Petar Ratkov
Serbian footballer (2003)
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Petar Ratkov (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Ратков; born 18 August 2003) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Serie A club Lazio and the Serbia national team.[1]
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Ratkov with Red Bull Salzburg in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 18 August 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lazio | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2020 | DIF Belgrade | ||
| 2020–2021 | TSC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2023 | TSC | 76 | (16) |
| 2023–2026 | Red Bull Salzburg | 63 | (17) |
| 2026– | Lazio | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Serbia U19 | 8 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | Serbia U21 | 7 | (2) |
| 2023– | Serbia | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 September 2024 | |||
Club career
On 18 June 2023, Ratkov signed for reigning Austrian Bundesliga champions Red Bull Salzburg on a five-year contract.[2]
On 8 January 2026, Ratkov signed with Serie A club Lazio for a fee of €13 million.[3]
International career
Ratkov is of mixed Bulgarian and Croatian descent. He holds both Serbian and Bulgarian citizenships which made him able to represent Serbia or Bulgaria; he was also eligible to play for Croatia through his mother's aforementioned descent. In September 2023, he declined a call up for Bulgaria, committing himself to the Serbian national team.[4][5]
Ratkov was selected in Serbia's squad for the UEFA Euro 2024, but did not make an appearances in the tournament.
Style of play
Ratkov has been analysed by the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) Football Observatory. In issue no. 375 of its weekly report, he was ranked 79th among the top 100 performing under-20 outfield players across 32 European leagues. CIES characterised his profile as that of a target-man striker with a primary emphasis on finishing, based on performance data across multiple areas of play, including aerial ability and shooting.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 1 March 2026[7]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| TSC | 2020–21 | Serbian SuperLiga | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Serbian SuperLiga | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 3 | |||
| 2022–23 | Serbian SuperLiga | 36 | 13 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 40 | 14 | |||
| Total | 76 | 16 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 81 | 17 | ||||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2023–24 | Austrian Bundesliga | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6[b] | 0 | — | 35 | 6 | |
| 2024–25 | Austrian Bundesliga | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8[b] | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 35 | 4 | |
| 2025–26 | Austrian Bundesliga | 17 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 9[d] | 0 | — | 29 | 12 | ||
| Total | 63 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 99 | 22 | ||
| Lazio | 2025–26 | Serie A | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 146 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 187 | 39 | ||
- Includes Serbian Cup, Austrian Cup
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
- Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 8 September 2024[8]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
