Radomir Novaković (born 24 January 2000) is a German–Serbian

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footballer who plays as a

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for

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Club career

OFK Kikinda

Novaković was born in Germany. After his second birthday, he moved with his family to

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where he played for OFK Kikinda in the youth school.

Borussia Monchengladbach

Novakovic returned to Germany at the age of 12, and continued his football career in

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, from where he later moved to

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. He first played for Borussia Monchengladbach U15, then for Borussia Monchengladbach U16 and Borussia Monchengladbach U17.

Roda JC Kerkrade

At the age of 17, Novaković decided to leave Monchengladbach and go to the

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in order to tried in professional football as well. At first, he was the starting goalkeeper of the youth team, but when he didn't concede a goal for 200 consecutive minutes, after 20 matches he was transferred from Roda U23 to the senior team. He made his

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debut for

on 7 December 2018 in a game against

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. He had a lot of great games, against

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, a team that was a quarterfinalist of the

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at that time,

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. He played 25 games and spent 2,100 minutes on the pitch in the Eredivisie, he did not concede a goal in four matches.

FK Inđija

After the structural changes in Roda, he wanted to change the environment and sign for the club where he will be the standard goalkeeper again. He made his debut for FK Inđija on 21 October 2020, in the

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match against IMT.

Schalke 04 II

In January 2022, he returned to Germany, signing with Schalke 04 II.

Alemannia Aachen

On 26 July 2023,

announced the signing of Novaković.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

;Borussia Monchengladbach U16 *Mayor's cup

References

External links

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Radomir Novakovic
at FmDataba {{DEFAULTSORT:Novaković, Radomir 2000 births Footballers from Mönchengladbach Living people German men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Roda JC Kerkrade players FK Inđija players Ayia Napa FC players FC Schalke 04 II players Eerste Divisie players Serbian SuperLiga players Regionalliga players Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands German expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus German expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus