Jovan Mijatović (; born 11 July 2005) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Eintracht Braunschweig, on loan from Major League Soccer (MLS) club New York City FC.
Club career Mijatović went through the junior selections of Red Star Belgrade. At the beginning of the spring of 2021, he suffered a serious knee injury, which caused him to be absent from the field in the following period. With the cadet team, he participated in winning the title for the 2021/22 season, while occasionally playing for the youth team. At the beginning of the competition 2022/23. Mijatović played for Grafičar, where he scored five goals in eight games in the Serbian First League. At the end of the summer transfer window of the same year, he was returned to his parent club and joined the first team. He took the number 9 jersey previously worn by Milan Pavkov.
On 31 January 2025, Mijatović joined OH Leuven in Belgium on loan until the end of the 2024–25 season. He made his debut on 16 February 2025 and scored the winning goal against FCV Dender.
On 29 January 2026, Mijatović moved on a new loan to Eintracht Braunschweig in German 2. Bundesliga, initially until the end of the 2025–26 season, Eintracht held the option to buy or extend the loan at the end of the initial term. As he played the number of games specified in the loan contract during the 2025–26 season, the loan was automatically extended to the end of 2026.
International career Youth In 2019, Mijatović played for the Serbian under-15 national team. He scored a goal at the opening of the Trofej Crna Gora tournament in Podgorica, against the corresponding team of Slovenia. He also made his debut for the under-16 team at a friendly match with his peers from Romania in March 2021. Soon after that, he suffered an injury that kept him off the field for a long time .
He joined the Serbia national under-17 football team a year later, debuting in a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. He enjoyed a long run in the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where Serbia reached the semi-finals under the leadership of Radovan Krivokapić, scoring the lead goal in their semi-final against the Netherlands, only to eventually lose on penalties.
The selector of the Serbia national under-19 football team, Jovan Damjanović, sent an invitation to Mijatović for the "Stevan Vilotić Ćele" Memorial Tournament in September 2022.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsRed Star Belgrade2022–23Serbian SuperLiga1213020001712023–24Serbian SuperLiga148104000198Total269406000369Grafičar Beograd (loan)2022–23Serbian First League85———852023–24Serbian First League50———50Total135———135New York City2024Major League Soccer11000——110New York City II2024MLS Next Pro0020——20OH Leuven (loan)2024–25Belgian Pro League5100—20712025–2614020——160Total191200020231Eintracht Braunschweig (loan)2025–262. Bundesliga0000——00Career total69158060208515
Honours Red Star Belgrade Serbian SuperLiga: 2022–23 Serbian Cup: 2022–23
Individual Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Week: 2023–24 (Round 19)
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