Aleksandar Popović (, born 2 November 1983) is a retired

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midfielder who plays for FK Beograd.

Career

He was born in Klagenfurt,

. He started his career playing with BSV Bad Bleiberg. In 2001, he moved to FR Yugoslavia and joined Serbian giants

red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

, however he spent most time on loan at

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. Afterwards, he returned to Austria and then played one season, already as senior, at his previous club, BSV Bad Bleiberg. at Srbijafudbal In 2003, he moved abroad again, this time just crossing the border and joining Slovenian top-league side Olimpija Ljubljana, playing with them the seasons 2003–04 and 2004–05. His fine performances in SLovenian PrvaLiga made interest in the region grow, and he returned to Serbia and signed with

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Serbia, the second large ...

. Popović became the team captain in

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club

, and in summer 2009, he moved to

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to play in Kavala F.C. in the

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.Aleksandar Popović
at Soccerway In 2010, he returned again to Serbia and played with FK Beograd in third-tier, the

Serbian League Belgrade Serbian League Belgrade ( Serbian: Српска лига Београд / Srpska liga Beograd) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third tier of professional football in Serbia. The other three sections are Serbian League East, Se ...

References

1983 births Living people Footballers from Klagenfurt Men's association football midfielders Austrian men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Jedinstvo Ub players BSV Bad Bleiberg players NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players FK Vojvodina players Kavala F.C. players FK Beograd (Serbia) players 2. Liga (Austria) players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Serbian SuperLiga players Super League Greece players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece 21st-century Serbian sportsmen {{Serbia-footy-midfielder-stub