Aleksandar Jovanović (, ; born 4 August 1989) is a former Australian professional soccer player who played as a centre-back. Born in Sydney, he also holds Serbian citizenship.
Career After playing in the Endeavour Sports High School team, Jovanović played with Parramatta in AustraliaCHS Nationals 07 at New South Wales schools of football before signing in January 2008 with Serbian SuperLiga club Vojvodina. Because of his youth he failed to make any league appearance that season and in the following one, while in the 2008–09 season, he was loaned to lower league neighbouring clubs Palić and Veternik.
In the summer of 2009, Vojvodina loaned Jovanović to Serbian First League club Novi Sad, where he stayed for a season and a half, becoming a regular player and making a total of 35 league appearances and even scoring one goal.
In the summer of 2011, he left Vojvodina and signed with another Serbian top league club, Hajduk Kula. He made his Serbian SuperLiga debut on 25 September 2011, in for the 2013 K League 2 in South Korea. After one season he moved up a division to K League 1 side Jeju United for the 2014 season. Jeju Weekly
On 6 February 2016, Jovanović transferred to Chinese Super League side Tianjin Teda.泰达宣布签两中卫+两前锋 at sports.sina.com Retrieved 2016-02-06 In February 2017, he came back to South Korea and once again joined Jeju United, being a regular in the club ever since. He left Jeju in January 2020, after his contract expired.
On 14 January 2020, Jovanović signed a six-month contract with a possibility of an extension with Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar. He made his official debut for the club in a 0–0 league draw against Radnik Bijeljina on 22 February 2020. Jovanović left Željezničar in July 2020.
On 13 October 2020 he joined Macarthur.
On 22 July 2022, he joined Indian Super League club Bengaluru.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOthersTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsVojvodina2008–09Serbian SuperLiga0000——00Novi Sad (loan)2009–10Serbian First League27100——2712009–10Serbian First League8000——80Total3510000—351Hajduk Kula2011–12Serbian SuperLiga7010——80Suwon2013K League Challenge24020——260Jeju United2014K League 131100——3112015K League 122020——240Total5312000—551Tianjin TEDA2016Chinese Super League23200——232Jeju United2017K League 11212040—1812018K League 11611010—1812019K League 123010——240Total5124050—602Željezničar2019–20Premijer Liga1010——20Macarthur2020–21A-League13100——1312021–22A-League20011——211Total3311100—342Bengaluru2022–23Indian Super League17020—602502023–24Indian Super League20030——2302024–25Indian Super League23010—51291Total6006000111771Career total2877171501113209
Honours Bengaluru ISL Cup runner-up: 2022–23, 2024–25 Durand Cup: 2022 Super Cup runner-up: 2023
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