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Mirko Ivanić
	Ivanić with Montenegro in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Mirko Ivanić
Date of birth	13 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Bački Jarak, FR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Red Star Belgrade
Number	4
Youth career
	Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2016	Vojvodina
2012–2013	→ Proleter Novi Sad (loan)
2016–2018	BATE Borisov
2019–	Red Star Belgrade
International career‡
2015	Serbia U21
2017–2019	Montenegro
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 September 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2019

Mirko Ivanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирко Иванић, pronounced [mǐːrko ǐʋanitɕ]; born 13 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serbian club Red Star Belgrade. Born in Serbia, he plays for the Montenegro national team.

Club career

Vojvodina

Born in Bački Jarak, Ivanić came through the youth academy of Vojvodina, before being loaned to Proleter Novi Sad in order to get senior football experience. He made 24 appearances and scored five goals in the 2012–13 Serbian First League. In the summer of 2013, Ivanić returned to Vojvodina, appearing in a 2–0 home win over Budapest Honvéd in the first leg of the Europa League second qualifying round. He was sent on loan again to Proleter Novi Sad, before returning to Vojvodina in the 2014 winter transfer window.^[2] Upon his return to the club, Ivanić played regularly under manager Branko Babić, helping his team win the 2013–14 Serbian Cup.

In the 2014–15 season, Ivanić became one of the team's most influential players, making 26 league appearances and scoring 10 goals, one less than Mijat Gaćinović. During the final days of the summer 2015 transfer window, Partizan offered Vojvodina €1.5 million for Ivanić, but Ivanić rejected it, as he insisted on refusing offers from Vojvodina's rivals Partizan and Red Star Belgrade.^[3]

BATE Borisov

On 2 February 2016, Ivanić signed a contract with BATE Borisov.^[4]

On 26 November 2017, in the last game of the season BATE Borisov were 3-2 down against FC Gorodeya, Mirko scored the last minute equaliser against them to make it 3-3 which was enough to see them win the league on goal difference against league rivals Dinamo Minsk.

During his three-year stint in Borisov, Ivanić won the league three times, as well as featuring in the Europa League group stage two consecutive seasons.

Red Star Belgrade

On 8 February 2019, Red Star Belgrade officially announced the signing of Ivanić^[5] in a €1.3 million transfer.^[6] He chose the number 8 jersey, previously worn by former teammate at Vojvodina, Dejan Meleg, who was sent out on loan to Greek side Levadiakos.^[5] Before his transfer to BATE Borisov, Ivanić declined offers from both Red Star and Partizan, stating that "it wouldn't work as the captain of Vojvodina to move to Partizan or Red Star".^[7]

International career

Ivanić made his debut for the Serbian national under-21 team in a friendly against Italy U21 on 30 March 2015.^[8] He was subsequently selected to represent his country at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, but failed to make an appearance. On 14 March 2017, however, Ivanić received a call-up to the Montenegro national team in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Poland on March 26, 2017.^[9] In the match against Poland, which Montenegro lost 1-2, Ivanić made his debut coming on the field as a substitute for Damir Kojašević in the 80th minute.^[10]^[11] On 27 March 2018 he scored his first goal in the national team in a 2–2 draw against Turkey.^[12] Despite being called up in June 2019, Ivanić (along with Filip Stojković and Serbian manager Ljubiša Tumbaković) refused to play for the national team against Kosovo. Tumbaković was sacked for his actions the next day.^[13] As of April 2022, Ivanić has not been called up since.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 September 2024

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vojvodina	2013–14	Serbian SuperLiga	10	2	2	0	1	0	13	2
	2014–15		26	10	2	0	2	1	30	11
	2015–16		20	8	2	0	8	2	30	10
	Total		56	20	6	0	11	3	73	23
Proleter Novi Sad (loan)	2012–13	Serbian First League	24	5	1	0	0	0	25	5
	2013–14	Serbian First League	15	6	1	0	0	0	16	6
	Total		39	11	2	0	0	0	41	11
BATE Borisov	2016	Belarusian Premier League	26	6	6	2	6	0	38	8
	2017		27	4	6	3	12	4	45	11
	2018		25	7	7	5	11	2	43	14
	Total		78	17	19	10	29	6	126	33
Red Star	2018–19	Serbian SuperLiga	14	1	4	2	0	0	18	3
	2019–20		19	2	2	1	10	0	31	3
	2020–21		33	16	5	1	10	3	48	20
	2021–22		36	17	5	2	14	5	55	24
	2022–23		29	8	5	2	7	1	41	11
	2023–24		26	5	3	1	5	0	34	6
	2024–25		7	2	0	0	0	0	7	2
	Total		163	51	16	6	34	8	233	69
Career total			336	99	43	16	74	17	473	136