Ivica Jovanović (; born 4 December 1987) is a

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striker who plays for Timočanin.

Club career

Born in

Zaječar Zaječar ( sr-Cyrl, Зајечар, ; or ) is a city and the administrative center of the Zaječar District in eastern Serbia. According to the 2022 census, the city administrative area had a population of 48,621 inhabitants. Zaječar is widely ...

, he begin playing with

FK Timok FK Timok 1919 () is a football club based in Zaječar, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League East, the third tier of the national league system. History Founded in 1919, the club participated in the regional leagues during its early stages. ...

in the

2003–04 Second League of Serbia and Montenegro Second League of Serbia and Montenegro 2003–04 (Serbian: Druga savezna liga) consisted of four groups of 10 teams. The competition started on 17 August 2003 and the regular season ended on June 13, 2004. Changes for next season The next season, ...

, and he later spent some seasons in Belgium playing with

KSC Lokeren Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (), often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren, was a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The club was founded in 1923 but ce ...

. In 2008, he joined Montenegrin team

FK Rudar Pljevlja FK Rudar Pljevlja, commonly known as Rudar Pljevlja or simply Rudar, is a football club based in Pljevlja, Montenegro. It currently plays in the Montenegrin Second League, the country's second tier. Rudar have played in the First League since it ...

but a year later he moved to

FK Mladi Radnik Fudbalski klub Mladi Radnik 1926 ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Млади Радник 1926) is a Serbian football club based in Požarevac. They play in the Serbian League West. History FK Mladi Radnik was formed in 1926 and it was init ...

and played with them in the

2009–10 Serbian SuperLiga The 2009–10 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) is the fourth season of the SuperLiga since its establishment in 2006. It began on 15 August 2009 and ended on 16 May 2010. A total of sixteen teams contested t ...

. At the end of the season he returned to Rudar and this time, in his second spell in the club, he ended up being one of the most used players and helped the club win the

2010–11 Montenegrin Cup The 2010–11 Montenegrin Cup was the fifth season of the Montenegrin knockout football tournament. The winner of the tournament received a berth in the second qualifying round of the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. The defending champions were ...

. In the following season he contributed with 17 goals for Rudar to achieve the second place in the

2011–12 Montenegrin First League The 2011–12 Montenegrin First League was the sixth season of the top-tier football in Montenegro. The season began on 6 August 2011 and ended on 30 May 2012, with a winter break beginning on 8 December 2011. Mogren are the defending champions. ...

, while in the

Cup A cup is an open-top vessel (container) used to hold liquids for drinking, typically with a flattened hemispherical shape, and often with a capacity of about . Cups may be made of pottery (including porcelain), glass, metal, wood, stone, pol ...

they reached the final but this time they lost against

FK Čelik Nikšić Fudbalski Klub Čelik Nikšić ( Montenegrin: Фудбалски клуб Челик Никшић) is a football club based in Nikšić, Montenegro. Founded in september 1957, they currently compete in the Montenegrin Third League. The team once ...

by 2–1 with Jovanović scoring Rudar's goal at that final. He still played with Rudar during their

2012–13 UEFA Europa League The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League was the 42nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 4th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The final was played at the Amsterdam Are ...

campaign (a defeat against

Shirak FC Football Club Shirak (), commonly known as Shirak, is an Armenian professional sports club based in Gyumri. Shirak is known for its professional football team which is one of the oldest football clubs in Armenia, having been created in 1958. The ...

in the first qualifying round) however his impressive goalscoring statistics at those two seasons in the Montenegrin First League made him become one of

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

last signings during the 2012 summer transfer window. He made his debut with OFK in the

2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga The 2012–13 Serbian SuperLiga (known as the Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the Serbian SuperLiga, the top football league of Serbia. The season began on 26 August 2012 and ended on 25 May 2013. A total of 1 ...

on 2 September 2012, in a home match against Serbian title holders,

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

. On 23 August 2017, Jovanović signed a two-year deal with

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

.IVICA JOVANOVIĆ STIGAO U VOJVODINU
at FK Vojvodina official website, 23-8-2017

References

External sources

Stats from Montenegro
at

FSCG The Football Association of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: ''Fudbalski savez Crne Gore'', ''FSCG'' / Фудбалски савез Црне Горе, ФСЦГ) is the governing body of football in Montenegro. It is based in the capital, Podgorica. Th ...

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