Aleksandar Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Јовановић, ; born 4 August 1989) is a retired Australian professional

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player who played as a

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. Born in

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

, he also holds Serbian citizenship.

Career

After playing in the

Endeavour Sports High School Endeavour Sports High School (abbreviated as ESHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school, with speciality in sports, located in Caringbah, a southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Austra ...

team, Jovanović played with

Parramatta Parramatta (; ) is a suburb (Australia), suburb and major commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney. Parramatta is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district, Sydney CBD, on the banks of the Parramatta River. It is co ...

in Australia before signing in January 2008 with

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

club

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

. Because of his youth he failed to make any league appearance that season and in the following one, while in the 2008–09 season, he was loaned to lower league neighbouring clubs

Palić Palić ( sr-Cyrl, Палић; ; ) is a town located in the city of Subotica, North Bačka District, autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is also located from the border between Serbia and Hungary. The town has a Hungarian ethnic majority ...

and

Veternik Veternik ( sr-cyr, Ветерник) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Over the years, especially in the 1990s, it grew with size and inhabitants thus merging with Futog to the west and Novi Sad to the east. Name The set ...

. In the summer of 2009, Vojvodina loaned Jovanović to

Serbian First League The Serbian First League (), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League for sponsorship reasons, is the second tier in professional Serbia's football league. The league was formed in 2005, following a reshuffle of the second tier Serbo-Montenegr ...

club

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...

, where he stayed for a season and a half, becoming a regular player and making a total of 35 league appearances and even scoring one goal. In the summer of 2011, he left Vojvodina and signed with another Serbian top league club,

Hajduk Kula FK Hajduk Kula (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Хајдук Кула) was a Serbian football club based in Kula. The club was named after a Hajduk, a much celebrated hero figure in the Serbian epic poetry. On 30 July 2013, just eleven days before start ...

. He made his Serbian SuperLiga debut on 25 September 2011, in for the 2013 K League 2 in South Korea. After one season he moved up a division to

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side Jeju United for the

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season. On 6 February 2016, Jovanović transferred to

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Super League (), commonly known as the Chinese Super League or the CSL (), also known as the China Resources Beverage Chinese Football Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Ch ...

side Tianjin Teda. In February 2017, he came back to South Korea and once again joined Jeju United, being a regular in the club ever since. He left Jeju in January 2020, after his contract expired. On 14 January 2020, Jovanović signed a six-month contract with a possibility of an extension with

Bosnian Premier League The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (; ; sr-Cyrl, Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), officially known as the Wwin League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for sponsorship purposes, is the top tier football leagu ...

club Željezničar. He made his official debut for the club in a 0–0 league draw against Radnik Bijeljina on 22 February 2020. Jovanović left Željezničar in July 2020. On 13 October 2020 he joined Macarthur. On 22 July 2022, he joined

Indian Super League The Indian Super League (ISL) is a professional association football league in India and the highest level of the Indian football league system. Administered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its commercial partner Football Sport ...

club

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Club statistics

Club

Honours

Bengaluru *

runner-up: 2022–23 *

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runner-up:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jovanovic, Aleksandar 1989 births Living people Soccer players from Sydney Australian people of Serbian descent Australian men's soccer players Men's association football central defenders Parramatta FC players FK Vojvodina players FK Palić players FK Veternik players RFK Novi Sad 1921 players FK Hajduk Kula players Aleksandar Jovanovic Suwon FC players Jeju SK FC players Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players FK Željezničar Sarajevo players Macarthur FC players Bengaluru FC players Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian First League players Aleksandar Jovanovic K League 2 players K League 1 players Chinese Super League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Indian Super League players Australian expatriate men's soccer players Australian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Australian expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Australian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Australian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Australian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Expatriate men's footballers in India Australian expatriate sportspeople in India People educated at Endeavour Sports High School 21st-century Australian sportsmen