Ivan Aleksić (born 6 March 1993) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a

left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for

Vukovar Vukovar () ( sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, hu, Vukovár, german: Wukowar) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern region of Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka and the Danube. Vukovar is the seat of ...

Club career

Aleksić was born in Osijek on 6 March 1993. He began playing football casually as a young boy in his neighbourhood. He eventually started to enjoy this role and pursued to develop his skills in the youth teams of

NK Višnjevac NK Višnjevac is a Croatian football club based in the village of Višnjevac, near Osijek. The team won the Treća HNL East Division in 2003–04, but did not apply for promotion to the second division. As of 2023, they participate in the MŽNL ...

. At the age 12, he joined

NK Osijek Nogometni klub Osijek ( en, Osijek Football Club), commonly referred to as NK Osijek or simply Osijek (), is a Croatian professional football club from Osijek. Founded in 1947, it was the club from Slavonia with the most seasons in the Yugoslav F ...

. On 22 July 2011, Aleksić made his professional debut playing for

against

NK Rijeka Hrvatski nogometni klub Rijeka ( en, Croatian Football Club Rijeka), commonly referred to as NK Rijeka or simply Rijeka, is a Croatian professional football club from the city of Rijeka. HNK Rijeka compete in Croatia's top division, HT Prva lig ...

, wearing the number 14. He made a total of 32 official appearances for

. He moved to

FK Jagodina Fudbalski klub Jagodina () is a Serbian professional football club based in the city of Jagodina, which plays in the Serbian First League, the second tier in Serbia's football league. The club was founded in 1919 under the name ''JSK Zora'', just ...

in summer 2014 to play in the

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

for the Autumn half season. In January 2015, Aleksić left Serbia to play for

NK Inter Zaprešić Nogometni klub Inter Zaprešić was a Croatian professional football club based in Zaprešić, a town northwest of the capital Zagreb. The team are nicknamed ''Keramičari'' (The ceramics makers), because they were sponsored by a ceramics facto ...

. Aleksić played his first game as a team starter against HNK Segesta Sisak in February 2015. He scored his first goal for

against HNK Segesta Sisak on 27 March 2015. He helped

return to the

Prva HNL The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva H ...

. In the summer of 2015 Aleksić signed for

NK Novigrad NK Novigrad is a Croatian association football club founded in 1947 and based in the town of Novigrad in Istria County. It currently plays in the Istrian Third Football League. History The club reached the third Croatian league for the first ti ...

. In the season 2015/2016 played a prominent role in

when they qualified for the

Druga HNL The Prva nogometna liga ( en, First football league), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav Second ...

. On 19 July 2018, he joined Icelandic team KR. In the same month, Aleksić joined

Keflavík Keflavík (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129. In 1995, Keflavik merged with nearby Njarðv ...

on loan for the remainder of the season. On 30 July 2018, Aleksić made his league debut. In September 2019, Aleksić signed for

NK GOŠK Dubrovnik NK GOŠK-Dubrovnik 1919 is a professional football club based in the city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Its name comes from the Gruž neighbourhood of the city (Gruški Omladinski Športski Klub, in English Gruž Youth Sports Club). History GOŠK wa ...

. In January 2020, he moved to BSK Bijelo Brdo. In the summer of 2021 Aleksić signed for

HNK Vukovar '91 HNK Vukovar '91 was a Croatian football club based in the river port of Vukovar. Under the name NK Vukovar '91, club was founded in Zagreb by Vukovar refugees during the Croatian War of Independence. In 1992, newly founded Vukovar '91 merged w ...

. In the 2021/2022 season, the

team won the 3rd HNL, and advanced to a higher rank. Ivan Aleksić scored 11 goals and was the club's second scorer.

International career

Aleksić started his international career in the U15 national team. He played his first international match on 14 May 2008, wearing the number 3. Aleksić has played for Croatia at every level from the under-15s to the under-20s. Most notably, he was fielded in all of the three matches the under-20 team played in the group stage of the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Aleksić won 50 caps with the youth teams of the Croatia national team and remains uncapped with the senior team.

Honours

;Inter Zaprešić *

Croatian Second League The Prva nogometna liga ( en, First football league), commonly Prva NL or 1. NL, is the second tier of the football league system in Croatia. The league was formed in 1991 with the breakup of Yugoslavia and the dissolution of the Yugoslav Secon ...

: 2014–15Ivan Aleksic profile
at Soccerway

References

External links

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Ivan Aleksić
at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aleksic, Ivan 1993 births Living people Footballers from Osijek Men's association football fullbacks Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers NK Osijek players NK Inter Zaprešić players NK Novigrad players Knattspyrnudeild Keflavík players NK GOŠK-Dubrovnik 1919 players NK BSK Bijelo Brdo players HNK Vukovar '91 players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Iceland