Milan Jovanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Јованић; born 31 July 1985) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of Novi Sad 1921.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 July 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Novi Sad 1921 (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vojvodina | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Veternik | 38 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Perth Glory | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Novi Sad | 56 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Spartak Zlatibor Voda | 29 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Wisła Kraków | 6 | (0) |
| 2013 | Spartak Subotica | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Vojvodina | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 141 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Serbia and Montenegro U19 | ||
| 2010 | Serbia | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018 | Cement Beočin (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2018–2022 | Vojvodina (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2022 | Borac Banja Luka (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2022 | Radnički Niš (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2023 | Mladost Novi Sad (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2024– | Novi Sad 1921 (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editJovanić began his career at hometown club FK Vojvodina, before moving to FK Veternik. In 2005, he joined Australian A-League club Perth Glory. He made one league appearance for Perth in a match against Sydney FC, and left the club after the 2005–06 season. He kept a clean sheet, and as of 2024, is the only non-emergency goalkeeper to have played in the A-League and left without conceding a goal.
Jovanić returned to Serbia and signed with FK Novi Sad from Serbian League Vojvodina, where he took part of their promotion to the First League. After two seasons in the First League, he moved to the Superliga side Spartak Subotica. Jovanić played 29 matches in 2009–10 season, the club finished 4th in the league and qualified for the European cups. Jovanić finished second in voting for the Best Superliga Goalkeeper, behind Saša Stamenković.[1]
On 13 June 2010, Jovanić joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee from Spartak Subotica. He won the Ekstraklasa championship in his debut season.[2]
International career
editJovanić made his senior debut for Serbia in a 3–0 friendly win over Japan in Osaka on 7 April 2010.[3][4]
Honours
editNovi Sad
Wisła Kraków
References
edit- ^ "Jovanić walczy w Wiśle o... kadrę Serbii". futbolnews.pl. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
- ^ "Milan Jovanić". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ Serbia ease past Japan in warm-up at FIFA.com
- ^ "Match report at Reprezentacija.rs". Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
External links
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- Milan Jovanić at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- Milan Jovanić at Soccerway.com
- Milan Jovanić at WorldFootball.net
- Milan Jovanić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Milan Jovanić at kicker (in German)
- Milan Jovanić at FBref.com
