Ivica Jovanović (; born 4 December 1987) is a Serbian

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striker who plays for Timok.

Club career

Born in Zaječar, he begin playing with FK Timok 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 cea ...

. In 2008, he joined Montenegrin team FK Rudar Pljevlja but a year later he moved to FK Mladi Radnik 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 contest th ...

. 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 Ru ...

. 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

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they reached the final but this time they lost against FK Čelik Nikšić 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 Aren ...

campaign (a defeat against Shirak FC 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 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 pivo, Jelen SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons) was the seventh season of the Serbian SuperLiga since its establishment. The season began on 26 August 2012 and ended on 25 May 2013. A total of ...

on 2 September 2012, in a home match against Serbian title holders, FK Partizan. On 23 August 2017, Jovanović signed a two-year-deal with Vojvodina.IVICA JOVANOVIĆ STIGAO U VOJVODINU
at FK Vojvodina official website, 23-8-2017

References

External sources

Stats from Montenegro
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