Milan Jovanić
Milan Jovanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Јованић; born 31 July 1985) is a Serbian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Vojvodina last, and then retired and became goalkeeping coach.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 July 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vojvodina | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Veternik | 38 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Perth Glory | 1 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Novi Sad | 56 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Spartak Subotica | 29 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Wisła Kraków | 6 | (0) |
| 2013 | Spartak Subotica | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Vojvodina | 8 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2003–2004 | Serbia and Montenegro U19 | ||
| 2010 | Serbia | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018 | Cement Beočin (Goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2018– | Vojvodina (Goalkeeping coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
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 2005–06 season. He kept a clean sheet, and as of 2024, is the only non-emergency goalkeeper to have played in the A-League and left without conceding a goal.
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 2009–10 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]
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.[citation needed]
International career edit
Jovanić made his senior debut for Serbia in a friendly match against Japan in Osaka where Serbia ran out 3-0 winners.[2][3]
Honours edit
Novi Sad
Wisła Kraków
References edit
External links edit
- Milan Jovanić at National-Football-Teams.com
- Milan Jovanić at WorldFootball.net
- Milan Jovanić at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)