Danko Kovačević (Montenegrin: Данко Ковачевић, born 10 July 1991) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Danko Kovačević
Kovačević (left) at Buducnost v. Iskra (6 August 2016)
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-07-10) 10 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Cetinje, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2007–2009 Red Star Belgrade
2009–2010 Čukarički
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Čukarički 13 (3)
2011–2012 Doxa Drama 5 (1)
2012 Kaposvár Rákóczi 0 (0)
2012 Kaposvár Rákóczi II 5 (0)
2013 Lovćen 1 (0)
2013 BSK Borča 2 (0)
2014 Čelik Nikšić 8 (1)
2014 Bežanija 13 (0)
2015 Stal Stalowa Wola 4 (0)
2015–2017 Iskra 43 (9)
2017 Sông Lam Nghe An 9 (1)
2018 Grbalj 6 (2)
2019 Iskra 3 (0)
2019–2020 Selangor United
International career
2009–2012 Montenegro U19 5 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Born in Cetinje,[1] he started playing in the youth team of Red Star Belgrade,[2] before moving to FK Čukarički, having played with them in the 2010–11 Serbian SuperLiga. Then, he moved to Doxa Drama and played in the 2011–12 Superleague Greece. In summer 2012, he moved to Hungary to join Kaposvári Rákóczi. He was part of the matchday squad in the 2012–13 Nemzeti Bajnokság I on five occasions but never made an appearance, and spent most of the time in the second team of Kaposvar playing in the second division.

During the winter break, he moved to his native Montenegro and played the rest of the season with FK Lovćen, although got only one appearance in the 2012–13 Montenegrin First League.[3] In the summer of 2013, he returned to Serbia and signed with FK BSK Borča who had just been relegated from the Serbian SuperLiga.[4] In 2015, he joined Polish II liga club Stal Stalowa Wola,[5] before moving to Iskar.[6] In 2017, he moved to Vietnamese club Sông Lam Nghe An, with whom he won the 2017 Vietnamese Cup.[7]

In early 2018, he moved back to Montenegro to join Grbalj.

In May 2019, Kovačević joined Selangor United.[8]

International career

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Kocačević was a part of the Montenegro under-19 team.[9]

Honours

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Sông Lam Nghe An

References

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  1. ^ Danko Kovačević at Srbijafudbal
  2. ^ Danko Kovačević at FK Bežanija official website, retrieved 10-9-2014 (in Serbian)
  3. ^ Danko Kovačević at Soccerway
  4. ^ Danko Kovačević at Serbian First League official website
  5. ^ "Danko Kovačević w Stali Stalowa Wola". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 26 February 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Danko Kovačević w Czarnogórze". 90minut.pl (in Polish). 6 August 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Danko Kovačević". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  8. ^ Kapten Selangor beri kemenangan kepada TFC, sukansinar.com, 22 May 2019
  9. ^ Danko Kovačević at FSCG.co.me