Stefan Cebara


Stefan Cebara is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Valour FC.

Early life

Cebara was born in the city of Zadar to a Serb father and a Croat mother and spent his early years in the town of Benkovac. He first moved to Belgrade with his family when he was four, and then to Canada at the age of six. At the age of nine he started playing with Windsor FC Nationals. He grew up competing in soccer, basketball, hockey, volleyball and track/field.

Club career

Early career

Cebara played for the Riverside Rebels before moving to Serbia to join Rad Belgrade. He played with their youth team, although he also had the chance to play a few exhibition matches with the main team alongside future Canadian national team goalkeeper Milan Borjan.

Zalaegerszeg

After a year in Belgrade he moved to Hungary and signed with Zalaegerszeg. He scored in his first-team debut on 2 March 2011, in a Hungarian Cup match against Vasas, however as the youngest player on the team he divided his time between the first team and the reserve team. Cebara made two appearances in the Hungarian Championship before leaving to join the Canadian U20 team in their World Cup qualifiers. After his return the club began experiencing financial difficulties and Cebara had problems cancelling his contract, so he spent the following 6 months inactive.

Celje

In August 2012 he went on a 10-day trial period at Italian club Udinese, however a month later, on 11 September, he signed a 2-year contract with Slovenian side NK Celje. He made his debut for Celje on 16 September 2012, in a Slovenian First League game against Koper.

Zlaté Moravce

In February 2015, Cebara was reported to have signed with ViOn Zlaté Moravce of the Fortuna Liga.

Vojvodina

After spending 6 months with Lithuanian A Lyga club Utenis Utena, on 10 July 2017 Cebara signed a two-year-deal with Serbian club Vojvodina Novi Sad.

Valour FC

On 3 April 2020, Cebara signed with Canadian Premier League side Valour FC.

International career

Cebara was 19 when he made his debut in the Canadian youth program in 2011 with coach Valerio Gazzola. He represented the Canadian national under-20 team at the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
On 14 March 2013, Cebara received his first call up by the Canadian national team for friendlies against Japan and Belarus. He made his first appearance on 22 March as a second half sub for Kyle Bekker during a 2-1 defeat to Japan.