Jovan Mijatović ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Мијатовић; born 11 July 2005) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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on loan from American side

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Club career

Mijatović went through the junior selections of

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 ...

. At the beginning of the spring of 2021, he suffered a serious knee injury, which caused him to be absent from the field in the following period. With the cadet team, he participated in winning the title for the 2021/22 season, while occasionally playing for the youth team. At the beginning of the competition 2022/23. Mijatović played for Grafičar, where he scored five goals in eight games in the

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. At the end of the summer transfer window of the same year, he was returned to his parent club and joined the first team. He took the number 9 jersey previously worn by

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. On 31 January 2025, Mijatović joined

in Belgium on loan until the end of the 2024–25 season. He made his debut on February 16, 2025 and scored the winning goal against FCV Dender.

International career

Youth

In 2019, Mijatović played for the Serbian under-15 national team. He scored a goal at the opening of the ''Trofej Crna Gora'' tournament in

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, against the corresponding team of Slovenia. He also made his debut for the under-16 team at a friendly match with his peers from Romania in March 2021. Soon after that, he suffered an injury that kept him off the field for a long time . He joined the

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a year later, debuting in a friendly match against

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. He enjoyed a long run in the

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, where Serbia reached the semi-finals under the leadership of

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, scoring the lead goal in their semi-final against the Netherlands, only to eventually lose on penalties. The selector of the

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, sent an invitation to Mijatović for the " Stevan Vilotić Ćele" Memorial Tournament in September 2022.

Career statistics

Honours

;Red Star Belgrade *

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Individual *

Player of the Week: 2023–24 (Round 19)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mijatovic, Jovan 2005 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football forwards Serbian men's footballers Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers RFK Grafičar Beograd players Red Star Belgrade footballers New York City FC players New York City FC II players Oud-Heverlee Leuven players Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian First League players Major League Soccer players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium 21st-century Serbian sportsmen