Milan Jovanić

Milan Jovanić

Personal information
Full name	Milan Jovanić
Date of birth	31 July 1985 (1985-07-31) (age 26)
Place of birth	Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Wisła Kraków
Number	1
Youth career
	FK Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2004	FK Veternik	38	(0)
2005–2006	Perth Glory	1	(0)
2006–2009	FK Novi Sad	66	(0)
2009–2010	Spartak Subotica	29	(0)
2010–	Wisła Kraków	4	(0)
National team‡
2003–2004	Serbia and Montenegro U-19
2010–	Serbia	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 June 2010

Milan Jovanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Јованић ;born 31 July 1985 in Novi Sad) is a Serbian football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Polish Ekstraklasa club Wisła Kraków.

Club career

Jovanić began his career at hometown club FK Vojvodina before moving to FK Veternik. In 2005 he joined Australian A-League club Perth Glory. He made one league appearance for Perth Glory in their match against Sydney FC, and left the club after the 2005/2006 season.

Jovanić returned to Serbia and signed with FK Novi Sad from Serbian League Vojvodina, where he took part of their promotion to the First League. After two seasons in the First League he moved to the Superliga side Spartak Subotica. Jovanić played 29 matches in 2009/2010 season, the club finished 4th in the league and qualified for the European cups. Jovanić finished second in voting for the Best Superliga Goalkeeper, after Saša Stamenković.^[1] Also, he received the highest average rating among all Superliga footballers in the ranking presented on srbijafudbal.net.^[2]

On 13 June 2010, Jovanić joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee from Spartak Subotica. He won the Ekstraklasa championship in his debut season.

International career

Jovanić made his senior debut for Serbia in a friendly match against Japan in Osaka where Serbia ran out 3-0 winners.^[3][4]

Honours

FK Novi Sad

• Serbian League Vojvodina: 2006–07

Wisła Kraków

• Ekstraklasa: 2010–11

References

1. ^ "Jovanić walczy w Wiśle o... kadrę Serbii". futbolnews.pl. http://www.futbolnews.pl/rozgrywki/ekstraklasa/artykuly-ekstraklasa/art,616,jovanic-walczy-w-wisle-o-kadre-serbii.html. Retrieved 19 October 2011. 
2. ^ "Prosecne Ocene 2009/2010". srbijafudbal.net. http://www.srbijafudbal.net/index2.htm. Retrieved 19 October 2011. 
3. ^ Serbia ease past Japan in warm-up at FIFA.com
4. ^ Match report at Reprezentacija.rs

External sources

• Milan Jovanić at reprezentacija.rs
• Profile at Playerhistory.
• Profile at Transfermarkt.

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Name	Jovanic, Milan
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Date of birth	31 July 1985
Place of birth	Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia
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