Aleksandar Jovanovic (footballer, born 1989)

Aleksandar Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Јовановић, pronounced [aleksǎːndar jǒʋanoʋitɕ, alěksaːn-, – joʋǎːn-];[2][3] born 4 August 1989) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for A-League club Macarthur FC.

Aleksandar Jovanović
Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Jovanović
Date of birth (1989-08-04) 4 August 1989
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Macarthur FC
Number 6
Youth career
APIA Leichhardt
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Parramatta 5 (0)
2008–2011 Vojvodina 2 (0)
2008 → Palić (loan) 3 (0)
2009 → Veternik (loan) 13 (0)
2009–2011 → Novi Sad 1921 (loan) 35 (1)
2011 Hajduk Kula 7 (0)
2012 Police Tero 30 (3)
2013 Suwon 24 (0)
2014–2015 Jeju United 53 (1)
2016 Tianjin TEDA 23 (2)
2017–2019 Jeju United 51 (2)
2020 Željezničar 1 (0)
2020– Macarthur FC 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 October 2020

Born in Sydney, Australia, he also holds Serbian citizenship.

Career

After playing in the Endeavour Sports High School team, Jovanović played with Parramatta in Australia[4] before signing in January 2008 with Serbian SuperLiga club Vojvodina.[5] Because of his youth he failed to make any league appearance that season and in the following one, while in the 2008–09 season, he was loaned to lower league neighbouring clubs Palić and Veternik.

In the summer of 2009, Vojvodina loaned Jovanović to Serbian First League club Novi Sad 1921, where he stayed for a season and a half, becoming a regular player and making a total of 35 league appearances and even scoring one goal.

In the summer of 2011, he left Vojvodina and signed with another Serbian top league club, Hajduk Kula. He made his Serbian SuperLiga debut on 25 September 2011, in a match against Red Star Belgrade.

In 2012, Jovanović had a brief spell at Thai Premier League side Police Tero, after which he joined Suwon for the 2013 K League 2 in South Korea. After one season he moved up a division to K League 1 side Jeju United for the 2014 season.[6]

On 6 February 2016, Jovanović transferred to Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda.[7] In February 2017, he came back to South Korea and once again joined Jeju United, being a regular in the club ever since.[1] He left Jeju in January 2020, after his contract expired.

On 14 January 2020, Jovanović signed a six month contract with a possibility of an extension with Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.[8] He made his official debut for the club in a 0–0 league draw against Radnik Bijeljina on 22 February 2020.[9] Jovanović left Željezničar in July 2020.[10]

References
  1. "A. Jovanović: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  2. "Aleksándar1". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Aleksándar (Alèksāndar)
  3. "Jòvan". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Jòvanović (Jovánović)
  4. CHS Nationals 07 Archived 17 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine at New South Wales schools of football
  5. Aleksandar Jovanović at Zerozero
  6. Jeju Weekly
  7. 泰达宣布签两中卫+两前锋 at sports.sina.com Retrieved 2016-02-06
  8. "(ZVANIČNO) Željezničar angažovao veliko pojačanje" (in Bosnian). Sport1.ba. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  9. E.B. (22 February 2020). "Radnik i Željezničar remizirali u izuzetno dosadnom meču u Bijeljini" (in Bosnian). Klix.ba. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  10. M. Šljivak (25 July 2020). "Aleksandar Jovanović ne može igrati za FK Željezničar!" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
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