Njegoš Petrović

Njegoš Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Његош Петровић; born 18 July 1999) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Granada.[2]

For the dynasty, see Petrović-Njegoš dynasty.
Njegoš Petrović
Personal information
Full name Njegoš Petrović
Date of birth (1999-07-18) 18 July 1999
Place of birth Krupanj, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Granada
Number 18
Youth career
Rađevac
Rad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Rad 64 (3)
2019–2021 Red Star Belgrade 64 (2)
2022– Granada 43 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Serbia U16 17 (1)
2015–2016 Serbia U17 15 (3)
2016–2018 Serbia U19 7 (1)
2018–2020 Serbia U21 11 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2020

Club career

Rad

Born in Krupanj, he started playing football with local club Rađevac[3] and later moved to FK Rad, where he passed youth categories and signed a scholarship contract with club in 2014.[4] Petrović was licensed with senior squad for the 2015–16 season, but he officially joined the first team in summer 2016, when he signed a four-year professional contract with Rad.[5] Previously, he made his Serbian SuperLiga debut in fourth fixture match of the 2016–17 season on 10 August 2016 against Radnik Surdulica.[6] After seven league matches which he started from the bench and the whole cup match against Dinamo Vranje, Petrović started his first league match on the field and played the whole game against Borac Čačak in 13th fixture of the 2016–17 season.[7]

Red Star Belgrade

In August 2019, Petrović signed a four-year contract with Red Star Belgrade[8] in a €400,000 transfer from Rad.[9] Red Star's sports director Mitar Mrkela commented that "Petrović is the best player in [his] position in Serbia".[9] He made his debut for Red Star on 9 August 2019 in a 2–0 win against Mladost Lučani under coach Vladan Milojević.[10]

Granada

In January 2022, Petrović signed a four-and-a-half-years contract with Granada in a €1,500,000 transfer from Red Star.[2]

International career

Petrović was a member of Serbia U16[11] and Serbia U17[12] squads between 2014 and 2016. In August 2016, Petrović was called into Serbia U19 squad for memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić – Ćele", where he debuted in opening match against United States.[13] Petrović suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury during the match against Sweden, played on 14 November 2016.[14]

Personal life

On 22 June 2020 he tested positive for COVID-19.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of end of 2021—22 season[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rad 2015–16 SuperLiga 0000——00
2016–17 9010——100
2017–18 25210——262
2017–18 28100——281
2018–19 2000——20
Total 64320——663
Red Star 2019–20 SuperLiga 1712060—251
2020–21 35120101—472
2021–22 1201020—150
Total 64250181—873
Granada 2021–22 La Liga 1500000—150
Career Totals 143570181—1686

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

Granada

References
  1. "Његош Петровић дебитовао за први тим!". FK Rad official website (in Serbian). 2 August 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  2. "Звезда ТВ | Хвала, Њего". Red Star Belgrade. 29 January 2022.
  3. "Његош хоће главне улоге". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 13 December 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  4. "Промоција стипендиста". FK Rad official website (in Serbian). 5 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. "Рад промовисао Његоша Петровића". FK Rad official website (in Serbian). 25 August 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  6. Njegoš Petrović at Soccerway
  7. "13.Kolo: Rad - Borac". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). 22 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  8. "Njegoš Petrović joins from Rad". Red Star Belgrade. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  9. "Zvezda promovisala Petrovića, Mrkela ga nahvalio: Najbolji je u Srbiji". Mozzart Sport (in Serbian). 8 August 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  10. Nenad Jovanović (10 August 2019). "Uzbuđeni Njegoš Petrović: Kad mi je Milojević rekao da igram, nisam spavao čitavu noć". Mozzart Sport (in Serbian). Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  11. "Млaђи кaдети на УEФA Рaзвoјнoм турниру". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 23 February 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  12. ""Orlići" na EP: Uživati u svakom minutu". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 2 May 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  13. ""Стевaн Ћеле Вилoтић": Србијa – СAД 2:1 (1:1)". Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 1 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  14. "Његош Петровић покидао лигаменте". Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 14 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  15. "Five Red Star players test positive for Covid-19 days after 18,000 fans attend Proleter clash". goal.com. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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