Jovana Sretenović (

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: Јована Сретеновић; born 4 February 1986) is a

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player who played as a forward for Sloga Zemun, Mašinac Niš in the

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, Elpides Karditsas, and now plays for Greek side AEL. She was a member of the

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Club career

ŽFK Sloga Zemun

Sretenović's football career began at Sloga Zemun where she played until the end of 2004–05 season. She made a total of 150 appearances and scored 80 goals for the club.

ŽFK Mašinac PZP Niš

She debuted for Mašinac Niš in 2005–06 season. Her first appearance in a

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game was on 13 September 2005 against

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, when she scored her first of a total of six goals for Mašinac in this tournament. With Mašinac Niš Sretenović was three times champion of Serbia – in 2005–06, 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons; and won the

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in 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons. She made 117 appearances and scored 109 goals. Sretenović was honoured Best striker in the 14th Naissus Cup football tournament in August 2007, and Best player of the tournament in August 2008. Her most prolific year was 2008, when she took part in all 40 games, spending 3500 minutes on the field, and scoring 40 goals for Mašinac. She was honoured Best striker and Most successful player of the year.

Elpides Karditsas

Sretenović has played for Elpides Karditsas in the Greek A Division since 2009–10 season, and has been one of the most consistent and important players of the team ever since. Elpides Karditsas finished in second position, behind their main rivals PAOK, in two consecutive seasons – 2011–12 and 2012–13, and then again in 2013–14, giving up the first position to

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SFK 2000 Sarajevo

In August 2010 Sretenović played in two

matches with Bosnian champions

– against

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and ASA Tel Aviv. She also scored a goal for

in a 6–1 victory in a friendly game against Croatian champions

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FC Olympia Sofia

In June 2011 Jovana Sretenović played on loan with

, helping the team win the

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for the first time in its history. In the final match, played on 15 June 2011,

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defeated the Bulgarian league champions NSA Sofia 2–3 at the

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. Sretenović assisted the first goal and scored the third one. Several days earlier, on 5 June, she had made her debut for

, again scoring against NSA Sofia in a league game.

A.E.L. FC

Sretenović has been playing with AEL since their promotion to Greek A Division in 2016–17 season.

International career

Serbia Under-19 Team

Her debut for the Serbia and Montenegro U-19 team in an official game was on 11 April 2001 in a Women's U-19 Euro 2001 qualifier against

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, lost 1–4. From 2001 to 2005 Sretenović played in 24 games and scored 9 goals.

Serbia National Team

Sretenović debuted for the Serbia and Montenegro women's national team in a friendly match against

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in June 2004. Since then she has made a total of no less than 40 appearances and scored 10 goals. Sretenović appeared as a substitute in the second half of the

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qualifier against

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, played on 25 September 2004. The team of

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lost at home 1–2. She took part in all eight Serbia's games in the qualification group for the

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, but didn't manage to score a goal. The day to put her name on the score sheet was soon to come. Sretenović scored four goals – 2 against

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in a 0–5 away victory on 5 May 2007, and 2 more against

in another 0–5 away win on 27 September 2008 – in the qualifiers for the

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. Another three goals were scored by her in friendly matches – 2 against

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in a 3–1 victory on 9 April 2008, and 1 against

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on 2 September 2009. Her only goal in the

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qualifications was scored in a 4–0 win against

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on 31 March 2010. She played in seven games in the qualifying group stage for the 2013 UEFA Women's Championship, where she scored 2 goals – against

in a 1–2 victory on 22 October 2011, and against

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in a 4–2 home win on 19 November 2011. As of 14 February 2014 Jovana Sretenović is the Serbian female player with most appearances (32) in

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competitions.

Serbia Universiade Team

Sretenović was part of the football team which represented

at the XXV Summer Universiade, hosted in

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in June–July 2009. She became the team's top scorer with five goals – 2 against

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, 2 against

, and 1 against

.Србија - Естонија 4:0 (2:0)
on

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's website

References

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on Mašinac Niš official website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sretenovic, Jovana 1986 births Living people Serbian women's footballers Serbia women's international footballers ŽFK Mašinac PZP Niš players Women's association football forwards ŽFK Sloga Zemun players Footballers from Belgrade