Ivan Aleksić

Ivan Aleksić (born 6 March 1993) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a left back for Vukovar.

Ivan Aleksić
Aleksić with Croatia U19 in 2012
Personal information
Full name Ivan Aleksić[1]
Date of birth (1993-03-06) 6 March 1993
Place of birth Osijek, Croatia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left back, Left midfield, Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Vukovar
Number 14
Youth career
1999–2005 Višnjevac
2005–2012 Osijek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Osijek 32 (0)
2015 Višnjevac 2 (0)
2015 Inter Zaprešić 10 (1)
2015–2017 Novigrad 40 (3)
2018 KR 0 (0)
2018 → Keflavík (loan) 5 (0)
2019 GOŠK Dubrovnik 8 (0)
2020–2021 BSK Bijelo Brdo 28 (1)
2021– HNK Vukovar '91 60 (13)
International career‡
2008 Croatia U15 3 (1)
2009 Croatia U16 9 (2)
2009–2010 Croatia U17 13 (1)
2011 Croatia U18 4 (0)
2011–2012 Croatia U19 14 (0)
2012–2013 Croatia U20 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 June 2014

Club career

Aleksić was born in Osijek on 6 March 1993. He began playing football casually as a young boy in his neighbourhood. He eventually started to enjoy this role and pursued to develop his skills in the youth teams of NK Višnjevac. At the age 12, he joined NK Osijek.

On 22 July 2011, Aleksić made his professional debut playing for NK Osijek against NK Rijeka, wearing the number 14. He made a total of 32 official appearances for NK Osijek. He moved to FK Jagodina in summer 2014 to play in the Serbian SuperLiga for the Autumn half season.[2]

In January 2015, Aleksić left Serbia to play for NK Inter Zaprešić. Aleksić played his first game as a team starter against HNK Segesta Sisak in February 2015. He scored his first goal for NK Inter Zaprešić against HNK Segesta Sisak on 27 March 2015. He helped NK Inter Zaprešić return to the Prva HNL.

In the summer of 2015 Aleksić signed for NK Novigrad. In the season 2015/2016 played a prominent role in NK Novigrad when they qualified for the Druga HNL.

On 19 July 2018, he joined Icelandic team KR. In the same month, Aleksić joined Keflavík on loan for the remainder of the season.[3] On 30 July 2018, Aleksić made his league debut.[4]

In September 2019, Aleksić signed for NK GOŠK Dubrovnik.

In January 2020, he moved to BSK Bijelo Brdo.

In the summer of 2021 Aleksić signed for HNK Vukovar '91. In the 2021/2022 season, the HNK Vukovar '91 team won the 3rd HNL, and advanced to a higher rank. Ivan Aleksić scored 11 goals and was the club's second scorer.

International career

Aleksić started his international career in the U15 national team. He played his first international match on 14 May 2008, wearing the number 3.

Aleksić has played for Croatia at every level from the under-15s to the under-20s. Most notably, he was fielded in all of the three matches the under-20 team played in the group stage of the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Aleksić won 50 caps with the youth teams of the Croatia national team and remains uncapped with the senior team.

Honours
Inter Zaprešić

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Croatia" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
  2. Jagodina odustala od El Munira, dovodi Aleksića iz Osijeka Archived 7 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine at Sportski žurnal, 16-1-2015 (in Serbian)
  3. Ivan Aleksic Archived 30 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine at zerozero.pt
  4. Ivan Aleksic Archived 30 October 2021 at the Wayback Machine at ksi.is
  5. Ivan Aleksic profile Archived 10 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine at Soccerway
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