Jovan Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Марковић, pronounced [jǒʋan mǎːrkoʋitɕ], Romanian: Iovan Marcovici; born 23 March 2001) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga I club Universitatea Craiova.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CSȘ Corabia | |||
| 0000–2017 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Universitatea Craiova | 61 | (15) |
| 2020–2021 | → Academica Clinceni (loan) | 26 | (5) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Romania U17 | 7 | (2) |
| 2018 | Romania U19 | 1 | (1) |
| 2021– | Romania U21 | 8 | (2) |
| 2021– | Romania | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 November 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2022 | |||
Marković made his Liga I debut for Universitatea Craiova on 1 April 2017, aged 16, in a 1–4 home loss to CFR Cluj.[1] His breakthrough came in the 2021–22 season, following a loan stint at Academica Clinceni, as he managed to score 13 goals from 44 games in all competitions.
Marković made his debut for the Romania national team on 2 September 2021, in a 2–0 away victory over Iceland in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.[2]
Marković was born in Belgrade to a Serbian father and a Romanian mother from Corabia, Olt County.[3]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Universitatea Craiova | 2016–17 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2018–19 | Liga I | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Liga I | 35 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 44 | 13 | |
| 2022–23 | Liga I | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | ||
| Total | 61 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 81 | 16 | ||
| Academica Clinceni (loan) | 2019–20 | Liga I | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | Liga I | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 4 | |||
| Total | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 87 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 108 | 21 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | |||
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Universitatea Craiova[4]
CS Universitatea Craiova – current squad | |
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