Jovan Šljivić
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jovan Šljivić | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Kruševac, Serbia and Montenegro | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
OFK Beograd (on loan from Red Star Belgrade) | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2021–2023 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | Red Star Belgrade | 36 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | → Grafičar Beograd (dual) | 21 | (5) |
| 2025– | → OFK Beograd (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Serbia U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Serbia U17 | 11 | (4) |
| 2022– | Serbia U19 | 14 | (2) |
| 2024– | Serbia U21 | 9 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 8 September 2025 | |||
Jovan Šljivić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Шљивић, born 14 October 2005) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serbian SuperLiga club OFK Beograd on loan from Red Star Belgrade.
Jovan completed the entire Red Star Belgrade youth school. It is about one of the most talented offshoots of Red Star Belgrade football academy and a modern type of playmaker, strong and unstoppable with the ball at his feet. At only 16 years old, he showed how talented he is in the Grafičar Beograd jersey where he played on dual registration, and even then there was no doubt that he would very soon wear the Red Star Belgrade jersey.
Before the start of the 2023–24 Serbian SuperLiga season, he was included in the Red Star Belgrade main squad, receiving the number 7 shirt.[2] On 30 July 2023, he made his debut for th Red Star Belgrade main squad in a Serbian SuperLiga match against Vojvodina.[3]
He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation" list for 2022.[4]
Career statistics
- As of match played 24 May 2025[5]
| Club | Season | League | Serbian Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Red Star Belgrade | 2023–24 | Serbian SuperLiga | 18 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| 2024–25 | Serbian SuperLiga | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
| 2025–26 | Serbian SuperLiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 | ||
| Grafičar Beograd (loan) | 2022–23 | Serbian First League | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 5 | |
| Career total | 54 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 11 | ||
Honours
Red Star Belgrade
References
- ^ "Jovan Šljivić". crvenazvezdafk.com.
- ^ "Ko je Jovan Šljivić - vunderkind kojeg obožava Zvezdan Terzić!" (in Serbian). Mondo. 19 June 2023. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Red Star Belgrade vs. Vojvodina". Soccerway. 30 July 2023. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Next Generation 2022: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ Jovan Šljivić at Soccerway