Stefan Despotovski

Both Belgrade giants had him on their books before he turned twenty. Stefan Despotovski began in the Partizan academy and moved to Red Star in 2015, where he remained in the academy until 2022, including a loan spell at Grafičar in 2021–22.

In 2023 he went back to North Macedonia, the country of his birth, at Rabotnički. Every senior move of his career so far — to Grafičar, to Rabotnički, to Sheriff and finally to OFK Beograd — has been made without a fee.

In the 2025/26 Serbian SuperLiga he played 26 matches, scored once, set up two more goals and collected three yellow cards. Four matches into the 2026/27 campaign, by the end of August 2026, he had no goals, no assists and no bookings.

The international record runs from a single North Macedonia under-15 appearance in 2018 through a long stretch with the under-21 side between 2022 and 2024, none of it with a goal to show for it. He was handed a senior debut on 9 June 2025 against Kazakhstan in qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. By June 2026 he had four caps and had yet to score for the senior side.