Nemanja Čović

Nemanja Čović (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Човић; born 18 June 1991) is a Serbian football forward who plays for Vojvodina.

Nemanja Čović

Personal information
Full name	Nemanja Čović
Date of birth	18 June 1991
Place of birth	Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Vojvodina
Number	7
Youth career
	Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Cement Beočin	19	(5)
2008–2010	Proleter Novi Sad	35	(11)
2010–2011	Parma	0	(0)
2011	Vojvodina	1	(0)
2011–2013	Spartak Subotica	32	(3)
2013	Donji Srem	6	(0)
2014	Spartak Semey	9	(3)
2014	Proleter Novi Sad	11	(4)
2015	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	15	(3)
2016	Proleter Novi Sad	4	(0)
2016	Minsk	24	(8)
2017	Lamia	3	(1)
2017	Minsk	22	(3)
2018–2019	Proleter Novi Sad	48	(17)
2019–	Vojvodina	28	(7)
National team^‡
2010	Serbia U19	3	(1)
2012	Serbia U21	1	(1)
2021–	Serbia	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 January 2021

Club career

Early years

Čović came through the Vojvodina youth categories, and began his professional career at the age of 16 at Cement Beočin, making 19 league appearances and scoring 5 goals.[1] He said: "The goal was to continue the tradition, since all the men from my closest family started their careers in Cement. It is interesting that all of them were defenders, I am the only forward".[2]

Vojvodina

During the summer of 2011, Čović was signed to Vojvodina by a free transfer. He scored against Vaduz in a game that Vojvodina lost 3–1 in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase.[3] Subsequently, having spent only a month with Vojvodina, Čović was traded to Spartak Zlatibor Voda. He made his league debut for his new club on 10 September 2011 in a 2-0 away victory over Novi Pazar.[4]

International career

Youth level

Čović appeared for under-19 and scored a goal in three games. On 29 February 2012, Čović scored a goal in a friendly for Serbia's U21 team against Bosnia and Herzegovina U21.[5]

Senior national team

Čović got his first call up to the senior Serbia side for the friendly games against Dominican Republic and Panama.[6] He made his debut on 25 January 2021, as a substitution during halftime.[7] In the second half of a draw game against Panama he took captain’s armband.[8]

Career statistics

As of 5 February 2021[9]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cement Beočin	2007–08	Vojvodina League West	19	5	—		—		—		19	5
Proleter Novi Sad	2008–09	Serbian First League	19	4	—		—		—		19	4
	2009–10		16	7	—		—		—		16	7
	Total		35	11	—		—		—		35	11
Parma	2010–11	Serie A	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
Vojvodina	2011–12	Serbian SuperLiga	1	0	—		2	1	—		3	1
Spartak Subotica			13	1	3	0	—		—		16	1
	2012–13		19	2	—		—		—		19	2
	Total		32	3	3	0	—		—		35	3
Donji Srem	2013–14	Serbian SuperLiga	6	0	1	0	—		—		7	0
Spartak Semey	2014	Kazakhstan First Division	9	3	—		—		—		9	3
Proleter Novi Sad	2014–15	Serbian First League	11	4	2	0	—		—		13	4
Shakhtyor Soligorsk	2015	Belarusian Premier League	15	3	7	1	2	0	1	0	25	4
Proleter Novi Sad	2015–16	Serbian First League	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Minsk	2016	Belarusian Premier League	24	8	3	0	—		—		27	8
Lamia	2016–17	Super League Greece 2	3	1	—		—		—		3	1
Minsk	2017	Belarusian Premier League	22	3	3	1	—		—		25	4
Proleter Novi Sad	2017–18	Serbian First League	14	7	—		—		—		14	7
	2018–19	Serbian SuperLiga	34	10	—		—		—		34	10
	Total		48	17	—		—		—		48	17
Vojvodina	2019–20	Serbian SuperLiga	9	2	3	1	—		—		12	3
	2020–21		19	5	2	2	1[10]	0	—		22	7
	Total		28	7	5	3	1	0	—		34	10
Career total			252	65	24	5	5	1	1	0	287	71

International

Serbia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2021	2	0

Honours

Club

Shakhtyor Soligorsk

• Belarusian Cup runners-up: 2014–15
• Belarusian Super Cup runners-up: 2015

Proleter Novi Sad

• Serbian League Vojvodina: 2008–09
• Serbian First League: 2017–18

Vojvodina

• Serbian Cup: 2019–20

Individual

• Province of Vojvodina Men's Player of the Year Award: 2018[11]

References

1. "Nemanja Čović, novo lice u redovima novosadskog superligaša". FK Vojvodina website (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 December 2018.
2. "Parma me je kupila posle dva treninga". Blic (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 December 2018.
3. Vojvodina 1 Vaduz 3 – uefa.com
4. "Novi Pazar vs. Spartak Subotica – 10 September 2011 – Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
5. "Mladi Srbije bolji od vršnjaka iz BiH". Novosti. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
6. "ИЛИЈА СТОЛИЦА ПОЗВАО 25 ИГРАЧА ЗА УТАКМИЦЕ ПРОТИВ ДОМИНИКАНСКЕ РЕПУБЛИКЕ И САД" (in Serbian). 13 January 2021.
7. "БЕЗ ГОЛОВА У САНТО ДОМИНГУ" (in Serbian). 26 January 2021.
8. "СА ПАНАМОМ НАМ СУЂЕНО НЕРЕШЕНО" (in Serbian). 29 January 2021.
9. Nemanja Čović at Soccerway
10. "UEFA Europa League third qualifying round".
11. "Novogodišnji koktel FSV". Dnevnik. Retrieved 27 December 2018.

External links

• Nemanja Čović at uefa.com
• Nemanja Čović at Soccerway
• Nemanja Čović at Footballdatabase