Lazar Vujadin Samardzic is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or left winger for Serie A club Udinese. Born in Germany, he plays for the Serbia national team.
In February 2023, the Football Association of Serbia announced that Samardzic had accepted manager Dragan Stojkovic's invitation to switch his allegiance to Serbia on his 21st birthday. He subsequently received his first official call-up to the Serbian senior national team the following month, being included in the list for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Lithuania and Montenegro.
On 25 March 2023, Samardzic made his debut for Serbia in a 2–0 win over Lithuania in Belgrade. |