Đorđe Ivelja ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Ивеља; also

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Djordje Ivelja; born 30 June 1984) is a

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who played as a

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Club career

Ivelja made his

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debut with

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

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

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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

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side

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, 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

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, winning the silver medal.

Statistics

Honours

;Napredak Kruševac *

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: 2015–16

References

External links

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PrvaLiga profile
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Ivelja Đorđe
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