Aleksandar Ignjovski ( sr-cyrl, Александар Игњовски; born 27 January 1991) is a Serbian retired

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who plays as a

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Club career

Born in

Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

SR Serbia The Socialist Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Социјалистичка Република Србија, Socijalistička Republika Srbija), previously known as the People's Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / " ...

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, Ignjovski played in his first season as senior in 2008 for the

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League (), also known as Mozzart SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Serbia and the highest level of the Serbian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a sys ...

club

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

, playing twenty three games and scoring three goals during that season. On 8 July 2009, he was loaned to 2. Bundesliga club

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. At the end of the loan, Ignjovski returned to Belgrade before signing for

Werder Bremen Sportverein Werder Bremen von 1899 e. V. (), commonly known as Werder Bremen, Werder or simply Bremen, is a German professional sports club based in Bremen. Founded on 4 February 1899, Werder are best known for their professional association foo ...

. 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 Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a German professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The club currently plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German footb ...

with effect from the season 2014–15, where he was reunited with his former manager at Werder,

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. He made his debut for Frankfurt 23 August 2014 in a 1–0 win against

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. 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

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being replaced by Onur Bulut in the 66th minute. On 21 July 2019, Ignjovski joined

Holstein Kiel Kieler Sportvereinigung Holstein von 1900 e.V., commonly known as Holstein Kiel () or KSV Holstein, is a German association football and sports club based in the city of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein. From the 1900s through the 1960s, the club was o ...

on a two-year deal.

International career

Ignjovski was a member of Serbian U-21 team from 2009. Due to his

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background, in March 2010 Macedonia national team coach

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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

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, Cyprus, in a friendly match against

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. His final international was a November 2016

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against

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Career statistics

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International

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ignjovski, Aleksandar 1991 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Serbian people of Macedonian descent Men's association football midfielders Serbian men's footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers Serbia men's 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