Grizzly Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Derek Cornelius started his professional career yesterday (if one does not count the 4 minutes he played in the German 4th division or 17 games in the German 5th division) by starting and playing 90 minutes for Javor in a 2-0 away loss to Radnicki Nis in the Serbian Super Liga. He was on the bench the previous game and not in the lineup until that game. Not sure why it took so long for him to get into Javor's lineup, whether there were transfer difficulties or they were integrating him to the team or wanted to wait until the end of the season when they were out of the possibility of the relegation group. The Serbian leagues splits into 2 groups at the end of season and Javor was the 8th and final team to make it into the Championship Group but do not have enough points to have any possibility of winning the league or even getting into a European Play spot. Keegan, johnyb, Bison44 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted April 30, 2017 Author Share Posted April 30, 2017 Here are highlights of the game. Javor is in white and Cornelius is number 22 and can be seen in many of the highlights especially as it seems like one way traffic towards Javor's goal. They really need improve their defending on corners. Cornelius is playing as the left centre-back. He is 19 so good to have a prospect at the back where we are so weak currently. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yothat Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 cap him Cblake and Mike Thompson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_M Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Good updates and finds on the player. Mike Thompson and Cblake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Neat find. 19 playing on a team hunting Europa League in Serbia. One to watch for sure. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 (edited) I still don't understand why he was not on the U20 team. No that Sadicki and Muellier were bad, but I always thought this guy could have helped. Edited May 1, 2017 by Ivan spelling Cblake and Northvansteve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpg75 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Good for him. Glad he finally settled in at a good level after the trial ordeal with Grozny and the Stabaek and ending up going to neither. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badname22 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 What position is he? Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shermanator Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Good for him. Guess this means he will be pencilled in as a starter for the Gold Cup then... yothat, Cblake, Bikerack and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 (edited) 25 minutes ago, shermanator said: Good for him. Guess this means he will be pencilled in as a starter for the Gold Cup then... Edited April 30, 2017 by matty Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Highlights of his recent game at CB with Javor. Doesn't look good on either goal and is to blame for the second with a poor clearance but at 2:40 he beats an opponent to the ball despite being further away and makes a nice pass to set up a chance. He has started and played 90 the last two games for Javor, a 1-0 loss where they got a red card in the 4th minute and the 3-2 victory below. They have had a poor start to the season though and the coach was fired two games ago so Cornelius play coincides with the arrival of a new coach who hopefully likes him and will continue to play him. Cblake and Toje 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted October 15, 2017 Author Share Posted October 15, 2017 Highlights from yesterday's game against Cukaricki that ended 0-0. Cornelius is number 13 Cblake, jordan, Toje and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikerack Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 i think its good to note that since the coaching change, Javor is 2-1-1 (1-1-1 in the league) and Derek has seen the pitch in every game(0 minutes prior and the team was 1-1-8). Lets hope this keeps up and he keeps developing into a quality player johnyb, C2SKI, Floortom and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted October 26, 2017 Author Share Posted October 26, 2017 Highlights of the league game on the weekend, 1-0 victory over Radnik. Cornelius is number 13 and can be seen several times in the early part of the highlights. Cblake and Toje 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Thompson Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Very rarely do you see a 19 year old centre back playing in a European first division and getting lots of minutes I wonder if Zambrano knows about him Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 I have been wondering if Cornelius was going to stay with Javor after relegation but was not able to find much information. They have an article on their site about a friendly they recently played and he is pictured so it seems like he will be staying at Javor in the Serbian 2nd tier. https://fkjavor.com/blog/2018/07/29/pobedeni-zlatibor-i-kom/ Cblake, dyslexic nam, Shway and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kadenge Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Here's hoping that Cornelius can be our Joe Gomez...fast, quick and good on the ball. Cblake and Redmonster 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandbloke Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 8 hours ago, Kadenge said: Here's hoping that Cornelius can be our Joe Gomez...fast, quick and good on the ball. Just wondering... Is Cornelius the type of player we could see in CanPL, or would he probably prefer to stay in an obscur league like the one he currently plays in? Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeoH037 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 (edited) 22 minutes ago, Grandbloke said: Just wondering... Is Cornelius the type of player we could see in CanPL, or would he probably prefer to stay in an obscur league like the one he currently plays in? He is still young and getting playing time, which is what matters right now. IMO he has a much higher quality ceiling than that of CPL level. Edited September 2, 2018 by LeoH037 Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandbloke Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 12 minutes ago, LeoH037 said: He is still young and getting playing time, which is what matters right now. IMO he has a much higher quality ceiling than that of CPL level. There’s no question that Cornelius has a much higher ceiling. But if the level of play in CanPL is indeed somewhere between USL and MLS, he could come home, get lots of playing time at a decent level for a few years, and then move on to a better league somewhere else. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertuzzi44 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Grandbloke said: Just wondering... Is Cornelius the type of player we could see in CanPL, or would he probably prefer to stay in an obscur league like the one he currently plays in? Haha by European standards the "Canadian Premier League" is probably more obscure than the Serbian First League! Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandbloke Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 20 minutes ago, Bertuzzi44 said: Haha by European standards the "Canadian Premier League" is probably more obscure than the Serbian First League! The Serbian First League is a second-tier league. His team plays in a 4,000 seat stadium. The vast majority of Canadian soccer fans have never even heard of his team, or of him for that matter. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jith12 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 IMO he shouldn't be coming to CPL right away. That being said, I do think that he has to get out of the Serbian second tier ASAP. He's 20 right now and the next 3 three years are crucial for his development. It is the sweet spot where he is still eligible for to play for the U23 team but is old enough to train with the first team. I think that his best option is to sign with a tier one club in England, Germany, Italy or Spain and play for the second team or get loaned out. If he impresses, anything is possible. If he played any position other than CB, I would have no problem with him staying where he is. But since we are so thin at CB, he really needs to push himself to get to the highest possible level. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkuseisLoose Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 38 minutes ago, Jith12 said: IMO he shouldn't be coming to CPL right away. That being said, I do think that he has to get out of the Serbian second tier ASAP. He's 20 right now and the next 3 three years are crucial for his development. It is the sweet spot where he is still eligible for to play for the U23 team but is old enough to train with the first team. I think that his best option is to sign with a tier one club in England, Germany, Italy or Spain and play for the second team or get loaned out. If he impresses, anything is possible. If he played any position other than CB, I would have no problem with him staying where he is. But since we are so thin at CB, he really needs to push himself to get to the highest possible level. I don’t think a first division team is likely to pick him up even if he plays for their reserve team. Could definitely see him go to a strong second division team. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted September 2, 2018 Author Share Posted September 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Jith12 said: IMO he shouldn't be coming to CPL right away. That being said, I do think that he has to get out of the Serbian second tier ASAP. He's 20 right now and the next 3 three years are crucial for his development. It is the sweet spot where he is still eligible for to play for the U23 team but is old enough to train with the first team. I think that his best option is to sign with a tier one club in England, Germany, Italy or Spain and play for the second team or get loaned out. If he impresses, anything is possible. If he played any position other than CB, I would have no problem with him staying where he is. But since we are so thin at CB, he really needs to push himself to get to the highest possible level. I don't think it is really that bad for him where he is. He is still in a competitive environment and probably getting very good coaching. If he plays well, in a few months or a year he could be right back in the Serbian top tier or somewhere else in Europe and possibly for a bigger team than Javor. It is often not easy to find a team or a good contract and what would really be a disaster for him would be to be out of contract or stuck at a team where he is not getting playing time. We could probably put a fairly good list of Canadian national team players who at 20 were playing at a similar or worse level of play than the Serbian 2nd tier. Cblake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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