Aleksandar Popović (footballer, born 1999)

Aleksandar Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Поповић; born 29 September 1999) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Partizan.

Aleksandar Vpopović
Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Vpopović
Date of birth (1999-09-29) 29 September 1999
Place of birth Užice, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Partizan
Number 41
Youth career
Sloboda Užice
Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Partizan 39 (0)
2017 → Teleoptik (loan) 4 (0)
2018 → Teleoptik (loan) 14 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Serbia U17[lower-alpha 1] 8 (0)
2017 Serbia U19[lower-alpha 1] 2 (0)
2020 Serbia U21[lower-alpha 1] 1 (0)
2021– Serbia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 December 2021

Club career

After coming through the youth system of Partizan, Popović was loaned to affiliated club Teleoptik in the summer of 2017. He was promoted back to the Partizan first team during the 2018 winter transfer window.[1] After failing to make his official debut for the side, Popović was again loaned to Teleoptik in the summer of 2018. He was recalled back to Partizan in early 2019.

On 19 June 2020, Popović made his official debut for Partizan in a 1–0 away loss at Vojvodina in the last round of the COVID-19-shortened 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga.[2] He would become the first-choice goalkeeper for the 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga, mainly due to new league requirements for under-21 players, making 21 appearances in the process.

Upon the departure of Vladimir Stojković, Popović made his debut in European competitions on 29 July 2021, keeping a clean sheet and saving a penalty in a 2–0 away victory over Slovak club DAC Dunajská Streda in the UEFA Conference League.[3] He extended his contract with Partizan two months later, keeping him with the club until 2024.[4]

International career

Popović was capped for Serbia at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels in UEFA competitions.[5] He made his full international debut for Serbia in a goalless friendly with Panama on 28 January 2021.[6]

Career statistics

Club
As of 9 December 2021[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Partizan 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga 00000000
2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga 00000000
2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga 10000010
2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga 2100000210
2021–22 Serbian SuperLiga 17000140310
Total 39000140530
Teleoptik (loan) 2017–18 Serbian First League 4000—40
2018–19 Serbian First League 14000—140
Total 18000—180
Career total 57000140710

International
As of 7 October 2021[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Serbia 202110
Total10

Honours
Partizan[7]

Notes
  1. Official UEFA matches only

References
  1. "Zimski prelazni rok u Partizanu" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  2. "STOJKE, HVALA ZA PORUKU: Partizan pokazao novog golmana!" (in Serbian). mondo.rs. 20 June 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  3. "PARTIZAN IMA ZAMENU ZA STOJKOVIĆA: Sjajni Popović odbranio penal protiv Dunajske Strede (VIDEO)" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. "Aleksandar Popović u Partizanu do 2024. godine" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 21 September 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  5. "Mlađi kadeti u Rumuniji" (in Serbian). fss.rs. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  6. Aleksandar Popović at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. Aleksandar Popović at Soccerway
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.