Petar Jovanović (footballer)

Petar Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Јовановић; born 12 July 1982) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Sloboda Užice.

Petar Jovanović

Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-07-12) 12 July 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth	Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Sloboda Užice
Number	22
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2005	Radnički Klupci	55	(6)
2004	→ Čukarički (loan)	10	(1)
2005	→ Sloboda Užice (loan)	12	(5)
2005–2012	Vaslui	76	(4)
2007	→ Mladenovac (loan)	13	(2)
2009	→ Politehnica Iași (loan)	15	(1)
2009–2010	→ Sevojno (loan)	24	(0)
2010	→ Sloboda Užice (loan)	13	(0)
2012	CSMS Iași	11	(0)
2013	Jedinstvo Užice	15	(4)
2013–2014	Radnički Niš	23	(1)
2014–2015	Universitatea Cluj	18	(0)
2015	Voždovac	17	(0)
2016	Rad	32	(0)
2017	Čukarički	30	(1)
2018–2019	Mladost Lučani	44	(0)
2019	Zlatibor Čajetina	21	(0)
2020–2021	Mladost Lučani	38	(0)
2021	Zlatibor Čajetina	3	(0)
2022–	Sloboda Užice	29	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 December 2023

Club career

In the summer of 2005, Jovanović moved to Romania and signed with Liga I newcomers Vaslui. He spent the next seven years at the club, including loan spells to Mladenovac, Politehnica Iași, Sevojno, and Sloboda Užice.^[1] In June 2012, Jovanović was acquired by newly promoted Liga I side CSMS Iași.^[2] He subsequently moved to Serbian First League club Jedinstvo Užice in the 2013 winter transfer window.

In July 2013, Jovanović signed for Serbian SuperLiga side Radnički Niš, alongside his former Vaslui teammate Marko Ljubinković.^[3] He later returned to Romania and signed with Liga I club Universitatea Cluj in June 2014.^[4] However, they suffered relegation that season.

In the summer of 2015, Jovanović made a return to Serbia and joined Voždovac. He then spent a year with Rad (2016) and Čukarički (2017).^[5] In January 2018, Jovanović signed with Mladost Lučani.^[6] He also briefly played for Zlatibor Čajetina in late 2019, before returning to Mladost Lučani in early 2020.

Career statistics

As of 26 January 2020^[7][8]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Radnički Klupci	2001–02	12	0			—		—		12	0
	2002–03	19	2			—		—		19	2
	2003–04	11	0	—		—		—		11	0
	2004–05	13	4	—		—		—		13	4
	Total	55	6			—		—		55	6
Čukarički (loan)	2003–04	10	1			—		—		10	1
Sloboda Užice (loan)	2004–05	12	5	—		—		—		12	5
Vaslui	2005–06	26	2	1	0	—		—		27	2
	2006–07	5	0	1	0	—		—		6	0
	2007–08	23	2	1	0	—		—		24	2
	2008–09	13	0	1	0	3[a]	0	—		17	0
	2011–12	9	0	2	0	9[b]	0	—		20	0
	Total	76	4	6	0	12	0	—		94	4
Mladenovac (loan)	2006–07	13	2	0	0	—		—		13	2
Politehnica Iași (loan)	2008–09	15	1			—		—		15	1
Sevojno (loan)	2009–10	24	0			0	0	—		24	0
Sloboda Užice (loan)	2010–11	13	0	1	0	—		—		14	0
CSMS Iași	2012–13	11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
Jedinstvo Užice	2012–13	15	4	—		—		—		15	4
Radnički Niš	2013–14	23	1	0	0	—		—		23	1
Universitatea Cluj	2014–15	18	0	3	0	—		2[c]	0	23	0
Voždovac	2015–16	17	0	0	0	—		—		17	0
Rad	2015–16	14	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
	2016–17	18	0	1	0	—		—		19	0
	Total	32	0	1	0	—		—		33	0
Čukarički	2016–17	13	0	3	0	0	0	—		16	0
	2017–18	17	1	2	0	—		—		19	1
	Total	30	1	5	0	0	0	—		35	1
Mladost Lučani	2017–18	11	0	3	0	0	0	—		14	0
	2018–19	33	0	3	1	—		—		36	1
	Total	44	0	6	1	0	0	—		50	1
Zlatibor Čajetina	2019–20	21	0	1	0	—		—		22	0
Career total		429	25	23	1	12	0	2	0	466	26

1. One appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup, two appearances in UEFA Cup
2. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in Cupa Ligii

Honours

Vaslui

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2008

Universitatea Cluj

• Cupa României: Runner-up 2014–15

Mladost Lučani

• Serbian Cup: Runner-up 2017–18