Marko Jevtović (footballer)

Marko Jevtović (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Јевтовић; born 24 July 1993) is a Serbian professional football midfielder who plays for Konyaspor in Turkish Süper Lig and Serbia national team.[1]

Marko Jevtović
Jevtović (right) in action
Personal information
Full name Marko Jevtović
Date of birth (1993-07-24) 24 July 1993
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Konyaspor
Number 8
Youth career
Zemun
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Srem Jakovo 18 (1)
2011–2012 Dynamo Moscow 0 (0)
2012 Sopot 7 (0)
2013 Hajduk Kula 10 (0)
2013–2015 Novi Pazar 45 (3)
2015–2018 Partizan 73 (8)
2018– Konyaspor 74 (8)
National team‡
2015 Serbia U23 1 (0)
2017– Serbia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 January 2017

Club career

Early career

He started playing in esteemed youth ranks of Zemun. At the age of 18 he joined Dynamo Moscow, after playing a portion of 2010/2011 season for Srem Jakovo. After a brief spell in Russia's capital, he returned to Serbia, in Sopot. At the age of 19, he signed for Hajduk Kula.[2] Due to rather severe financial issues, the club, that excelled during the latter stages of 2012/2013 Superliga season, ceased to exist.

Novi Pazar

Jevtović therefore had to move again, so he left for Novi Pazar.[3] He made his first official debut for Novi Pazar on 17 August 2013, against Rad. In the 2013/14 season he played 18 matches (17 in Serbian SuperLiga and 1 in Serbian Cup), but did not achieve a single goal. On 29 September 2014, he scored his first goal for Novi Pazar against Jagodina in a 3–0 home win.[4] It was also the most beautiful goal of the season 2014/15 in the Serbian Superliga.[5] On 4 April 2015, he has scored from the penalty spot against the Red Star Belgrade in a 2–1 home win.[6] In the 28th round of Serbian SuperLeague, he scored from penalty spot against Voždovac on 13 May 2015.[7] 2014/15 season he finished with 28 appearances and 3 goals in Novi Pazar.

2015–16 season

Jevtović signed a four-year deal with Partizan on 3 June 2015.[8] He was handed the number 21 shirt, previously worn by Saša Marković who played at the same position as Jevtović. Jevtović playing style reminds on former Partizan player, Radosav Petrović and many compare him to him.[9] He made his first official debut for Partizan on 14 July 2015, against Dila Gori in the first leg of second round qualification for UEFA Champions League. Jevtović made his league debut against Metalac in a 4–0 home win on 17 July 2015.[10] Jevtović scored the equalizer against Steaua București in third round qualification for UEFA Champions League in a 4–2 home win.[11] Jevtović was sent off in injury time of first half on 18 August 2015 at Borisov Arena in a play-off round of UEFA Champions League against BATE Borisov.[12] He played five matches in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League group stage, against Athletic Bilbao, AZ and Augsburg. He played the vast majority of his team's games in the first part of the 2015–16 season, but in the second under newly appointed manager Ivan Tomić, he spent on the bench. He helped Partizan to win the 2015–16 Serbian Cup.[13]

2016–17 season

At the start of the 2016–17 season, he was not in the protocol in several matches. Jevtović played his first match in the new season, on 11 September and provide assist in a 2–0 away league victory over Borac Čačak.[14] He played the vast majority of his team's games in the first part of the 2016–17 season. On 13 April, Jevtović scored his first goal for Partizan in SuperLiga, in a 3–1 away victory, over his former club, Novi Pazar.[15] On 21 May, he scored his second goal in the season, in a 5–0 home win over Mladost Lučani and helping club to win 27th title.[16][17]

International career

Jevtović was called by coach Slavoljub Muslin in the Serbia national football team in January 2017.[18] On 29 January 2017, Jevtović made his international debut for the Serbia national football team in a friendly match against United States in a 0–0 away draw in San Diego.[19] On May 2018, Jevtović was omitted from Serbia's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[20]

Personal life

Marko's older brother, Luka, is a journalist, and a football analyzing specialist who works for Radio Television of Serbia.[21]

Honours
Partizan

References
  1. "Marko Jevtović". srbijafudbal.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  2. "Hajduk sve jači!". sportske.net (in Serbian). 13 January 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  3. "Devet 'Hajduka' za 'Novi' Pazar!". sportske.net (in Serbian). 4 August 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  4. Jevtović ukrasio slavlje at fknovipazar.rs, 29-9-2014
  5. NOVOPAZARSKI RONALDO: Pogledajte gol kola, možda i polusezone u srpskom fudbalu! (VIDEO) at telegraf.rs, 30-9-2014
  6. Zvezdin crni pazar: Umesto bodova crveno-beli brojali promašaje i prvi put izgubili od Plavih! (VIDEO) at mozzartsport.com, 4-4-2015
  7. "U Subotici penal u 94, protest, tuča..." mondo.rs (in Serbian). 13 May 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  8. "Јевтовић потписао четворогодишњи уговор: Играње у Партизану част и обавеза!". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  9. "Novi Raća Petrović stigao u Humsku: Šutiraću penal koji će nas odvesti u Ligu šampiona". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 4 June 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  10. "Partizan – Metalac 4:0 (3:0)". FK Partizan.rs (in Serbian). 17 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  11. "Preokret Partizana za plej-of i Evropu!". b92.net (in Serbian). 5 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  12. "Da li je Jevtović dobio prestrogo drugi žuti karton? (VIDEO)". telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 18 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  13. "Kup je naš!" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  14. "MAT U TRI MINUTA Miletić i Mihajlović vodili Partizan do pobede u Čačku" (in Serbian). alo.rs. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  15. "Partizan po navici - "iz keca u dva"" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  16. "Partizan "petardom" do 27. titule!" (in Serbian). B92. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  17. "Sve je sam uradio - Jevtović, bomba! (VIDEO)" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  18. "Селектор Славољуб Муслин позвао 18 играча за дуел против САД у Сан Дијегу, 29. јануара". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 17 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  19. "Remi Srbije sa SAD, superligaši položili test". B92 (in Serbian). 29 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
  20. Kulaš, Damir (22 May 2018). "Krstajić – Who will make Serbia's World Cup squad?". Futbolgrad. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  21. "Lukine analize Mundijala su osveženje kakvo smo godinama čekali". noizz.rs (in Serbian). 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
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