Jovan Jezerkić (

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 ...

: Јован Језеркић; 6 September 1920 – July 2000) was a Yugoslav footballer who played as a striker. He was one of the first players to have played for both Belgrade rival clubs

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and Partizan.

Career

Club career

Born in

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, he begin playing in the youth team of SK Vitez Zemun. In 1936 he became senior and played for the team until 1945. That year he became a member of the newly formed

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 ...

as part of the first squad ever of the club. With the exception of the first half season of 1947–48 that he played with

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 ...

(coincidentally a club that became their major rivals), he played with Red Star all the way until 1952, playing for them a total of 192 matches, 70 in the league, having scored 115 goals, 29 in league. In 1952 he moved to FK Radnički Beograd where, after playing the first season in the Second League, he helped them earn promotion to the Yugoslav First League. He played with them until 1956, scoring another 21 goals in the top league. He was a striker and a typical goal player.

International career

Jezerkić played four matches for the Yugoslavia national team and scored five goals. He was part of the Yugoslav team at the 1947 Balkan Cup where he made his national team debut.

Honours

;Partizan *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup (; ; , ), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (; , and between 1947 and 1991 as the Marshal Tito Cup (; ; ; ), was one of two major association football, football competitions in Socialist Federal Re ...

: 1947 ;Red Star * Yugoslav First League:

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

: 1948, 1949, 1950

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jezerkic, Jovan 1920 births 2000 deaths Footballers from Srem District Men's association football forwards Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Red Star Belgrade footballers FK Partizan players FK Radnički Beograd players Yugoslav First League players