Zlatan Alomerović (born 15 June 1991) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a goalkeeper for Jagiellonia Białystok.

Early life

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, Alomerović was born in Prijepolje, in southwestern Serbia (still

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at the time). He arrived in Germany in 1999 at the age of eight with his family and grew up in

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in North Rhine-Westphalia. He holds both a German passport and Serbian passport; he gained a German passport via the support of BVB.

Club career

Borussia Dortmund

In 1999, following Alomerović's emigration to Germany from the former Yugoslavia, Alomerović was enrolled into the academy of TuS Heven and then he was enrolled for one year at the academy of SV Bommern 05 and the academy of SV Herbede before being enrolled at the academy of FSV Witten until the end of the 2005–06 season. In the 2006–07 season, Alomerović was enrolled into the Borussia Dortmund academy. In the 2010–11 season, Alomerović graduated from the BVB academy to the

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where he played in the

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. On 19 March 2011, Alomerović played his only game for Borussia Dortmund II in the 2010–11 season in a Borussia Dortmund II 2–2 draw with the second team of Fortuna Düsseldorf. In the 2011–12 season, the new Borussia Dortmund II manager David Wagner made some system changes and changes of goalkeepers after every second game; then Alomerović played his first match under David Wagner in Borussia Dortmund II's 4–0 away win over the second team of Schalke 04. In the 2012–13 season, on 21 July 2012 Alomerović played his first match of the 2012–13 3. Liga season for Borussia Dortmund II and made his professional football debut in the German

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against VfL Osnabrück. On 18 May 2013, Alomerović played his second match of the 2012–13 season for Borussia Dortmund II in a 1–0 away win over VfB Stuttgart II and at the end of the 2012–13 season, Alomerović was inducted into the Borussia Dortmund first team for the 2013–14 Bundesliga season and Alomerović signed a one-year contract extension with Borussia Dortmund until 30 June 2014.

Korona Kielce

On 8 July 2017 he signed a contract with Ekstraklasa side Korona Kielce.

Honours

Borussia Dortmund * DFL-Supercup:

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Lechia Gdańsk * Polish Cup: 2018–19 *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alomerovic, Zlatan 1991 births Living people People from Prijepolje German people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Serbian footballers German footballers Association football goalkeepers Borussia Dortmund II players Borussia Dortmund players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Lechia Gdańsk players Lechia Gdańsk II players Korona Kielce players Jagiellonia Białystok players Regionalliga players 3. Liga players Ekstraklasa players German expatriate footballers Serbian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Poland German expatriate sportspeople in Poland Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany