Aleksandar Petrović (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (, ), also known as the Serbian script, (, ), is a standardized variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language. It originated in medieval Serbia and was significantly reformed in the 19th cen ...

: Александар Петровић; born 22 March 1983), is a Serbian retired

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who played as a

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Career

He had previously played with Serbian clubs

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

, FK Teleoptik,

FK Borac Čačak Fudbalski klub Borac 1926 (), commonly known as Borac Čačak, is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia. The home ground is Čačak Stadium, which has seating capacity of 8,000. As of 2024–25 season, the club competes in secon ...

FK Voždovac Fudbalski klub Voždovac () is a professional football club based in Voždovac, Belgrade, Serbia, which competes in the Serbian First League, the second tier. Nicknamed "The Dragons", they experienced little success in the Yugoslavian era, but h ...

FK Smederevo Fudbalski klub Smederevo 1924 ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб Смедерево 1924), commonly known as Smederevo, is a Serbian professional football club based in Smederevo. At the beginning of the 2000s, the club (then known as Sartid S ...

, and

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K-League

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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Jeonbuk have won the K League a record nine times, including ...

and Chunnam Dragons.

Position

He can be deployed as either a

, his preferred position, or as a left-wing midfield player.

Background

Petrović is often known simply by his

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, Alex.

Honours

;Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors *

K League 1 The K League 1 () is a professional association football league in South Korea and the highest level of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs. It is one of the most successful leagues in the Asian Foo ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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Aleksandar Petrović Stats
at Utakmica.rs * 1983 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football fullbacks Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian men's footballers FK Partizan players FK Teleoptik players FK Čukarički players FK Borac Čačak players FK Voždovac players FK Smederevo 1924 players Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors players Jeonnam Dragons players FC Petrolul Ploiești players CS Concordia Chiajna players ACS Poli Timișoara players FK IMT players FK Dinamo Pančevo players CS Național Sebiș players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players Serbian SuperLiga players K League 1 players Liga I players Liga II players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Serbian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Romania 21st-century Serbian sportsmen {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub