Aleksandar Boljević
Aleksandar Boljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Бољевић; born 12 December 1995) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège.
Boljević at PSV in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aleksandar Boljević | ||
Date of birth | 12 December 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Podgorica, FR Yugoslavia | ||
Playing position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Standard Liège | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
Zeta | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2014 | Zeta | 43 | (8) |
2014–2016 | PSV | 1 | (0) |
2014–2016 | Jong PSV | 72 | (14) |
2016–2019 | Waasland-Beveren | 98 | (7) |
2019– | Standard Liège | 21 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2013–2016 | Montenegro U21 | 12 | (3) |
2013– | Montenegro | 17 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 October 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 November 2019 |
Club career
Zeta
Boljević made his debut for FK Zeta in Montenegro's semi-professional Montenegrin First League in 2011 at the age of 15. His extraordinary talent cemented his place in Zeta's regular starting lineup. Already at the age of 16, Boljević played a key role in Zeta's campaign in the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase. He appeared in all eight Europa League qualifying games that year, making assists against JJK Jyväskylä and FK Sarajevo before playing two matches against PSV Eindhoven. Even though Zeta lost by a staggering 0-14 on aggregate, PSV Eindhoven recognized Boljević and subsequently signed him on a pre-contract which transfers Boljević to PSV in January 2014.[1]
PSV
In his time at PSV, Boljević mostly played for the reserves, Jong PSV. While he did impress there it wasn't enough for coach Phillip Cocu to call him up more regularly for the first team. Boljević made one appearance in the first team. On August 9, 2016, it became clear that Boljević had signed a contract with Belgian club Waasland-Beveren.[2] He had only one season remaining on his contract with PSV.
Waasland-Beveren
On August 9, 2016, Boljević signed a contract with Belgian club Waasland-Beveren. During the 2016–17 season, Boljević made 21 appearances for Waasland-Beveren, recording 4 assists and no goals.
Standard Liège
On June 21 , 2019 , Boljević signed a contract with Belgian club Standard Liège.
International career
In 2010, at the age of 14, Boljević represented Montenegro's football team at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. He scored a goal against Zimbabwe in the group stage and another goal against Bolivia's team in the tournament's knockout stage.
At 17 years of age, Boljević made his debut for the Montenegro national football team on November 17, 2013, in a friendly match against Luxembourg.[3] He has, as of July 2020, earned a total of 17 caps, scoring no goals.[4]
References
- Voetbal International: PSV kan zich opmaken voor entree vleugelspits Boljevic (In Dutch) October 17, 2013
- "PSV verliest 'toptalent' Boljevic aan Waasland-Beveren". www.vi.nl.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-26. Retrieved 2016-04-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Fudbalski Savez Crne Gore: Sokolovi ubjedljivi u Luksemburgu (in Montenegrin) November 17, 2013
- "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-08-01.
External links
- Aleksandar Boljević at National-Football-Teams.com
- Aleksandar Boljević at Soccerway
- Voetbal International profile (in Dutch) (Archived 24 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine)