Petar Jovanović (; born 12 July 1982) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a defender for

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Club career

In the summer of 2005, Jovanović moved to Romania and signed with

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newcomers Vaslui. He spent the next seven years at the club, including loan spells to Mladenovac, Politehnica Iași,

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, and

. In June 2012, Jovanović was acquired by newly promoted Liga I side CSMS Iași. He subsequently moved to

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club Jedinstvo Užice in the 2013 winter transfer window. In July 2013, Jovanović signed for Serbian SuperLiga side Radnički Niš, alongside his former Vaslui teammate Marko Ljubinković. He later returned to Romania and signed with Liga I club

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

in June 2014. However, they suffered relegation that season. In the summer of 2015, Jovanović made a return to Serbia and joined

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. He then spent a year with

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(2016) and Čukarički (2017). In January 2018, Jovanović signed with Mladost Lučani. He also briefly played for Zlatibor Čajetina in late 2019, before returning to Mladost Lučani in early 2020.

Career statistics

Honours

;Vaslui *

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;Universitatea Cluj *

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: Runner-up 2014–15 ;Mladost Lučani *

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: Runner-up 2017–18

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jovanovic, Petar 1982 births Living people Footballers from Tuzla Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Men's association football defenders Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers FK Radnički Klupci players FK Čukarički players FK Sloboda Užice players CS Sporting Vaslui players OFK Mladenovac players FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players FK Sevojno players FC Politehnica Iași (2010) players FK Jedinstvo Užice players FK Radnički Niš players FC Universitatea Cluj players FK Voždovac players FK Rad players FK Mladost Lučani players FK Zlatibor Čajetina players Serbian First League players Serbian SuperLiga players Liga I players Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Romania