Aleksandar Jovanović (soccer, born 1989)

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

Aleksandar Jovanović

Personal information
Date of birth	(1989-08-04) 4 August 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Bengaluru
Number	5
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 (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)
2020–2022	Macarthur	33	(1)
2022–	Bengaluru	44	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:14, 2 November 2024 (UTC)

Born in Sydney, 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, 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 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]

On 13 October 2020 he joined Macarthur.^[11]

On 22 July 2022, he joined Indian Super League club Bengaluru.

Club statistics

Club

As of 18 September 2022^[12]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vojvodina	2008–09	Serbian SuperLiga	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Novi Sad (loan)	2009–10	Serbian First League	27	1	0	0	0	0	—		27	1
	2009–10		8	0	0	0	0	0	—		8	0
	Total		35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	1
Hajduk Kula	2011–12	Serbian SuperLiga	7	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	0	0	—		8	0
Suwon	2013	K League Challenge	24	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	—		26	0
Jeju United	2014	K League 1	31	1	0	0	0	0	—		31	1
	2015		22	0	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	—		24	0
	Total		53	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	55	1
Tianjin TEDA	2016	Chinese Super League	23	2	0	0	0	0	—		23	2
Jeju United	2017	K League 1	12	1	2[lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	4[lower-alpha 3]	0	18	1
	2018		16	1	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	18	1
	2019		23	0	1[lower-alpha 2]	0	0	0	—		24	0
	Total		51	2	4	0	0	0	5	0	60	1
Željo	2019–20	Premijer Liga	1	0	1[lower-alpha 4]	0	0	0	—		2	0
Macarthur	2020–21	A-League	13	1	0	0	0	0	—		13	1
	2021–22		20	0	1	1	0	0	—		21	1
	Total		33	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	34	2
Bengaluru	2022–23	Indian Super League	17	0	11[lower-alpha 5]	0	0	0	—		30	0
Career total			232	7	17	1	0	0	5	0	254	8

1. Appearance(s) in Serbian Cup
2. Appearance(s) in Korean FA Cup
3. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League
4. Appearance(s) in Bosnia and Herzegovina Football Cup
5. Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

Honours

Bengaluru

• Indian Super League runner-up: 2022–23
• Durand Cup: 2022^[13]
• Super Cup runner-up: 2023^[14]

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 (in Japanese) 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.
11. "Aleksandar Jovanovic signs with Macarthur FC". Macarthur FC. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
12. Aleksandar Jovanović at Soccerway
13. Narayan, Aaditya (19 September 2022). "Durand Cup 2022 review: The perfect curtain-raiser to the Indian football season". www.espn.in. Kolkata: ESPN. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
14. Rawat, Akhil (25 April 2023). "Odisha FC bask in Kozhikode rain; beat Bengaluru FC to claim Hero Super Cup crown". the-aiff.com. Kozhikode: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 25 April 2023.

External links

• Aleksandar Jovanović at WorldFootball.net
• Aleksandar Jovanović – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)