Đorđe Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Јовановић, ; born 15 February 1999) is a Serbian

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who plays as a

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for Swiss club

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and the

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Club career

Partizan

Born in

Leposavić Leposavić ( sr-Cyrl, Лепосавић, ) also known as Leposaviq or Albanik ( sq, Leposaviqi or ''Albaniku''), is a town and the northernmost municipality in the Mitrovica District in Kosovo. As of 2015, it has an estimated population of 18,600 ...

, Jovanović started playing football with local club

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. After one tournament played in

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, he was invited to

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

by Dušan Trbojević. He passed youth categories with the club, and signed his first three-year professional contract with Partizan in summer 2015. He has joined the first team at the beginning of 2016 under coach

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. During 2016, Jovanović usually played for youth team, and also played several friendly matches with the first matches, including games against PAOK, and

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, when he was a scorer. Jovanović made his official debut for Partizan in 20 fixture match of the

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season against Čukarički, played on 11 December 2016, replacing

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in 89 minute. In 2017, Jovanović was optionally loaned to satellite club Teleoptik on dual registration until the end of 2016–17 season in the

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. Jovanović scored his first goal for Partizan in 4–2 away victory over

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on 24 September 2017. Likewise, Jovanović also scored in 3–1 away win against

Mačva Šabac Mačva ( sr-Cyrl, Мачва, ; hu, Macsó) is a geographical and historical region in the northwest of Central Serbia, on a fertile plain between the Sava and Drina rivers. The chief town is Šabac. The modern Mačva District of Serbia is named ...

on 5 November 2017. Finally, Jovanović scored a twice in 2–2 draw to

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on 5 May 2018, which was the first start on the pitch in his professional career.

Lokeren

On 2 August 2018, Jovanović signed with Belgium side

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Cádiz

Jovanović switched teams and countries again on 31 January 2019, after agreeing to a four-and-a-half-year contract with

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. On 2 September, after being rarely used, he was loaned to

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side Cartagena, for one year. On 5 October 2020, Jovanović terminated his contract with

Čukarički

In 2021 he returned to Serbia, to

FK Čukarički Fudbalski klub Čukarički () is a Serbian professional Football team, football club from Belgrade, more precisely from the Čukarica municipality, that currently plays in the Serbian SuperLiga, the top tier of Serbian football league system, Se ...

, where he played for one year.

Maccabi Tel Aviv

In February 2022 Jovanović transferred to Israeli team

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. In the 2022–23 season, across all competitions, he had 43 appearances during which he scored 22 times and prepared five goals.

Basel

On 17 August,

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team

announced that they had signed Jovanović on a four-year contract. He chose the shirt number 99. That same day, he joined Basel's first team during their 2023–24 season under the then head coach

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. Jovanović played his debut for his new club in the

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first round game on 20 August, coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute. He scored his first goal for his new team in the same game, a penalty in the 63rd minute, as Basel went on to win 8–1 against amateur club FC Saint-Blaise. He played his domestic league debut with the team in the home game in the

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on 3 September, playing in the starting eleven, as Basel played a 2–2 draw with

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. He scored his first league goal with them in the home game on 28 September as Basel played a 1–1 draw with

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Partizan *

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

: 2016–17 *

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: 2016–17, 2017–18 Individual *

Player of the Week:

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(Round 29)

References

External links

Profile at FC Basel Archiv

Profile at FC Basel website
* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jovanovic, Djordje 1999 births Living people People from Leposavić Footballers from Mitrovica, Kosovo Serbian men's footballers FK Partizan players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players Cádiz CF players FC Cartagena footballers FK Čukarički players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players FC Basel players Serbian SuperLiga players Belgian Pro League players Israeli Premier League players Swiss Super League players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Kosovo Serbs Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards