Nemanja Čović (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Човић; born 18 June 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward for China League One club Suzhou Dongwu.
Club career Early years Čović came through the Vojvodina youth categories, and began his professional career at the age of 16 at Cement Beočin, making 19 league appearances and scoring 5 goals. He said: "The goal was to continue the tradition, since all the men from my closest family started their careers in Cement. It is interesting that all of them were defenders, I am the only forward".
Vojvodina During the summer of 2011, Čović was signed to Vojvodina by a free transfer. He scored against Vaduz in a game that Vojvodina lost 3–1 in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase.Vojvodina 1 Vaduz 3 – uefa.com Subsequently, having spent only a month with Vojvodina, Čović was traded to Spartak Zlatibor Voda. He made his league debut for his new club on 10 September 2011 in a 2–0 away victory over Novi Pazar.
China
Kunshan FC On 2 May 2022, Čović joined China League One club Kunshan FC. He scored 16 goals in the 2022 China League One season, helped the team win the league title and get promoted to the Chinese Super League for the first time, however the club was dissolved in March 2023.
Henan FC On 7 April 2023, Čović signed with Chinese Super League club Henan FC, reuniting with former Kunshan manager Sergio Zarco. He scored 15 goals in his first season in the top division, surpassing Leandro Netto's record in 2011 (14 goals) of most goals scored by a Henan player in a Chinese Super League season.
International career Youth level Čović appeared for under-19 and scored a goal in three games. On 29 February 2012, Čović scored a goal in a friendly for Serbia's U21 team against Bosnia and Herzegovina U21.
Senior national team Čović got his first call up to the senior Serbia side for the friendly games against Dominican Republic and Panama. He made his debut on 25 January 2021, as a substitution during halftime. In the second half of a draw game against Panama he took captain's armband.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCement Beočin2007–08Vojvodina League West195———195Proleter Novi Sad2008–09Serbian League Vojvodina194———1942009–10Serbian First League167———167 Total3511———3511Parma 2010–11Serie A00———00Vojvodina2011–12Serbian SuperLiga10—21—31Spartak Subotica2011–12Serbian SuperLiga13130——1612012–13Serbian First League192———192 Total32330——353Donji Srem2013–14Serbian SuperLiga6010——70Spartak Semey2014Kazakhstan First Division93———93Proleter Novi Sad2014–15Serbian First League11420——134Shakhtyor Soligorsk2015Belarusian Premier League153712010254Proleter Novi Sad2015–16Serbian First League40———40Minsk2016Belarusian Premier League24830——278Lamia2016–17Super League Greece 231———31Minsk2017Belarusian Premier League22331——254Proleter Novi Sad2017–18Serbian First League147———1472018–19Serbian SuperLiga3410———3410 Total481700——4817Vojvodina2019–20Serbian SuperLiga9231——1232020–21Serbian SuperLiga3094310—35122021–22Serbian SuperLiga2452141—307Total63169551—7722Kunshan2022China League One321610——3316Henan2023Chinese Super League241500——24152024Chinese Super League26710——277Total502210——5122Suzhou Dongwu2025China League One11510——125Career total3851173179210426126
International SerbiaYearAppsGoals202120
Honours Club Proleter Novi Sad Serbian First League: 2017–18 Serbian League Vojvodina: 2008–09
Shakhtyor Soligorsk Belarusian Cup runner-up: 2014–15 Belarusian Super Cup runner-up: 2015
Vojvodina Serbian Cup: 2019–20
Kunshan China League One: 2022
Individual Province of Vojvodina Men's Player of the Year Award: 2018 Vojvodina Player of the Season: 2020–21
References
External links Nemanja Čović at uefa.com