Ivan Petrović (footballer, born 1978)

Ivan Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Петровић; born 5 October 1978) is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for Radnički Kovači. He is a president of Apolon football academy which corresponds as the youth team of OFK Radnički and also based in Kovači.[2]

Ivan Petrović
Personal information
Full name Ivan Petrović
Date of birth (1978-10-05) 5 October 1978
Place of birth Kraljevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Radnički Kovači
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sloga Kraljevo
Partizan
0000–2001 Milicionar
2001–2004 Čukarički 21 (2)
2004–2006 OFK Beograd
2007 Nanjing
2007–2011 Ethnikos Achna 41 (8)
2011 OFK Beograd 4 (0)
2015– Radnički Kovači 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2018

Club career

Born in Kraljevo, Petrović played with local club Sloga at the beginning of career. Later he played with Partizan, Milicionar[3] and Čukarički until 2004, when he signed with joined OFK Beograd.[4] After he left the club, Petrović moved to Nanjing, where he spent some period playing with local club.[5] Petrović also played with Ethnikos Achna between 2007 and 2011. In summer 2011, he returned to OFK Beograd, where he ended his professional career.[6] After he ended his professional career, Petrović returned to his home town and joined OFK Radnički Kovači.

Petrović is also one of founders of FC Apolon,[7] which organized as an academy of OFK Radnički Kovači.[8] At the beginning of 2016, Petrović was elected as a president of football association of Kraljevo.[9]

In the first half of 2016–17 season, Petrović also made 1 appearance for Radnički Kovači in the Morava Zone League. He was substituted in during the fifth fixture match against Tutin, and later scored a goal from direct free kick for 2–0 victory.[10] He also made 8 appearances for the team in second half-season as the most experienced midfielder in front of Dejan Radosavljević and Milutin Trnavac.[11]

References
  1. "Ivan Petrović". jelenfootball.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  2. Краљевачки Аполон потписао уговор о сарадњи са кијевским Динамом. Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. "Petrovic, Ivan". dekisa.tripod.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  4. "Ivan Petrović u OFK Beogradu". B92 (in Serbian). 14 July 2004. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  5. "Uprava i treneri". FC Apolon official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  6. "Petrović i Stanojević jačaju vezu". OFK Beograd official website (in Serbian). 30 June 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  7. ""Orlovi" uveličali otvaranje "Apolona"". kraljevo.com (in Serbian). 28 May 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  8. "FK Apolon Kraljevo: Zadovoljstvo posle prve petoletke". srbijasport.net (in Serbian). 22 September 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  9. "Početak koji (ne) obećava". srbijasport.net (in Serbian). 17 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  10. "ZM : OFK Radnički (K) - Tutin 2:0". srbijasport.net (in Serbian). 12 September 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  11. Раднички Ковачи - статистички приказ сезоне (PDF). [email protected] (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 June 2017.


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