Jovo Bosančić

Jovo Bosančić
Personal information
Full name	Jovan Bosančić
Date of birth	7 August 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth	Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1988	Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years	Team
1988–1992	Vojvodina
1992–1995	União Madeira
1996	Campomaiorense
1996–1998	Barnsley
1998–1999	Guingamp
1999–2000	União Madeira
2000–2003	Nacional
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jovan "Jovo" Bosančić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јoвo Бocaнчић; born 7 August 1970) is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a right midfielder.

Club career

Born in Novi Sad, SR Serbia, Bosančić started playing football at the age of 10 when he joined the youth team of FK Vojvodina.^[1] He made his debut as a senior in the 1988–89 season and played in the Yugoslav First League until 1992.

Bosančić then moved to Portugal where he spent most of his career, playing for C.F. União (two seasons), S.C. Campomaiorense, Barnsley and En Avant Guingamp, and finishing his career with União's Madeira neighbours C.D. Nacional.

He helped the Tykes gain promotion to the Premier League for the first time in the club's history, only to be immediately relegated. Whilst in the Premier League he scored twice, in games against Blackburn Rovers and Southampton.^[2]^[3] He retired from football in 2003, at the age of 33.

^ Govo Bosančić interview at fkvojvodina.com, 10-7-2011 (in Serbian)
^ "Football: Bosancic brings ambition to Barnsley at last". Independent. 3 November 1997. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
^ "Football: Red-hot Le Tissier". Independent. 9 November 1997. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2018.

Jovo Bosančić at ForaDeJogo (archived)
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Jovo Bosančić – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)

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