Serbia International Mitrovic Joins Vojvodina
Novi Sad club signs the current Serbia international and former Red Star player on loan from Verona, with a buy option from 2 July.
- Stefan Mitrovic has joined Vojvodina from Verona on a season-long loan, with a buy option from 2 July 2026.
- The winger, born in 2002 in Krusevac, has 10 caps for Serbia's senior side and came through every youth level.
- He is the club's third summer signing, after Hamza Redzic and Nardin Mulahusejnovic.
- Before Verona he had loan spells at Leuven, Excelsior and Asteras, and was developed at Red Star.
Summer at Karadjordje usually starts quietly, and then one day everything springs to life. So it went again, with last season’s highlights still rolling on the stands while the club’s offices were already drawing up names for the next campaign. Then came the name a supporter loves to hear, one that carries the national crest on the chest and the stamp of a big club behind it.
Vojvodina have officially signed Stefan Mitrovic, a current Serbia international and former Red Star player. The winger arrives on loan from Italian side Verona, and this is no ordinary one-year deal. The contract includes a buy option that the Novi Sad club can trigger from 2 July 2026, leaving the door open to keep the player long term should he deliver as expected.
What does Vojvodina gain by signing an international?
Mitrovic needs little introduction. Born in 2002 in Krusevac, he took his first football steps at Radnicki Nis before moving to Red Star, where he wore the shirt of Serbia’s most decorated club. On top of that, he progressed through every youth level for the national team and earned ten caps for the senior side, a record that, for a player his age, means he long ago shed the prospect label and entered the bracket of a finished footballer.
After joining Verona, the Italian club sent him out on loan to collect minutes and European experience. He played for Leuven in Belgium, Excelsior in the Netherlands and Asteras in Greece, three different leagues and three different styles, which for a winger is a valuable schooling in adapting. That is exactly what Vojvodina are getting now, a player who has seen all sorts of football and who arrives in Novi Sad not to learn his trade, but to be a driving force down the flank straight away.
- A current Serbia international with ten senior caps
- A former Red Star player, developed at Radnicki Nis
- Experience in the Belgian, Dutch and Greek leagues
- Buy option active from 2 July 2026
How does Mitrovic fit into the summer rebuild?
Signing an international is not an isolated move but part of a wider plan. Mitrovic is already Vojvodina’s third summer arrival, after Hamza Redzic and Nardin Mulahusejnovic landed at Karadjordje earlier. That points to a clear intention to enter the new season with a younger and seriously refreshed squad, rather than simply patching holes.
For a winger used to a range of roles, the Superliga could be the stage where he finally gets the continuity and minutes he chased on those loan spells. For their part, Vojvodina are betting that the European stage, qualifiers and regular football will raise him both as a player and as an asset, which is where the buy option takes on its full meaning.
The summer window at Karadjordje has only just gathered pace, and Novi Sad have shown with their first big move that they have no intention of being bystanders. Will Stefan Mitrovic be the player who brings Vojvodina back to the very top of Serbian football?
