Ivan "Guti" Jovanović (; born 1 December 1978) is a

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n former professional

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who played as a

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Career

In the first half of the 2000s, Jovanović played for five Belgrade-based clubs in the

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, spending the most time with Rad and

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. He also had a brief but successful spell at

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, before transferring abroad to China (

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) in early 2006. In the second half of the 2000s, Jovanović went on to play in Belgium (

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), Israel (

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club (, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli professional association football, football club from the city of Beersheba, Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The club was estab ...

), and Macedonia ( Rabotnički and

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), before returning to his homeland and joining

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side

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. In the summer of 2010, Jovanović moved abroad for the second time and joined Cypriot club

AEP Paphos AEP Paphos (, ''Athlitiki Enosi Pafos''; "Athletic Union Paphos") was a Cypriot football club based in Paphos. The club was formed in 2000 after the merger of the two clubs of Paphos, APOP and Evagoras. AEP Paphos was dissolved on 9 June 2014, i ...

. He later played for

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and Sinđelić Beograd, before hanging up his boots in 2014.

Honours

;Sinđelić Beograd *

Serbian League Belgrade Serbian League Belgrade ( Serbian: Српска лига Београд / Srpska liga Beograd) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third tier of professional football in Serbia. The other three sections are Serbian League East, Se ...

: 2012–13

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jovanovic, Ivan 1978 births Living people Footballers from Leskovac Men's association football midfielders Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian men's footballers GFK Dubočica players FK Rad players FK Zemun players FK Obilić players OFK Beograd players FK Voždovac players Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players FK Rabotnichki players FK Vardar players FK Smederevo 1924 players AEP Paphos FC players FK Borac Čačak players FK Sinđelić Beograd players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Chinese Super League players Belgian Pro League players Liga Leumit players Macedonian First Football League players Serbian SuperLiga players Cypriot First Division players Serbian League players Serbian First League players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in China Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in China Serbian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus