Aleksandar Boljević ( Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Бољевић; born 12 December 1995) is a Montenegrin professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club Željezničar and the Montenegro national team.

Club career

Zeta

Boljević made his debut for Zeta in the Montenegrin First League in 2011 at the age of 15. His extraordinary talent cemented his place in Zeta's regular starting lineup. Already at the age of 16, Boljević played a key role in Zeta's campaign in the

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. He appeared in all eight

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qualifying games that year, making assists against JJK and Sarajevo before playing two matches against PSV Eindhoven. Even though Zeta lost by a staggering 0–14 on aggregate, PSV recognized Boljević and subsequently signed him on a pre-contract, which transferred him to PSV in January 2014.

PSV

In his time at PSV, Boljević mostly played for the reserves,

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. While he did impress while playing for Jong PSV, it wasn't enough for manager Phillip Cocu to call Boljević up more regularly for the first team. He made only one appearance for the first team. On 9 August 2016, it became clear that Boljević had signed a contract with Belgian club Waasland-Beveren. He had only one season remaining on his contract with PSV.

Belgium

On 9 August 2016, Boljević signed with

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side Waasland-Beveren. During the 2016–17 season, he made 21 appearances for Beveren, recording 4 assists and no goals. In June 2019, Boljević joined Standard Liège. In January 2021, he was loaned to Eupen until the end of the season.

Hapoel Tel Aviv

On 26 January 2023, Boljević moved to Israeli Premier League club

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until the end of the

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season.

Željezničar

On 29 September 2023, Boljević signed a two-year contract with

club Željezničar. On 27 October 2023, he made his league debut for Željezničar in a 2–0 away loss to Igman Konjic.

International career

In 2010, at the age of 14, Boljević represented Montenegro at the

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. He scored a goal against Zimbabwe in the group stage and another goal against

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in the tournament's

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. In August 2012, he participated in the Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament, where his team lost in the final to Slovakia on

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and took home silver medals. At 17 years of age, Boljević made his debut for the Montenegro national team on 17 November 2013, in a friendly game against Luxembourg. He has, as of March 2021, earned a total of 26 caps, scoring two goals.

Honours

PSV * Eredivisie: 2014–15

References

External links

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Voetbal International profile
() {{DEFAULTSORT:Boljevic, Aleksandar 1995 births Living people Footballers from Podgorica Men's association football wingers Montenegrin men's footballers Montenegro men's under-21 international footballers Montenegro men's international footballers Footballers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics FK Zeta players Jong PSV players PSV Eindhoven players S.K. Beveren players Standard Liège players K.A.S. Eupen players Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Montenegrin First League players Eerste Divisie players Eredivisie players Belgian Pro League players Israeli Premier League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Israel Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina