Slobodan Medojević (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Слободан Медојевић; born 20 November 1990) is a Serbian

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who plays as a

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for

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division ( el, Πρωτάθλημα Α΄ Κατηγορίας) is the top tier football league competition in Cyprus, run by the Cyprus Football Association. Since February 2016, it is sponsored by Cyta and is thus officially ...

club

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintain ...

Club career

Vojvodina

Medojević came through the youth ranks at

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and made his professional debut during the 2006–07 season, in a 1–0 away win against Mladost Apatin on 2 May 2007. However, because of his young age, he failed to make appearances during the 2007–08 season. In the 2008–09 season, he returned to the first team and made two league appearances. From the 2009–10 season, Medojević became an important member of the team and collected 25 league appearances, scoring two goals.

Wolfsburg

On 2 January 2012, after four years playing for

, Medojević signed his first contract outside of

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with

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contender

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

. He finally made his league debut during a 2–2 home draw against 1. FC Nürnberg on 31 March 2013. He was kept off the field by a chronically inflamed

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while at Wolfsburg, and had not recovered from his injury when he left.

Eintracht Frankfurt

On 31 August 2014, Medojević signed with

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on a three-year contract. He underwent surgery for his chronic achilles tendon injury, after which a long period of recovery followed. He made his return for Eintracht on 30 September 2017 in a 2–1 win against

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, after having spent 565 days without playing a professional match.

Darmstadt 98

In January 2019, Medojević signed a one-and-a-half year contract with

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AEL Limassol

In September 2019, Medojević joined

Career statistics

Honours

Vojvodina *

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

runner-up: 2008–09 *

Serbian Cup The Serbian Cup ( Serbian: Куп Србије, Kup Srbije) is the national football cup of Serbia. The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round. From 2006 to 2010, the competition was known as the Lav Cup ...

runner-up: 2009–10, 2010–11 VfL Wolfsburg *

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: 2014–15 Eintracht Frankfurt *

: 2017–18; Runner-up 2016–17 AEL Limassol *

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runner-up:

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Individual *

Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season The Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season is an annual award given to a set of 11 footballers in the top tier of Serbian football, the SuperLiga, who are seen to be the best 11 players of the calendar season. Winners 2008–09 Source 2009–10 ...

: 2010–11

References

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Slobodan Medojević
at UEFA {{DEFAULTSORT:Medojevic, Slobodan 1990 births Living people Footballers from Novi Sad Serbian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers FK Vojvodina players VfL Wolfsburg players Eintracht Frankfurt players SV Darmstadt 98 players AEL Limassol players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Cypriot First Division players Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus