Jovica "Joco" Stokić (

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: Јовица "Јоцо" Стокић; born 7 April 1987 in

Gradačac Gradačac () is a city located in the Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the northeastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, roughly south of the Sava river. As of 2013, ...

) is a

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n professional

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er who plays for

FK Borac Šamac FK Borac Šamac (Serbian Cyrillic: ФК Борац Шaмaц) is a football club from the town of Šamac, in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club competes in the Second League of the Republika Srpska (Group West). Club records Za Šamčane ...

after a spell at

FK Alfa Modriča Fudbalski klub Modriča (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Модрича), known as Alfa Modriča for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football club based in Modriča that is situated in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovin ...

Club career

After playing 5 years with

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he moved abroad to Hungary in summer 2010 by signing with

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

side

Budapest Honvéd FC Budapest Honvéd Football Club (), commonly known as Budapest Honvéd or simply Honvéd, is a Hungarian sports club based in Kispest, Budapest, with the colours of red and black. The club is best known for its football team. ''Honvéd'' means ...

. During the winter break he moved back to Bosnia to play with

NK Zvijezda Gradačac Nogometni klub Zvijezda Gradačac (English: Football Club Zvijezda Gradačac), or commonly referred to as just Zvijezda is a football club from Bosnia and Herzegovina, based in the city of Gradačac. Zvijezda host their home matches at the Banja ...

in the

Bosnian Premier League The Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina (; ; sr-Cyrl, Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), officially known as the Wwin League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for sponsorship purposes, is the top tier football leagu ...

but next summer he moved back to Hungary this time to play with another top flight club,

Kecskeméti TE Kecskeméti Testedző Egyesület, commonly known as Kecskeméti TE or simply Kecskemét, is a sports club based in Kecskemét, Hungary. It is most famous for its Association football, football section which competes in the Nemzeti Bajnokság II ...

. During the winter break of the 2011-12 season he moved to Serbia to play with

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FK BSK Borča Fudbalski klub BSK Borča ( sr-cyr, Фудбалски клуб БСК Борча) is a Serbian football club from Borča, City of Belgrade. It is the football club of the Sports Society BSK Borča, ''BSK'' stands for ''Borčanski sportski klub ...

. In summer 2017 he left Čelik Zenica after spells earlier in Kuwait and with Bosnian powerhouses

Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian Serb professional football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the main ...

and Željezničar Sarajevo among others. On 18 January 2019, Stokić joined OFK Sloga. Stokić then joined

ahead of the 2019/20 season.

International career

He was part of the Bosnian U19Joco Stokic
at

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.com and U21 teams.

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