Đorđe Jovanović (footballer)

Đorđe Jovanović (Ђорђе Јовановић, ; born 15 February 1999) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss club FC Basel and the Serbia national football team.

Partizan
Born in Leposavić, Jovanović started playing football with local club Kosmet. After one tournament played in Guča, he was invited to Partizan by Dušan Trbojević. He passed youth categories with the club, and signed his first three-year professional contract with Partizan in summer 2015. He has joined the first team at the beginning of 2016 under coach Ivan Tomić. During 2016, Jovanović usually played for youth team, and also played several friendly matches with the first matches, including games against PAOK, and Polimlje, when he was a scorer. Jovanović made his official debut for Partizan in 20 fixture match of the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga season against Čukarički, played on 11 December 2016, replacing Uroš Đurđević in 89 minute. In 2017, Jovanović was optionally loaned to satellite club Teleoptik on dual registration until the end of 2016–17 season in the Serbian League Belgrade. Jovanović scored his first goal for Partizan in 4–2 away victory over Rad on 24 September 2017. Likewise, Jovanović also scored in 3–1 away win against Mačva Šabac on 5 November 2017. Finally, Jovanović scored a twice in 2–2 draw to Napredak Kruševac on 5 May 2018, which was the first start on the pitch in his professional career.

Lokeren
On 2 August 2018, Jovanović signed with Belgium side Lokeren.

Cádiz
Jovanović switched teams and countries again on 31 January 2019, after agreeing to a four-and-a-half-year contract with Cádiz. On 2 September, after being rarely used, he was loaned to Segunda División B side Cartagena, for one year.

On 5 October 2020, Jovanović terminated his contract with Cádiz.

Čukarički
In 2021 he returned to Serbia, to FK Čukarički, where he played for one year.

Maccabi Tel Aviv
In February 2022 Jovanović transferred to Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv. In the 2022–23 season, across all competitions, he had 43 appearances during which he scored 22 times and prepared five goals.

Basel
On 17 August, Swiss Super League team FC Basel announced that they had signed Jovanović on a four-year contract. He chose the shirt number 99. That same day, he joined Basel's first team during their 2023–24 season under the then head coach Timo Schultz. Jovanović played his debut for his new club in the Swiss Cup first round game on 20 August, coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute. He scored his first goal for his new team in the same game, a penalty in the 63rd minute, as Basel went on to win 8–1 against amateur club FC Saint-Blaise.

He played his domestic league debut with the team in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 3 September, playing in the starting eleven, as Basel played a 2–2 draw with Zürich. He scored his first league goal with them in the home game on 28 September as Basel played a 1–1 draw with Luzern.

Honours
Partizan
 * Serbian SuperLiga: 2016–17
 * Serbian Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18

Individual
 * Serbian SuperLiga Player of the Week: 2020–21 (Round 29)