Jovan Stanković

Jovan Stanković

Personal information
Full name	Jovan Stanković
Date of birth	(1971-03-04) 4 March 1971
Place of birth	Pirot, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1991	Radnički Pirot	36	(9)
1991–1992	Radnički Niš	18	(6)
1992–1996	Red Star	63	(3)
1992	→ Radnički Niš (loan)	17	(1)
1995	→ Radnički Jugopetrol (loan)	7	(1)
1996–2001	Mallorca	164	(17)
2001	Marseille	6	(0)
2001–2003	Atlético Madrid	52	(1)
2003–2004	Mallorca	11	(0)
2004–2005	Lleida	26	(1)
Total		400	(39)
International career
1998–2000	Serbia	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jovan Stanković (Serbian Cyrillic: Joвaн Cтaнкoвић; born 4 March 1971) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a left midfielder, with good crossing ability.

He spent the better part of his career with Red Star Belgrade and in Spain, most notably with Mallorca – he played a full decade in the latter country, also representing two other clubs.

Stanković represented Yugoslavia at Euro 2000.

Football career

Stanković was born in Pirot, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Amongst other clubs he played for Red Star Belgrade, Olympique de Marseille in France and RCD Mallorca and Atlético Madrid in Spain.

In 1998–99's Mallorca, Stanković contributed with four goals in 36 matches and several assists, as the Balearic Islands side finished third and qualified to the UEFA Champions League.

Stanković played for the Serbia and Montenegro national team and was a participant at the UEFA Euro 2000, for a total of ten caps. After retiring he worked as an assistant coach to former Mallorca teammate Francisco Soler, first in S.C. Beira-Mar (Portugal) then lowly CD Atlético Baleares.

External links

• Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional (Spanish)
• Jovan Stanković profile at BDFutbol
• Real Mallorca bio (Spanish)
• National team data (Serbian)
• Jovan Stanković at National-Football-Teams.com
• El Mundo profile (Spanish)