Jovan "Jovo" Bosančić (; born 7 August 1970) is a retired

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...

SR Serbia The Socialist Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Социјалистичка Република Србија, Socijalistička Republika Srbija), previously known as the People's Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / " ...

, Bosančić started playing football at the age of 10 when he joined the youth team of

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 ...

. He made his debut as a senior in the 1988–89 season and played in the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

until 1992. Bosančić then moved to

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where he spent most of his career, playing for

C.F. União Clube de Futebol União, commonly known as União da Madeira, was a Portuguese association football, football club based in Funchal, Madeira, notable for its six season in the Portuguese top-flight Primeira Liga, between the 1989–90 Primeira D ...

(two seasons), S.C. Campomaiorense,

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 71,422 in 2021, while the wider boroug ...

and

En Avant Guingamp En Avant Guingamp (, ), commonly referred to as EA Guingamp, EAG, or simply Guingamp (), is a French professional Football in France, football club based in the Communes of France, commune of Guingamp, in France's Brittany region. The club wa ...

, and finishing his career with União's

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neighbours C.D. Nacional. He helped the Tykes gain promotion to the

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for the first time in the club's history, only to be immediately relegated. Whilst in the Premier League he scored twice, in games against

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and

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. He retired from football in 2003, at the age of 33.

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* * 1970 births Living people Footballers from Novi Sad Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers FK Vojvodina players C.F. União players S.C. Campomaiorense players Barnsley F.C. players En Avant Guingamp players C.D. Nacional players Yugoslav First League players Primeira Liga players Premier League players English Football League players Ligue 2 players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in England Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in France Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in France {{serbia-footy-midfielder-stub