Đorđe Ivelja ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Ивеља; also

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Djordje Ivelja; born 30 June 1984) is a

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

n professional

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who plays as a

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for club where he started his career, Hercegovac iz Gajdobre.

Club career

Ivelja made his

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Прва савезна лига / Prva savezna liga) was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed following the breakup of Yu ...

debut with

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma, ...

in 2001, aged 17. He spent seven years there, including several loan spells with lower-tier clubs. In early 2009, Ivelja moved to

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

n side

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. He made 11 league appearances for the club, before leaving at the end of the year. On 12 January 2017, Ivelja joined

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

side

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

, signing a short-term contract. He left the club in June. In the summer of 2017, Ivelja joined Swiss club NK Pajde Möhlin.

International career

Ivelja represented Serbia at the

2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2007 were held from 10 June 2007 to 23 June 2007. It was the 16th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. Summary For the first time, a host nation was chosen ahead of the competition – the Nethe ...

, winning the silver medal.

Statistics

Honours

;Napredak Kruševac *

Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Прва лига / Mozzart Bet Prva liga) for sponsorship reasons, is the name for the second ...

: 2015–16

References

External links

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PrvaLiga profile

Ivelja Đorđe
at Utakmica.rs {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivelja, Djordje 1984 births Living people Serbian footballers Serbia under-21 international footballers Association football midfielders Serbian expatriate footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Uzbekistan Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Romania Expatriate footballers in Slovenia Expatriate footballers in Uzbekistan Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Switzerland OFK Beograd players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005) players FK Napredak Kruševac players FC Rapid București players FK ČSK Čelarevo players FK Javor Ivanjica players FK Mačva Šabac players FK Mladi Radnik players FK Veternik players FC Montana players Serbian First League players Serbian SuperLiga players Liga I players Slovenian PrvaLiga players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players People from Bačka Palanka