Milan Jovanović (footballer, born 1981)
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Jovanović with Liverpool in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Milan Jovanović | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1981 | ||
| Place of birth |
Bajina Bašta, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kosmos Bajina Bašta | |||
| 1999 | Budućnost Valjevo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2003 | Vojvodina | 43 | (10) |
| 2003–2004 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Lokomotiv Moscow | 3 | (0) |
| 2006–2010 | Standard Liège | 116 | (52) |
| 2010–2011 | Liverpool | 10 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Anderlecht | 68 | (17) |
| Total | 246 | (80) | |
| International career | |||
| 2007–2012 | Serbia | 44 | (11) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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Milan Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Јовановић; born 18 April 1981) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward or winger.
He began his career with FK Vojvodina and had brief spells at Shakhtar Donetsk and Lokomotiv Moscow before joining Standard Liège, where he was named Belgian Pro League player of the year in 2008 and Belgian Golden Shoe the following year. In 2010–11, he spent the season at Liverpool before returning to Belgium afterwards to spend the rest of his career at Anderlecht.
Jovanović earned 44 caps for the Serbia national team from his debut in 2007, and scored 11 international goals. Coach Radomir Antić created a wing-tandem with Jovanović and Miloš Krasić which is remembered as the best wing-partnership in the modern history of the Serbia national team. He represented Serbia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He is commonly referred to by his nickname Lane.