Jovan Mijatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Мијатовић; born 11 July 2005) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club New York City.
 Jovan Mijatović at Gazprom Arena | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 July 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | New York City | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Red Star Belgrade | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Red Star Belgrade | 26 | (9) |
| 2022–2023 | → Grafičar Beograd (loan) | 13 | (5) |
| 2024– | New York City | 11 | (0) |
| 2024– | New York City II | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | Serbia U17 | 7 | (1) |
| 2022– | Serbia U19 | 17 | (5) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 | |||
Club career
editMijatović 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.[2] With the cadet team, he participated in winning the title for the 2021/22 season,[3] while occasionally playing for the youth team.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
International career
editYouth
editIn 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.[7] He also made his debut for the under-16 team at a friendly match with his peers from Romania in March 2021.[8] Soon after that, he suffered an injury that kept him off the field for a long time .[1] So he joined the Serbia national under-17 football team a year later, performing at a friendly match with Bosnia and Herzegovina.[9] He participated in the European Championship for cadets,[10] where the selection of Serbia under the leadership of Radovan Krivokapić achieved third place.[11] 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.[12]
Career statistics
edit- As of 14 July 2024[13]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Red Star Belgrade | 2022–23 | Serbian SuperLiga | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 2023–24 | Serbian SuperLiga | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | |
| Total | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 9 | ||
| Grafičar Beograd (loan) | 2022–23 | Serbian SuperLiga | 8 | 5 | — | — | — | 8 | 5 | |||
| 2023–24 | Serbian SuperLiga | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 13 | 8 | — | — | — | 13 | 8 | |||||
| New York City | 2024 | Major League Soccer | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| New York City II | 2024 | MLS Next Pro | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 50 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 17 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
edit- Red Star Belgrade
Individual
- Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Week: 2023–24 (Round 19[14])
References
edit- ^ a b "Иза југа Маракане - Опоравак Звездиних бисера". ФК Црвена звезда, званична презентација. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Иза југа Маракане - Опоравак Звездиних бисера". ФК Црвена звезда, званична презентација. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ Ljubisavljević, Miloš (21 May 2022). "Kadeti Zvezde prvaci Srbije, crveno-beli overili titulu". Nova S. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Омладинци шампиони Србије!". SD Crvena Zvezda. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Upoznajte Bekama iz Grafičara video". B92. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ Džodić, Ivan (16 September 2022). "Zvezda nagradila talenta: Mijatović prekomandovan u prvi tim, zadužio devetku". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Пионири бољи од Северне Македоније у првом колу турнира "Трофеј Црна Гора"". Фудбалски савез Србије. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "U16 | Директан пренос утакмице Србија - Румунија". Фудбалски савез Србије. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "U17 | Кадети савладали Босну и Херцеговину у последњем тесту пред завршни круг квалификација за пласман на Првенство Европе (видео)". Фудбалски савез Србије. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ Ljubisavljević, Miloš (31 May 2022). "Dekijev sin, novi Mijatović i mladi Zagrepčanin – ko su novi srpski biseri?". Nova S. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Euro U17 | Генерација 2005. понос Србије, Милошевић први стрелац шампионата, селектор Радован Кривокапић: Они су за мене шампиони". Фудбалски савез Србије. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ "U19 | Селектор Јован Дамјановић изабрао омладинце за Меморијални турнир "Стеван Ћеле Вилотић", ривали Финска, Португал и Француска". Фудбалски савез Србије. 13 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
- ^ Jovan Mijatović at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "Najbolji igrač 19. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Jovan Mijatović". www.superliga.rs. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
External links
edit- Jovan Mijatović at Soccerway
- Jovan Mijatović at WorldFootball.net