Vukašin Jovanović

Vukašin Jovanović
Personal information
Full name Vukašin Jovanović
Date of birth (1996-05-17) 17 May 1996
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Zenit St. Petersburg/Zenit-2 St. Petersburg
Number 26
Youth career
FK Winner
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2014–2016 Red Star Belgrade 32 (2)
2016– Zenit-2 St. Petersburg 2 (1)
2016– Zenit St. Petersburg 0 (0)
National team‡
2013 Serbia U17 1 (0)
2014–2015 Serbia U19 10 (0)
2015 Serbia U20 5 (0)
2015– Serbia U21 5 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 November 2015

Vukašin Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вукашин Јовановић; born 17 May 1996) is a Serbian football defender who plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg and its professional farm club FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg.

Career

Red Star Belgrade

Jovanović is a product of team's youth system. He joined the first team under coach Slaviša Stojanovič in March 2014, after many injures and bad games from the team centre backs .[1] He made his professional debut for Red Star Belgrade on 9th of August 2014,[2] under coach Nenad Lalatović, when he replaced Darko Lazić on 90th minute.[3] He signed his first contract 12th of August 2014, couple of days after his official debut.[4]

Career statistics

As of December 2015[5]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Red Star 2014–15 1300000130
2015–16 1921010212
Total 3221010342

International career

He was a member of Serbia U-17 and Serbia U-18 national teams.

U-19

He was called on 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship after big problems for coach Veljko Paunović about making a team.[6] He played first game because of Srđan Babić's card suspension, but later he played all 4 matches.

U-20

Jovanović was member of the team who won 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup on New Zealand. His celebration after final game against Brazil was marked as nation's pride. After the final whistle, Vukasin fell to the ground and started to cry and pray.

Honours

International

Serbia

References

  1. ↑ "Zvezda ima novog štopera". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 13 March 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Звездина будућност - Јовић, Ристић, Јовановић. Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 9 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "1.Kolo: Crvena zvezda - Radnički N.". Jelen Superliga official website (in Serbian). 10 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Вукашин Јовановић у Звезди до 2018.. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Vukasin Jovanovic". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Omladinci Zvezde uz saigrače iz reprezentacije brane titulu". Blic sport (in Serbian). 17 July 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.

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