent his early years in the town of Benkovac. He first moved to Belgrade with his family when he was four,[1] and then to Canada at the age of six.[2] At the age of nine, he started playing with Windsor FC Nationals. He grew up competing in soccer, basketball, hockey, volleyball, and track and field.[1] Club careerEarly careerCebara played for the Windsor FC Nationals before moving to Serbia to join Rad Belgrade.[3] He played with their youth team, although he also had the chance to play a few exhibition matches with the main team alongside future Canada national team goalkeeper Milan Borjan.[2] ZalaegerszegAfter a year in Belgrade, he moved to Hungary and signed with Zalaegerszeg. He scored in his first-team debut on 2 March 2011, in a Hungarian Cup match against Vasas,[4] however as the youngest player on the team, he divided his time between the first team and the reserve team. Cebara made two appearances in the Hungarian Championship before leaving to join the Canadian U20 team in their World Cup qualifiers. After his return the club, he began experiencing financial difficulties and problems cancelling his contract, so he spent the following six months inactive.[2] CeljeIn August 2012, he went on a ten-day trial period at Italian club Udinese, however a month later, on 11 September, he signed a two-year contract with Slovenian side NK Celje.[5] He made his debut for Celje on 16 September 2012, in a Slovenian First League game against Koper.[4][6] Zlaté MoravceIn February 2015, Cebara was reported to have signed with ViOn Zlaté Moravce of the Fortuna Liga. VojvodinaAfter spending six months with Lithuanian A Lyga club Utenis Utena, Cebara signed a two-year deal with Serbian club Vojvodina Novi Sad on 10 July 2017.[7] Valour FCOn 3 April 2020, Cebara signed with Canadian Premier League side Valour FC.[8] He made his debut for Valour on August 16 against Cavalry FC.[9] In December 2022, Valour announced Cebara would be departing the club.[10] International careerCebara was 19 when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2011 with coach Valerio Gazzola. He represented the Canada national under-20 team at the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.[1] On 14 March 2013, Cebara received his first call up by the Canada national team for friendlies against Japan and Belarus.[11] He made his first appearance on 22 March as a second half sub for Kyle Bekker during a 2–1 defeat to Japan.[12] References
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