Milan Jovanić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Јованић; born 31 July 1985) is a

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

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manager and former player. He played as a

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for

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

last, and then retired and became goalkeeping coach.

Club career

Jovanić began his career at hometown club

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second la ...

before moving to

FK Veternik FK Veternik (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Ветерник) is a football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, Serbia. History The club was formed in 1977 along with the creation of Vujadin Boškov sports center. Until the 1990s the club mostly played in ...

. In 2005, he joined

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club

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues. Founded in 19 ...

. He made one league appearance for

in their match against

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, and left the club after the 2005/2006 season. It kept a clean sheet, becoming the only regular goalkeeper to have played in the A-League and left without conceding a goal. Jovanić returned to Serbia and signed with

FK Novi Sad RFK Novi Sad 1921 (Serbian Cyrillic: РФК Нови Сад 1921) is a professional football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club is currently playing in the Serbian First League. History The club was founded in 1921 with the name NTK (Novosadski ...

from

Serbian League Vojvodina Serbian League Vojvodina ( Serbian: Српска лига Војводина / Srpska liga Vojvodina) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third national tier. The other three sections are Serbian League Belgrade, Serbian League East ...

, where he took part of their promotion to the First League. After two seasons in the First League he moved to the Superliga side Spartak Subotica. Jovanić played 29 matches in 2009/2010 season, the club finished 4th in the league and qualified for the European cups. Jovanić finished second in voting for the Best Superliga Goalkeeper, after

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. On 13 June 2010, Jovanić joined Polish

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 cl ...

side

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. It ...

on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee from Spartak Subotica. He won the Ekstraklasa championship in his debut season.

International career

Jovanić made his senior debut for

in a friendly match against

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where Serbia ran out 3-0 winners.

Honours

FK Novi Sad

: 2006–07

Wisła Kraków

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Milan Jovanić
at reprezentacija.rs {{DEFAULTSORT:Jovanic, Milan 1985 births Living people Footballers from Novi Sad Serbian footballers Serbia international footballers Serbian expatriate footballers FK Obilić players Perth Glory FC players A-League Men players RFK Novi Sad 1921 players FK Spartak Subotica players Wisła Kraków players Serbian SuperLiga players Ekstraklasa players Association football goalkeepers Expatriate footballers in Poland Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Poland Serbian football managers