Jovan Marković ( sr-cyr, Јован Марковић, , ; born 23 March 2001) is a Romanian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Universitatea Craiova.

Club career

Marković made his

debut for Universitatea Craiova on 1 April 2017, aged 16, in a 1–4 home loss to

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. His breakthrough came in the 2021–22 season, following a loan stint at

Academica Clinceni Club Sportiv LPS HD Clinceni, commonly known as Clinceni and formerly known as ''Academica Clinceni'' is a Romanian amateur football club based in Clinceni, Ilfov County, currently playing in the Liga IV - Ilfov County. In the summer of 2022 for ...

, as he managed to score 13 goals from 44 games in all competitions.

International career

Marković made his debut for the

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on 2 September 2021, in a 2–0 away victory over

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in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Personal life

Marković was born in

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to a Serbian father and a Romanian mother from

Corabia Corabia () is a small Danube port located in Olt County, Oltenia, Romania, which used to be part of the now-dissolved Romanați County before World War II. Across the Danube from Corabia lies the Bulgarian village of Gigen. History Beneath Co ...

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Universitatea Craiova *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994, ...

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; runner-up:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Markovic, Jovan 2001 births Living people Romanian people of Serbian descent Footballers from Belgrade People from Corabia Romanian footballers Association football forwards Liga I players CS Universitatea Craiova players LPS HD Clinceni players Romania youth international footballers Romania international footballers Romania under-21 international footballers