Aleksandar Boljević

Aleksandar Boljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Бољевић; born 12 December 1995) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian Pro League club Eupen on loan from Standard Liège.

Aleksandar Boljević
Boljević at PSV in 2014
Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Boljević
Date of birth (1995-12-12) 12 December 1995
Place of birth Podgorica, Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Eupen
(on loan from Standard Liège)
Number 18
Youth career
Zeta
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Zeta 43 (8)
2014–2016 PSV 1 (0)
2014–2016 Jong PSV 72 (14)
2016–2019 Waasland-Beveren 74 (10)
2019– Standard Liège 27 (3)
2021– → Eupen (loan)
National team‡
2013–2016 Montenegro U21 12 (17)
2013– Montenegro 43 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 November 2019

Club career

Zeta

Boljević made his debut for FK Zeta in Montenegro's semi-professional Montenegrin First League in 2011 at the age of 15. His extraordinary talent cemented his place in Zeta's regular starting lineup. Already at the age of 16, Boljević played a key role in Zeta's campaign in the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase. He appeared in all eight Europa League qualifying games that year, making assists against JJK Jyväskylä and FK Sarajevo before playing two matches against PSV Eindhoven. Even though Zeta lost by a staggering 0-14 on aggregate, PSV Eindhoven recognized Boljević and subsequently signed him on a pre-contract which transfers Boljević to PSV in January 2014.[1]

PSV

In his time at PSV, Boljević mostly played for the reserves, Jong PSV. While he did impress there it wasn't enough for coach Phillip Cocu to call him up more regularly for the first team. Boljević made one appearance in the first team. On August 9, 2016, it became clear that Boljević had signed a contract with Belgian club Waasland-Beveren.[2] He had only one season remaining on his contract with PSV.

Waasland-Beveren

On August 9, 2016, Boljević signed a contract with Belgian club Waasland-Beveren. During the 2016–17 season, Boljević made 21 appearances for Waasland-Beveren, recording 4 assists and no goals.

Standard Liège

On June 21, 2019 , Boljević signed a contract with Belgian club Standard Liège.

Eupen

On January 29, 2021, Boljević moved to Belgium club Eupen, on a loan deal until the end of the season.[3]

International career

In 2010, at the age of 14, Boljević represented Montenegro's football team at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. He scored a goal against Zimbabwe in the group stage and another goal against Bolivia's team in the tournament's knockout stage.

In August 2012 he participated in the Valeri Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament 2012, where his team lost in the final to Slovakia on penalties and took home silver medals.[4]

At 17 years of age, Boljević made his debut for the Montenegro national football team on November 17, 2013, in a friendly match against Luxembourg.[5] He has, as of July 2020, earned a total of 17 caps, scoring no goals.[6]

Honors

PSV

References
  1. Voetbal International: PSV kan zich opmaken voor entree vleugelspits Boljevic (In Dutch) October 17, 2013
  2. "PSV verliest 'toptalent' Boljevic aan Waasland-Beveren". www.vi.nl.
  3. "Aleksandar Boljevic (Standard) à Eupen, c'est officiel" [Aleksandar Boljevic (Standard) in Eupen, it's official]. Lavenir.net (in French). January 29, 2021. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  4. "Valeri Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament 2012". Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2016-04-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Fudbalski Savez Crne Gore: Sokolovi ubjedljivi u Luksemburgu (in Montenegrin) November 17, 2013
  6. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
  7. Aleksandar Boljević at Soccerway
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