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Jovan Mijatović
Jovan Mijatović at Gazprom Arena
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-07-11) 11 July 2005 (age 19)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 September 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023

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.

Club career

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Mijatović 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

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Youth

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In 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

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As of 14 July 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

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Red Star Belgrade

Individual

References

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  1. ^ a b "Иза југа Маракане - Опоравак Звездиних бисера". ФК Црвена звезда, званична презентација. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Иза југа Маракане - Опоравак Звездиних бисера". ФК Црвена звезда, званична презентација. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  3. ^ Ljubisavljević, Miloš (21 May 2022). "Kadeti Zvezde prvaci Srbije, crveno-beli overili titulu". Nova S. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Омладинци шампиони Србије!". SD Crvena Zvezda. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Upoznajte Bekama iz Grafičara video". B92. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  6. ^ Džodić, Ivan (16 September 2022). "Zvezda nagradila talenta: Mijatović prekomandovan u prvi tim, zadužio devetku". mozzartsport.com. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Пионири бољи од Северне Македоније у првом колу турнира "Трофеј Црна Гора"". Фудбалски савез Србије. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  8. ^ "U16 | Директан пренос утакмице Србија - Румунија". Фудбалски савез Србије. 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ Ljubisavljević, Miloš (31 May 2022). "Dekijev sin, novi Mijatović i mladi Zagrepčanin – ko su novi srpski biseri?". Nova S. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ Jovan Mijatović at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Najbolji igrač 19. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Jovan Mijatović". www.superliga.rs. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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