Aleksandar Jovanović

Aleksandar Jovanović (, ; born 6 December 1992) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Kocaelispor.

Club career Rad Born in Niš, Jovanović started his professional career as a member of Rad, where he spent time from 2009 to 2014. He was later sent on loan to Palilulac Beograd and Palić. In a match against Red Star Belgrade on 3 March 2013, Jovanović made his SuperLiga debut under coach Marko Nikolić when Filip Kljajić got the red card, and Jovanović was substituted in from the bench. After the 2013–14 season, Jovanović spent as a reserve for Filip Kljajić and Branislav Danilović, Jovanović started 2014–15 as the first-choice goalkeeper of coach Milan Milanović. However, after several games and some bad reactions, Jovanović left the club during the winter break off-season.

Radnički Niš After a short episode with Donji Srem, Jovanović returned in Radnički Niš in summer 2015 to succeed Milan Borjan in front of goal. He signed two-year contract with the club where he passed his youth career. After just eight conceded goals on eighteen matches, Partizan has expressed interest in him.

AGF In summer 2016, Jovanović moved to Denmark and signed four-year contract with AGF. On 17 July 2016, he officially debuted for the club in a 2016–17 Danish Superliga match against SønderjyskE, played on 17 July 2016. A collision with teammate Dino Mikanović during the fourth match against Esbjerg led Jovanović to suffer a head injury and came out as a substitute. In May 2017, Jovanović made a record, playing without conceded goal for 423 minutes in the Danish Superliga.

Huesca and loan moves On 28 August 2018, Jovanović signed a three-year contract with La Liga club SD Huesca. On 15 September 2020, he terminated his contract with the club.

On the last day of the 2019 summer transfer market, Jovanović returned to AGF on a loan deal for the rest of 2019 season. On 31 January 2020, Jovanović moved to fellow Segunda División club Deportivo de La Coruña on loan until June.

Later career On 29 June 2023, Partizan completed the transfer of Jovanović from Apollon Limassol in the amount of €450,000.

Jovanović made his debut on 6 August in the second round of the Serbian SuperLiga in a 0–2 victory against Vojvodina at Karađorđe Stadium. In the two-legged tie against Sabah during the third qualifying round of 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League, he was the team's best goalkeeper in a 2–0 defeat in Azerbaijan, saving a penalty and made several other saves as well as prevented Partizan's heavy defeat. In the rematch in Belgrade after 90–120 minutes of football and five penalties, Jovanović saved Namiq Ələsgərov's shot in the last penalty series twice - because the attempt was repeated due to earlier leaving the goal line. On 20 December, Partizan defeated Red Star 2–1 in the 171st Eternal derby with Jovanović as the man of the match, making six saves in total and helping coach Duljaj's team get the derby win.

On 9 March 2024, in the second Eternal derby of the season which ended 2–2. Jovanović recorded eight saves and was declared the best player of the 24th round of the Serbian SuperLiga.

International career Jovanović received his first call-up to the Serbian senior squad for a friendly match against Russia on 5 June 2016. In May 2018, he was named in Serbia's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

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Honours Individual Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season: 2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Week: 2024–25 (Round 7)