Aleksandar Petrović (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Александар Петровић; born 22 March 1983), is a

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former

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who played as a

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Career

He had previously played with Serbian clubs

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbia, Serbian professional football club (association football), football ...

FK Teleoptik FK Teleoptik () is a professional football club based in Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League Belgrade, the third tier of the national league system. History Founded by the manufacturing company of the same name in 1952, t ...

FK Borac Čačak Fudbalski klub Borac Čačak (), or simply Borac Čačak, is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia. The home ground is Čačak Stadium, which has seating capacity of 8,000. As of 2019–20 season, the club competes in third tier Se ...

FK Voždovac Fudbalski klub Voždovac (), commonly known as Voždovac, is a professional football club located in Voždovac, a municipality of Belgrade, Serbia. Nicknamed "The Dragons", they experienced little success in the Yugoslavian era, but have become ...

FK Smederevo Fudbalski klub Smederevo 1924 ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб Смедерево 1924), commonly known as Smederevo, is a Serbian professional football club based in Smederevo. During Yugoslavia the club mainly played in amateur ranks of com ...

, and

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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ( ko, 전북 현대 모터스) is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Playing at the Jeonju World Cup S ...

and

Chunnam Dragons The Jeonnam Dragons (Korean: 전남 드래곤즈) are a South Korean professional football club based in the city of Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. The Dragons play thei ...

Position

He can be deployed as either a

, his preferred position, or as a left-wing midfield player.

Background

Petrović is often known simply by his

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, Alex.

Honours

;Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors *

K League 1 The K League 1 (Hangul: K리그1) is the men's top professional football division of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs. History The South Korean professional football league was founded in 1 ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

External links

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Early career stats at SrbijafudbalAleksandar Petrović Stats
at Utakmica.rs * Living people 1983 births Footballers from Belgrade Serbian footballers Association football defenders Serbian expatriate footballers FK Partizan players FK Teleoptik players FK Čukarički players FK Borac Čačak players FK Voždovac players FK Smederevo players Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors players Jeonnam Dragons players FC Petrolul Ploiești players CS Concordia Chiajna players ACS Poli Timișoara players CS Național Sebiș players Serbian SuperLiga players K League 1 players Liga I players Expatriate footballers in South Korea Expatriate footballers in Romania Serbian expatriates in South Korea Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Romania {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub