Aleksandar Jovanović (footballer, born December 1992)

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Aleksandar Jovanović
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Niš, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Partizan
Number 1
Youth career
Radnički Niš
2009–2010 Rad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Rad 9 (0)
2010 → Palilulac Beograd (loan) 2 (0)
2011–2012 → Palić (loan) 22 (0)
2015 Donji Srem 0 (0)
2015–2016 Radnički Niš 36 (0)
2016–2018 AGF 68 (0)
2018–2020 Huesca 12 (0)
2019 → AGF (loan) 6 (0)
2020 → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 1 (0)
2020–2023 Apollon Limassol 69 (0)
2023– Partizan 54 (0)
International career‡
2016 Serbia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2016

Aleksandar Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Јовановић, pronounced [aleksǎːndar jǒʋanoʋitɕ, alěksaːn-, - joʋǎː-]; born 6 December 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Partizan.

Club career

Rad

Born in Niš, Jovanović started his professional career as a member of Rad, where he spent time from 2009 to 2014.[1] In the meantime he was loaned to Palilulac Beograd and Palić.[2] He made his SuperLiga debut under coach Marko Nikolić, in a match against Red Star Belgrade, played on 3 March 2013, when Filip Kljajić got the red card, and Jovanović was substituted in from the bench.[3] After the 2013–14 season he spent as a reserve for Filip Kljajić and Branislav Danilović, Jovanović started 2014–15 as the first choice of coach Milan Milanović, but after several games and some bad reactions[4] he fell into the background and left the club during the winter break off-season.[5]

Radnički Niš

After a short episode with Donji Srem,[6] Jovanović returned in Radnički Niš in summer 2015 to be a successor of Milan Borjan in front of goal. He signed two-year contract with the club where he passed his youth career.[7] After just 8 conceded goals on 18 matches, Partizan has expressed interest in him.[8]

AGF

In summer 2016, Jovanović moved to Denmark and signed four-year contract with AGF.[9] He made his official debut for new club in the 1 fixture of the 2016–17 Danish Superliga season against SønderjyskE, played on 17 July 2016.[10] After one collision with teammate Dino Mikanović during the 4th fixture match same season, against Esbjerg, Jovanović got a head injury and was substituted out.[11] In May 2017, Jovanović made a record, playing without conceded goal for 423 minutes in the Danish Superliga.[12]

Huesca

On 28 August 2018, it was announced Jovanović signed a three-year contract with La Liga club SD Huesca.[13] On 15 September 2020, he terminated his contract with the club.[14]

Return to AGF (loan)

On the last day of the 2019 summer transfer market, Jovanović returned to AGF on a loan deal for the rest of 2019 season.[15]

Deportivo La Coruña (loan)

On 31 January 2020, Jovanović moved to fellow Segunda División side Deportivo de La Coruña on loan until June.[16]

Apollon Limassol

On 29 September 2020, Jovanović signed a one-year contract with Cypriot First Division club Apollon Limassol. After some impressive performances during the 2020–21 Cypriot First Division season he renewed his contract with the club until May 2024. During the 2021–22 Cypriot First Division, Jovanović significantly contributed to Apollon Limassol's triumph in winning their championship for the first time after 16 years. He was the MVP of the team and was voted as the best goalkeeper in the league, indicating his exceptional performances throughout the season.

Partizan

On 29 June 2023, Partizan completed the transfer of Jovanović from Apollon Limassol in the amount of €450,000. He made his debut on 6 August in the second round of the Serbian SuperLiga in a 0–2 victory over Vojvodina at Karađorđe Stadium.[17] In the two-legged tie against Sabah in the third qualifying round of 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League Jovanović was the team's best individual in a 2–0 defeat in Azerbaijan, when he saved a penalty and made several other saves, and prevented Partizan's heavy defeat. In the rematch in Belgrade after a dramatic 90, then 120 minutes of football and five series of penalties, Jovanović saved Namiq Ələsgərov's shot in the last penalty series twice - because the attempt was repeated due to earlier leaving the goal line.[18][19] On 20 December, Partizan defeated Red Star 2–1 in the 171st Eternal derby with Jovanović as the man of the match, making six saves in total and helping coach Duljaj's team get the derby win.[20] On 9 March 2024, in the second Eternal derby of the season which ended 2–2. Jovanović recorded 8 saves and was declared the best player of the 24th round of the Serbian SuperLiga.[21]

International career

Jovanović got his first call up to the senior Serbia squad for a friendly match against Russia on 5 June 2016.[22] In May 2018, he was named in Serbia's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 December 2024[24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rad 2009–10 Serbian SuperLiga 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2010–11 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2011–12 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2012–13 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
2013–14 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2014–15 7 0 0 0 — — 7 0
Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Palilulac Beograd (loan) 2010–11 Serbian League Belgrade 2 0 — — — 2 0
Palić (loan) 2011–12 Serbian League Vojvodina 22 0 — — — 22 0
Donji Srem 2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga 0 0 — — — 0 0
Radnički Niš 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga 36 0 3 0 — — 39 0
AGF 2016–17 Danish Superliga 30 0 0 0 — 4[a] 0 34 0
2017–18 31 0 0 0 — 1[b] 0 32 0
2018–19 7 0 — — — 7 0
Total 68 0 0 0 — 5 0 73 0
Huesca 2018–19 La Liga 12 0 0 0 — — 12 0
AGF (loan) 2019–20 Danish Superliga 6 0 4 0 — — 10 0
Deportivo de La Coruña (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Apollon Limassol 2020–21 Cypriot First Division 11 0 — — — 11 0
2021–22 27 0 2 0 2 0 — 31 0
2022–23 31 0 1 0 9 0 0 0 41 0
Total 69 0 3 0 11 0 0 0 83 0
Partizan 2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga 34 0 3 0 4 0 — 41 0
2024–25 20 0 1 0 6 0 — 27 0
Total 54 0 4 0 10 0 0 0 68 0
Career total 282 0 14 0 21 0 5 0 319 0
  1. ^ Appearances in the relegation play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance in the European play-off final match

International

As of 15 November 2016[25]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Serbia 2016 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours

Individual

References

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  2. ^ "Aleksandar Jovanović". srbijafudbal.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. ^ "ODE SAN O TITULI? Zvezdi samo bod u utakmici s Radom (VIDEO)". telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 3 March 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
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  9. ^ "AGF henter serbisk landsholdsmålmand". Aarhus Gymnastikforening official website (in Danish). 28 May 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Aleksandar Jovanović oduševio Dance na debiju". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 17 July 2016. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
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  14. ^ "Jovanovic rescinde su contrato con la SD Huesca" [Jovanovic rescinds his contract with SD Huesca] (in Spanish). SD Huesca. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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