F. Krstic

Filip Krstić has spent his career close to home. Born in Prokuplje, he came up through the youth ranks at Jedinstvo Paraćin and SFS Borac before making his senior debut at FK Topličanin Prokuplje. From there the path ran through the lower and middle tiers of Serbian football: a free move to FK Budućnost Popovac in August 2020, then another to FK Trayal Kruševac in February 2022, both times leaving as a free agent rather than a fee-generating transfer.

The breakthrough came in July 2023, when Napredak Kruševac signed him on a free transfer and handed him a contract running to 2027. Playing as a defensive midfielder, he has worn the number 4 shirt and passed 100 professional appearances. He added a further 28 league appearances in 2025/2026.

Krstić has represented Serbia at under-17 and under-19 level but has not been capped by the senior national team. He has yet to add a domestic trophy to his career with Napredak. Serbian football has produced another Filip Krstić, a defender born in 1988 who played for Valencia and Carl Zeiss Jena, but the two are unrelated beyond the shared name.