Velimir Ivanović (; born 22 November 1978) is a
Serbia
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n former
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career
After starting out at
Radnički Kragujevac, Ivanović was transferred to Greek club
Larissa
Larissa (; el, Λάρισα, , ) is the capital and largest city of the Thessaly region in Greece. It is the fifth-most populous city in Greece with a population of 144,651 according to the 2011 census. It is also capital of the Larissa regiona ...
in 1999. He subsequently returned to his homeland and signed a four-year contract with
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
in 2000. Failing to make an impact in just two league appearances, Ivanović was loaned to his parent club
Radnički Kragujevac in the 2001 winter transfer window.
In the 2002 winter transfer window, Ivanović moved to Bulgaria and signed with
Slavia Sofia
PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home ground ...
. He spent four and a half seasons with the club, scoring 30 league goals in 101 league appearances.
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1978 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kragujevac
Serbia and Montenegro footballers
Serbian footballers
Association football midfielders
FK Radnički 1923 players
Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players
FK Partizan players
Olympiacos Volos F.C. players
PFC Slavia Sofia players
PFC Spartak Varna players
PFC Minyor Pernik players
PFC Svetkavitsa players
PFC Vidima-Rakovski Sevlievo players
Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players
First League of Serbia and Montenegro players
Football League (Greece) players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate footballers
Serbian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Greece
Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria