Slobodan Rubežić, presumably suffering the indignity of knotted bootlaces when ushered into the world of Serbia on the unremarkable day of 21 March 2000, finds himself plying his trade as a central defender for the well-worn footballing institution of Aberdeen. The lad stands at a neck-craning 6 foot 4 inches (1.94m) tall and tips the scales at 13st 5lb (85kg), likely requiring the building of substantial goalposts in his early days. Rubežić, clutching the number 33 shirt close to his bosom, also rejoices in his time off from the Aberdonian pursuits by representing those of Montenegro on the international stage.
As noted by those online enthusiasts who seek to pin a financial value on a man's ability to kick a sphere of leather, Rubežić is worth around a mere €1.50m, or roughly £1.3m to give a more understandable translation. Transfermarkt provides this figure, should you harbour lingering doubts. As of time of note-taking, he finds himself but one month shy of completion of a contract with Aberdeen set to lapse on the impending date of 30 June 2025.
Rubežić, trapped in an unending line of suitcases and late-night hotels, transferred from Čukarički in the SuperLiga of his Serbian homeland to Bulgaria's First League with Arda Kardzhali in July 2021. The babbling rookie debuted during the 2021 - 2022 season, making a handful of first team appearances amounting to five in all.
However, January 2022 was not a quiet month for our travelling protagonist. Rubežić was yet again uprooted, this time from Arda Kardzhali in Bulgaria to Novi Pazar in the SuperLiga in Serbia. Yet not a year and a half later in July 2023, he was torn from the clutches of Serbia for the grey, granite confines of Scotland's Premiership in Aberdeen, signed for an undisclosed fee, a term often synonymous with 'peanuts' in football parlance.
During his first season in Scotland, 2023 - 2024, he made a more substantial 18 league appearances, which he then bettered in the current season of 2024 - 2025 with 20 spots on the match day team sheet. The following season of 2025 - 2026 remains ordained for our Rubežić at Aberdeen, providing the winter chill doesn't drive him south. Alas, there was a hiccup in February 2025 when Rubežić was loaned back to Novi Pazar in Serbia, a move that was swiftly reversed in June that year when he returned to Aberdeen.
His footballing odyssey has also drifted into the Scottish Cup of 2024 - 2025, where he made a solitary start for Aberdeen. Success also illuminated his journey to the Euro Qualifiers of 2022 - 2024 with Montenegro, managing to put one over the goal line in two outings. The Nations League of 2024 - 2025 welcomed him with open arms for Montenegro where he strutted his stuff twice, and finally the Conference League of 2023 - 2024 with Aberdeen saw him don the starting top six times.
