Nebojša Kosović ( cnr, Небојша Косовић; born 24 February 1995) is a Montenegrin professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Montenegro national team.

Club career

Vojvodina

Born in

Nikšić Nikšić ( cnr, Никшић, italic=no, sr-cyrl, Никшић, italic=no; ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 56,970 located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot ...

, Kosović joined

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

as a trainee. He made his first team debut for the club in a 3–1 home league victory over Sloboda Užice on 9 April 2011. Until the end of the 2010–11 season, Kosović recorded one more league appearance, as the club finished in third place. He subsequently signed his first professional contract with Vojvodina, penning a three-year deal in February 2012. Kosović also made one league appearance in the 2011–12 season. He scored his first senior goal for the club in a 3–3 away draw against

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on 9 March 2013. In the following 2013–14 season, Kosović scored his first goal in

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, finding the back of the net in a 4–1 away win over Maltese club Hibernians on 4 July 2013. He also extended his contract with Vojvodina in September 2013, to last until the summer of 2017.

Standard Liège

In January 2014, Kosović was transferred to Belgian side

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. He signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with ''Les Rouches'', before being immediately loaned to Hungarian club

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. Led by his former manager Nebojša Vignjević, Kosović was a member of the team that won two major trophies (

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and

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). He eventually returned to Standard Liège in the 2015 winter transfer window, but failed to make any competitive appearance for their first team.

Partizan

On 7 August 2015, Kosović moved back to Serbia and signed with Partizan, penning a four-year deal. He made his debut for the club on 22 August 2015, coming on as a substitute in a 3–1 away league win over

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. On 12 March 2016, Kosović scored his first goal for Partizan in a 3–0 home league win over Voždovac with a

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. He helped the side win the

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in his first season with the ''Crno-beli''. In the following 2016–17 campaign, Kosović recorded 22 appearances and scored three goals in all competitions (league and cup), as Partizan won the double. In November 2018, he extended his contract with Partizan to June 2021.

Kairat

In the spring of 2019, Kosović signed a two-year contract with Kazakh club Kairat in a

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450,000 transfer from Partizan.

Meizhou Hakka

On 21 April 2022, Kosović joined

club

International career

Kosović represented his country at the

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. He scored a brace in a 2–3 group stage loss against Singapore. Kosović also capped for Montenegro at under-17, under-19 and under-21 level. On 29 May 2016, Kosović made his full international debut for

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, coming on as a substitute in a 0–1 friendly loss away against

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Personal life

His nickname is Kića.

Statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Montenegro's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Újpest *

: 2013–14 *

: 2014 ;Partizan *

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 ...

: 2016–17 *

: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 ;Kairat *

Kazakhstan Premier League The Kazakhstan Professional Football League ( kk, Қазақстан Премьер Лигасы, ''Qazaqstan Premer Ligasy''), commonly referred to as Kazakh Premier League or simply Premier League, is the top division of football in Kazakhstan ...

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kosovic, Nebojsa 1995 births Living people Footballers from Nikšić Association football midfielders Montenegrin footballers Montenegro youth international footballers Montenegro under-21 international footballers Montenegro international footballers Footballers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics FK Vojvodina players Standard Liège players Újpest FC players FK Partizan players FC Kairat players Meizhou Hakka F.C. players Serbian SuperLiga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Kazakhstan Premier League players Chinese Super League players Montenegrin expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Serbia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate footballers in Belgium Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Hungary Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate footballers in China Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in China