Christer Lipovac (born 7 March 1996) is a

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, of

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n descent, who plays for

Karlslunds IF Karlslunds IF is a Sweden, Swedish sports club with several departments, located in Örebro. Karlslunds IF runs one of the biggest programme for athletics in Örebro, Sweden, with some 4000 members and more than 200 coaches coaching eight differ ...

as a

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Career

Lipovac signed his first professional deal at age 16 when his boyhood club

gave him a first team contract in 2012. The following year he was bought by

Örebro SK Örebro Sportklubb, more commonly known as Örebro SK, Örebro or (especially locally) ÖSK, is a Swedish professional football club based in Örebro. The club are affiliated to Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Behrn A ...

who loaned him back to Karlslund for the 2013 season so that he could get playtime at the fourth tier level. On 4 May 2014 he made his

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ...

debut when he came on as a second-half substitute in an away game against

Kalmar FF Kalmar Fotbollförening, more commonly known as Kalmar FF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Kalmar. The club is affiliated to Smålands Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Guldfågeln Arena. Formed on 15 June 1910, the clu ...

International career

In September 2013 Lipovac was selected to the

Sweden national under-17 football team The Sweden national under-17 football team ( sv, svenska pojklandslaget i fotboll) is the football team representing Sweden in competitions for under-17-year-old players. The Swedish U17 team came into existence following the realignment of the ...

that would compete in the

2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the fifteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The tournament was held in the United Arab Emirates between 17 October and 8 November. Nigeria won the tournament after defeating Mexico 3–0 in the final, cla ...

Honours

Sweden U17 *

FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to U-17 in 1991 and to its current name in 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by ''Fédération ...

Third place:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lipovac, Christer 1996 births Living people Swedish people of Croatian descent Men's association football forwards Örebro SK players Allsvenskan players Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers