Valentino Stepčić | |
Fullname: | Valentino Stepčić |
Birth Date: | 1990 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Pula, Croatia |
Height: | 1.88 m |
Position: | Midfielder, Winger |
Currentclub: | Rudar Labin |
Youthyears1: | 2000–2007 |
Youthclubs1: | Rudar Labin |
Youthyears2: | 2008 |
Youthclubs2: | Istra 1961 |
Youthyears3: | 2008–2009 |
Youthclubs3: | Rijeka |
Years1: | 2009–2012 |
Clubs1: | Rijeka |
Caps1: | 42 |
Goals1: | 1 |
Years2: | 2009 |
Clubs2: | → Rudar Labin (loan) |
Caps2: | 15 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 2012 |
Caps3: | 14 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Years4: | 2013 |
Caps4: | 12 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Years5: | 2013–2016 |
Clubs5: | Zagreb |
Caps5: | 97 |
Goals5: | 13 |
Years6: | 2016–2017 |
Clubs6: | Istra 1961 |
Caps6: | 21 |
Goals6: | 3 |
Years7: | 2017 |
Clubs7: | Cibalia |
Caps7: | 7 |
Goals7: | 0 |
Years8: | 2018 |
Caps8: | 12 |
Goals8: | 1 |
Years9: | 2018–2019 |
Clubs9: | Stuttgarter Kickers |
Caps9: | 21 |
Goals9: | 3 |
Years10: | 2019–2020 |
Caps10: | 17 |
Goals10: | 3 |
Years11: | 2021- |
Club-Update: | 28 December 2022 |
Valentino Stepčić (born 16 January 1990) is a Croatian footballer who plays for Rudar Labin as a midfielder.
Born in Pula, but originally from Labin,[1] Stepčić spent most of his youth years at the local NK Rudar Labin. Signing for the nearby Prva HNL team HNK Rijeka, he made his first-team debut in a 3–0 away loss against NK Inter Zaprešić on 31 May 2009, coming in the 70th minute for Matija Matko.[2] After leaving Rijeka in 2012, he spent the 2012–13 season in lower-tier teams, first back at Rudar, then at NK Bela Krajina, before signing for NK Zagreb, then in Druga HNL, achieving promotion to Prva HNL immediately at the end of the 2013–14 season. He joined German side Stuttgarter Kickers in 2018 .[3]