Aleksandar Jovanovic (soccer, born 1989)

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 FC.

Aleksandar Jovanović
Personal information
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
Team information
Current team
 Bengaluru
Number 4
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 21 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:22, 26 October 2023 (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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vojvodina 2008–09 Serbian SuperLiga 000000—00
Novi Sad
(loan)		 2009–10 Serbian First League 2710000—271
2009–10 800000—80
Total 351000000351
Hajduk Kula 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga 701[lower-alpha 1]000—80
Suwon 2013 K League Challenge 2402[lower-alpha 2]000—260
Jeju United 2014 K League 1 3110000—311
2015 2202[lower-alpha 2]000—240
Total 531200000551
Tianjin TEDA 2016 Chinese Super League 2320000—232
Jeju United 2017 K League 1 1212[lower-alpha 2]0004[lower-alpha 3]0181
2018 1611[lower-alpha 2]0001[lower-alpha 3]0181
2019 2301[lower-alpha 2]000—240
Total 512400050601
Željo 2019–20 Premijer Liga 101[lower-alpha 4]000—20
Macarthur 2020–21 A-League 1310000—131
2021–22 2001100—211
Total 331110000342
Bengaluru 2022–23 Indian Super League 17011[lower-alpha 5]000—300
Career total 232717100502548
  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

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 Jovanovic 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.
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