Uroš Vitas

Uroš Vitas
Personal information
Date of birth	6 July 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Niš, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
2000–2005	Radnički Niš
2006–2007	Partizan
2007–2010	Rad
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2013	Rad
2014–2015	Gent
2016–2018	Mechelen
2019–2020	Irtysh
2020	Partizan
2020–2022	Al-Qadsiah
2022–2023	Vojvodina
2023–2024	Emirates
International career
2010–2011	Serbia U19
2013–2014	Serbia U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2023

Uroš Vitas (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Витас; born 6 July 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.

Club career

Vitas made his senior debut with Rad in the 2010–11 season. He was named as the team's captain in early 2013, aged 20.

In January 2014, Vitas was transferred to Belgian club Gent.^[1] He made two appearances in the title-winning 2014–15 season. In February 2016, Vitas switched to fellow Belgian First Division A club Mechelen.^[2]

On 7 February 2019, Vitas signed with Kazakh team Irtysh.^[3]

On 11 February 2020, Vitas joined Serbian club Partizan.^[4] On 23 October 2020, Vitas joined Saudi club Al-Qadsiah.^[5] In September 2022, he signed for Vojvodina.^[6] On 30 July 2023, he joined UAE Pro League club Emirates.^[7]

Vitas represented Serbia at the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. He was also capped for Serbia at under-21 level.

Gent

^ "Uros Vitas tekent contract tot 2017" (in Dutch). kaagent.be. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
^ "Crepulja en Vitas naar KVM, Naessens naar Antwerp" (in Dutch). kvmechelen.be. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
^ "Uroš Vitas posle šest meseci ima novi klub" (in Serbian). 7 February 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
^ Mihaitalazarica (11 February 2020). "Uros Vitas back home!". Partizan. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
^ "GOTOVO! Još jedan fudbaler Partizana napustio Humsku: Uroš Vitas ima novi klub! VIDEO" (in Serbian). kurir.rs. 25 October 2020.
^ "Урош Витас нови штопер Војводине" (in Serbian). FK Vojvodina. 9 September 2022.
^ "نادي الإمارات يتعاقد مع الصربي فيتاس" (in Arabic). albayan.ae. 30 July 2023.
^ "Gent v Club Brugge Starting XIs, Jul 16, 2015". goal.com. Retrieved 23 March 2022.