Ivan Aleksić

Ivan Aleksić
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-03-06) 6 March 1993
Place of birth Osijek, Croatia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Playing position Left back, Left winger
Club information
Current team
NK Novigrad
Number 2
Youth career
1999-2005 Višnjevac
2005-2012 Osijek
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Osijek 31 (0)
2014– Jagodina 0 (0)
2015 Zaprešić 10 (1)
2015 Višnjevac 2 (0)
2015-2016 Novigrad 19 (1)
National team
2008 Croatia U15 3 (1)
2009 Croatia U16 9 (2)
2009–2010 Croatia U17 13 (1)
2011 Croatia U18 4 (0)
2011–2012 Croatia U19 14 (0)
2012–2013 Croatia U20 7 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 October 2014.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 June 2014

Ivan Aleksić (born 6 March 1993) is a Croatian football midfielder, currently playing for NK Novigrad in the Treća HNL.

Club career

Aleksić was born in Osijek on 6 March 1993. He began playing football casually as a young boy in his neighbourhood. He eventually started to enjoy this role and pursued to develop his skills in the youth teams of NK Višnjevac. At the age 12, he joined NK Osijek.

On 22 July 2011, Aleksić made his professional debut playing for NK Osijek against NK Rijeka, wearing the number 14. He made a total of 31 official appearances for NK Osijek. He moved to FK Jagodina in summer 2014 but was not registered for the Serbian SuperLiga for the Outumn half season.[1]

In January 2015, Aleksić left Serbia to play for NK Inter Zaprešić. Aleksić played his first game as a team starter against HNK Segesta Sisak in February 2015. He scored his first goal for NK Inter Zaprešić against HNK Segesta Sisak on 27 March 2015. He helped NK Inter Zaprešić return to the Prva HNL.

In the summer of 2015 Aleksić signed for NK Novigrad.

International career

Aleksić started his international career in the U15 national team. He played his first international match on 14 May 2008, wearing the number 3.

Aleksić has played for Croatia at every level from the under-15s to the under-20s. Most notably, he was fielded in all of the three matches the under-20 team played in the group stage of the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Aleksić won 50 caps with the youth teams of the Croatia national team and remains uncapped with the senior team.

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