Vanja Zvekanov (born 25 May 2000) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Javor Ivanjica.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vanja Zvekanov | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 22) | ||
| Place of birth | Subotica, Serbia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Javor Ivanjica | ||
| Number | 30 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013-2018 | Spartak Subotica | ||
| 2018–2018 | Genoa | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Javor Ivanjica | 26 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 2017 | Serbia U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Serbia U19 | 9 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He continued the family tradition and started playing football at the age of four in FK Palić,[2] where his father Zlatko was the coach. Then he moved to Spartak, where he was the captain of the cadets and a member of the junior national team of Serbia.
In March 2018, he signed a contract for Genoa C.F.C., which he chose instead of another Italian team, Parma Calcio 1913. He arrived in Italy as a teenager and made 27 appearances in Primavera.[3] In Italy, he was called the "new Matić", and then he suffered an injury that prevented him from playing in Serie A, what was the plan of coach Davide Ballardini.
In the summer of 2019, he returned to Serbian football and got a lot of minutes in professional football in the Super League. As soon as he came he played ten games for Javor in the first season. In that period Zvekanov scored two goals and had one assist in the Super League[4]
While playing for FC Spartak Subotica, Zvekanov played for the U17 national team of Serbia, and then he also played for the U19 national team of Serbia. In 2019, he was on the wider list of the U21 national team led by the coach Nenad Milovanović. He played with the youth national team in the qualifications for the European Championship in Northern Ireland, when they won a place for the elite round of qualifications in Italy.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Javor | 2019–20 | SuperLiga | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 3 | ||||
| Career Totals | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 3 | |||
FK Javor Ivanjica – current squad | |
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