Jovo Simanić

Jovo Simanić
Personal information
Full name	Jovica Simanić
Date of birth	8 August 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Zrenjanin, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1989–1991	Proleter
1992–1993	VfB Stuttgart II
1992	VfB Stuttgart
1993–1994	Benfica
1994–1995	Boavista
1995–1996	Famalicão
1996–1997	Ovarense
1997–2000	Proleter
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jovica "Jovo" Simanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јовица "Joвo" Cимaнић; born 8 August 1965) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Football career

Born in Zrenjanin, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Simanić started and ended his 11-year professional career with hometown club FK Proleter Zrenjanin, but also played abroad in Germany and Portugal: in January 1992 he joined VfB Stuttgart, appearing almost exclusively for the reserve team. On 30 September 1992, in his only appearance for the main squad, a UEFA Champions League playoff game against Leeds United, he was introduced in the last minutes of the 1–4 away loss by manager Christoph Daum, causing Stuttgart to play with one foreign player too many; the Germans would have won on the away goals rule but, after being punished with a 0–3 defeat instead, the two teams had to play a third match, which ended 2–1 for the English.^[1]

Simanić then represented S.L. Benfica (being called to the bench two times) and Boavista FC (six official games) in the Primeira Liga, after which he competed in the country's second (F.C. Famalicão) and third divisions (A.D. Ovarense). Aged 32 he returned to his country and Proleter, retiring from football three years later.^[2]

^ "Verwechselt!" [Misplaced!] (in German). Spox. 18 January 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
^ "Simanic". The Final Ball.com. Retrieved 22 June 2018.