Milan Jovanović Profile

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Milan Jovanović

Personal information
Full name	Milan Jovanović
Date of birth	18 April 1981 (1981-04-18) (age 28)
Place of birth	Čačak, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Striker, Left Winger
Club information
Current club	Standard Liège
Number	10
Youth career
	Budućnost Valjevo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2003	Vojvodina	43	(33)
2003–2004	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	(1)
2004–2006	Lokomotiv Moscow	3	(0)
2006-2010	Standard Liège	99	(49)
2010-	Liverpool	0	(0)
National team‡
2007–	Serbia	23	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:00, 6 January 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Milan Jovanović (Serbian: Милан Јовановић; born 18 April 1981) is a Serbian footballer who currently plays for Standard Liège and is a member of the Serbian national team. From the summer of 2010 he will be playing for Liverpool FC.

Club career

Jovanović made his debut with FK Vojvodina during the 1999–2000 season. He spent most of his early career at Shakhtar Donetsk and Lokomotiv Moscow, before arriving at Standard Liège in 2006. At Standard, he has shown his prolific striking abilities, 14 league goals in his first season with the Belgian team. It is now believed that he has signed a pre contract with Liverpool Football Club and will be joing them in the summer months. On February 9. it was confirmed that he will be joining Liverpool F.C. at the end of the season.

International career

He made his debut for the Serbian national team against Finland on 2 June 2007. Serbia won the match 2–0, with Jovanović scoring Serbia's second goal. Since then, he has gone to earn a first-team place in Serbia's starting eleven.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other[1]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shakhtar Donetsk	2002–03	6	1	1	0	–		0	0	0	0	7	1
	2003–04	0	0	2	1	–		0	0	0	0	2	1
	Total	6	1	3	1	–		0	0	0	0	9	2
Lokomotiv Moscow	2004	3	0	1	0	–		0	0	0	0	4	0
	2005	0	0	0	0	–		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	3	0	1	0	–		0	0	0	0	4	0
Standard Liège	2006–07	29	14	6	9	–		4	1	0	0	39	24
	2007–08	31	16	4	2	–		1	0	0	0	36	18
	2008–09	30	12	0	0	–		8	2	2	0	40	14
	2009–10	19	10	0	0	–		5	2	1	0	25	12
	Total	107	52	10	11	–		18	5	3	0	138	68
Career total		116	53	14	12	–		18	5	3	0	151	70

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 June 2007	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
2.	15 October 2008	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Austria	2–0	3–1	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
3.	19 November 2008	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia	Bulgaria	1–0	6–1	Friendly
4.	19 November 2008	Partizan Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia	Bulgaria	2–1	6–1	Friendly
5.	10 February 2009	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Cyprus	1–0	2–0	Friendly
6.	28 March 2009	Stadionul Farul, Constanţa, Romania	Romania	1–0	3–2	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
7.	10 June 2009	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	1–0	2–0	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
8.	10 October 2009	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia	Romania	4–0	5–0	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
9.	10 October 2009	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia	Romania	5–0	5–0	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying