Radomir Novaković (born 24 January 2000) is a German–Serbian football footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Schalke 04 II.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (2000-01-24) 24 January 2000 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Mönchengladbach, Germany | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Schalke 04 II | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2012 | OFK Kikinda | ||
2012–2014 | 1. FC Mönchengladbach | ||
2014–2017 | Borussia Möchengladbach | ||
2017–2018 | Roda Kerkrade | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Roda Kerkrade | 19 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Inđija | 5 | (0) |
2021 | Ayia Napa | 0 | (0) |
2022– | Schalke 04 II | 5 | (0) |
National team | |||
2018 | Serbia U19 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 August 2022 |
Novaković was born in Germany. After his second birthday, he moved with his family to Kikinda where he played for OFK Kikinda in the youth school.
Novakovic returned to Germany at the age of 12, and continued his football career in Mönchengladbach, from where he later moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach. He first played for Borussia Monchengladbach U15, then for Borussia Monchengladbach U16 and Borussia Monchengladbach U17.
At the age of 17, Novaković decided to leave Monchengladbach and go to the Roda JC Kerkrade in order to tried in professional football as well.[1] At first, he was the starting goalkeeper of the youth team, but when he didn't concede a goal for 200 consecutive minutes, after 20 matches he was transferred from Roda U23 to the senior team.[2] He made his Eerste Divisie debut for Roda JC Kerkrade on 7 December 2018 in a game against FC Dordrecht.[3] He had a lot of great games, against AFC Ajax, a team that was a quarterfinalist of the UEFA Champions League at that time, FC Twente, Sparta Rotterdam, SC Heerenveen. He played 25 games and spent 2,100 minutes on the pitch in the Eredivisie, he did not concede a goal in four matches.
After the structural changes in Roda, he wanted to change the environment and sign for the club where he will be the standard goalkeeper again.[4][5] He made his debut for FK Inđija on 21 October 2020, in the Serbian Cup match against IMT.
In January 2022, he returned to Germany, signing with Schalke 04 II.[6]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Roda JC | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
2019–20 | Eerste Divisie | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
FK Inđija | 2020–21 | Serbian SuperLiga | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Ayia Napa | 2021–22 | Cypriot Second Division | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
Schalke 04 II | 2021–22 | Regionalliga West | 4 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Regionalliga West | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Career total | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
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