Aleksandar Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Александар Јовановић, ; born 6 December 1992) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Rad

Born in

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, Jovanović started his professional career as a member of

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, where he spent time from 2009 to 2014. In the meantime he was loaned to Palilulac Beograd and

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. He made his SuperLiga debut under coach Marko Nikolić, in a match against

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, played on 3 March 2013, when Filip Kljajić got the red card, and Jovanović was substituted in from the bench. After the 2013–14 season he spent as a reserve for Filip Kljajić and Branislav Danilović, Jovanović started 2014–15 as the first choice of coach Milan Milanović, but after several games and some bad reactions he fell into the background and left the club during the winter break off-season.

Radnički Niš

After a short episode with Donji Srem, Jovanović returned in Radnički Niš in summer 2015 to be a successor of

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in front of goal. He signed two-year contract with the club where he passed his youth career. After just 8 conceded goals on 18 matches,

has expressed interest in him.

AGF

In summer 2016, Jovanović moved to

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and signed four-year contract with AGF. He made his official debut for new club in the 1 fixture of the

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season against

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, played on 17 July 2016. After one collision with teammate

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during the 4th fixture match same season, against

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, Jovanović got a head injury and was substituted out. In May 2017, Jovanović made a record, playing without conceded goal for 423 minutes in the

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Huesca

On 28 August 2018, it was announced Jovanović signed a three-year contract with

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club

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. On 15 September 2020, he terminated his contract with the club.

Return to AGF (loan)

On the last day of the 2019 summer transfer market, Jovanović returned to AGF on a loan deal for the rest of 2019 season.

Deportivo La Coruña (loan)

On 31 January 2020, Jovanović moved to fellow

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side

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on loan until June.

Partizan

On June 29, 2023

completed the transfer of new goalkeeper Aleksandar Jovanović from

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in the amount of €450k. He made his debut on August 6 in the second round of the

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in a 0–2 victory over

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. Jovanović was the absolute hero of the

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against

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in the Third qualifying round of

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. He was the best individual of (The Black-Whites) team in a 2–0 defeat in Azerbaijan, when he saved a penalty and several other saves, and prevented Partizan's heavy defeat. In the rematch in Belgrade After a dramatic 90, then 120 minutes of football and five series of penalties, Jovanović saved Namiq Ələsgərov's shot in the last penalty series twice - because the attempt was repeated due to earlier leaving the goal line.

International career

Jovanović got his first call up to the senior Serbia squad for a friendly match against

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on 5 June 2016. In May 2018, he was named in Serbia's preliminary squad for the

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in Russia.

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