Aleksandar Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Поповић; born 29 September 1999) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Partizan.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksandar Vpopović | ||
| Date of birth | (1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Užice, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Partizan | ||
| Number | 41 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sloboda Užice | |||
| Partizan | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Partizan | 45 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Teleoptik (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2018 | → Teleoptik (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Serbia U17[lower-alpha 1] | 8 | (0) |
| 2017 | Serbia U19[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | (0) |
| 2020 | Serbia U21[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | (0) |
| 2021– | Serbia | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 December 2021 | |||
After coming through the youth system of Partizan, Popović was loaned to affiliated club Teleoptik in the summer of 2017. He was promoted back to the Partizan first team during the 2018 winter transfer window.[1] After failing to make his official debut for the side, Popović was again loaned to Teleoptik in the summer of 2018. He was recalled back to Partizan in early 2019.
On 19 June 2020, Popović made his official debut for Partizan in a 1–0 away loss at Vojvodina in the last round of the COVID-19-shortened 2019–20 Serbian SuperLiga.[2] He would become the first-choice goalkeeper for the 2020–21 Serbian SuperLiga, mainly due to new league requirements for under-21 players, making 21 appearances in the process.
Upon the departure of Vladimir Stojković, Popović made his debut in European competitions on 29 July 2021, keeping a clean sheet and saving a penalty in a 2–0 away victory over Slovak club DAC Dunajská Streda in the UEFA Conference League.[3] He extended his contract with Partizan two months later, keeping him with the club until 2024.[4]
Popović was capped for Serbia at under-17, under-19 and under-21 levels in UEFA competitions.[5] He made his full international debut for Serbia in a goalless friendly with Panama on 28 January 2021.[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Partizan | 2017–18 | Serbian SuperLiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Serbian SuperLiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Serbian SuperLiga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Serbian SuperLiga | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Serbian SuperLiga | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 2022–23 | Serbian SuperLiga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||
| Teleoptik (loan) | 2017–18 | Serbian First League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Serbian First League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Total | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 82 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
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