We looked at eight Red Star players as the most prominent players on the field in our club's formation for 52 games during the 2022/23 season, and the red and white goal scorers were directly responsible for 32 of our club's goals.
Aleksandar Pešić stood out as the most effective center forward of the former world and European champion. The popular "Šilja" played 40 matches in the previous competitive year, and scored 16 goals. Although he did not manage to break the personal record from the first term, when he hit the net on 29 occasions, the experienced centre-forward contributed to numerous victories. He decided the matches against Napredek, Novi Pazar and Radnicki from Niš, when he scored in the last minutes of the game, while on the international stage he checked the goalkeepers of Maccabi and Ferencvaros. Also, the former player of Toulouse, Atalanta and Turkish Karagumruk directly settled the final of the Serbian Cup with two goals and secured the beloved club's third consecutive double crown. The football player born in 1992 confirmed that he played for the team with as many as 10 assists, which is an impressive performance for a goal scorer.
In the second part of the season, Pešić shared minutes on the field with Marko Rakonjec, who arrived on a six-month loan from Lokomotiv Moscow. The former Čukaricki player came "quietly" to the address of Ljutica Bogdan, but he quickly stood out after successfully and easily shaking the net. The final balance sheet of Rakonjec says that he scored five goals, with two assists, which made a significant contribution to many duels of the national championship, as well as the cup.
Also, Jovan Mijatović made 17 appearances in the season behind us, and the boy born in 2005 has a great football future ahead of him. He made his debut in Budapest at the "Group Arena" against Ferencvaros in the group stage of the Europa League. There is no doubt that the shot from the edge of the penalty area would have enchanted the fans, but the young striker chose the more difficult path. He worked diligently every day under the northern stand of the Maracana, and scored his first goal in the match against Voždovac in the domestic championship. He recorded one pass for a goal, when he set up a goal for Pešić against Kolubara. The prodigy of Zvezda's football academy will represent the striking force of our attack in the next challenges.
Five footballers, who have since left our club, contributed to the dominant goal difference of our team in all competitions. Milan Pavkov went to Saudi Arabia at the end of August 2022, and in seven matches he scored as many as six goals with one assist. Another favorite of star players - El Fardu Ben defended the red and white colors in a historic season. The representative of the Comoros scored two goals and recorded three assists in 15 appearances. Ohi Omojuanfo left Zvezda at the beginning of September, and he played two matches for our club with one goal. Ibrahim Mustafa became a part of the LASK team from Austria in the winter, and in the autumn part of the season he played 19 games as a first team player, and recorded three assists. Kalifa Koulibaly made seven appearances, and once he shook the net in the Zvezda jersey.
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