Aleksandar Ignjovski ( sr-cyrl, Александар Игњовски; born 27 January 1991) is a Serbian professional
footballer who plays as a
defensive midfielder or
right-back.
Club career
Born in
Belgrade
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,
SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
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, Ignjovski played in his first season as senior in 2008 for the
Serbian SuperLiga club
OFK Beograd, playing twenty three games and scoring three goals during that season. On 8 July 2009, he was loaned to
2. Bundesliga
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club
TSV 1860 Munich.
At the end of the loan, Ignjovski returned to Belgrade before signing for
Werder Bremen. On 1 April 2014, he stated his decision not renew his contract at the club. In this time at Werder Bremen, he made 60 league appearances scoring 1 goal.
On 3 April 2014, it was announced that Ignjovski had signed a three-year contract with
Eintracht Frankfurt with effect from the season 2014–15, where he was reunited with his former manager at Werder,
Thomas Schaaf.
He made his debut for Frankfurt 23 August 2014 in a 1–0 win against
SC Freiburg.
In June 2016, Ignjovski signed for SC Freiburg. He made his league debut for Freiburg on 28 August 2016 in a 2–1 loss to
Hertha Berlin being replaced by
Onur Bulut
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in the 66th minute.
On 21 July 2019, Ignjovski joined
Holstein Kiel on a two-year deal.
International career
Ignjovski was a member of
Serbian U-21 team from 2009. Due to his
Macedonian
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background, in March 2010
Macedonia national team coach
Mirsad Jonuz officially stated his desire to have him play for Macedonia however this never materialised.
Instead, he made his debut for the
Serbia national team on 28 February 2012 in
Larnaca, Cyprus, in a friendly match against
Armenia.
Career statistics
Club
International
References
External links
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1991 births
Living people
Footballers from Belgrade
Serbian people of Macedonian descent
Serbian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Serbia men's international footballers
Serbia men's under-21 international footballers
OFK Beograd players
Serbian SuperLiga players
TSV 1860 Munich players
SV Werder Bremen players
Eintracht Frankfurt players
SC Freiburg players
1. FC Magdeburg players
Holstein Kiel players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany