Jovan Marković
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 March 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botoșani | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CSȘ Corabia | |||
| –2017 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2025 | Universitatea Craiova | 122 | (26) |
| 2020–2021 | → Academica Clinceni (loan) | 26 | (5) |
| 2024–2025 | → Hermannstadt (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Oțelul Galați (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2025–2026 | Farul Constanța | 16 | (1) |
| 2026– | Botoșani | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Romania U17 | 7 | (2) |
| 2018 | Romania U19 | 1 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | Romania U21 | 15 | (3) |
| 2021 | Romania | 3 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 June 2023 | |||
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 Botoșani.
Club career
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.
International career
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]
Personal life
Marković was born in Belgrade to a Serbian father and a Romanian mother from Corabia, Olt County.[3] He has one son, named Matija.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 20 August 2026[4]
| Club | Season | League | Cupa României | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Liga I | 35 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 44 | 13 | |
| 2022–23 | Liga I | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | — | 44 | 7 | ||
| 2023–24 | Liga I | 39 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[e] | 0 | 43 | 6 | ||
| 2025–26 | Liga I | 1 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 122 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 149 | 27 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Hermannstadt (loan) | 2024–25 | Liga I | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oțelul Galați (loan) | 2024–25 | Liga I | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| Farul Constanța | 2025–26 | Liga I | 16 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | 1[f] | 1 | 21 | 6 | |
| Botoșani | 2026–27 | Liga I | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 179 | 33 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 213 | 40 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearance in Supercupa României
- 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- ↑ One appearance in Supercupa României, one appearance in Liga I play-offs for UEFA Europa Conference League
- ↑ Appearance in Liga I play-offs for UEFA Conference League
- ↑ Appearances in Liga I promotion/relegation play-offs
International
- As of match played 5 September 2021[5]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | |||
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Honours
Universitatea Craiova
- Supercupa României: 2021; runner-up: 2018
References
- ↑ "Liga 1: Jovan Markovic a debutat în Liga 1 la 16 ani și 9 zile" (in Romanian). Sportul Doljean. 2 April 2017.
- ↑ "Iceland v Romania game report". FIFA. 2 September 2021.
- ↑ "Povestea lui Jovan Markovic". orange.ro.
- ↑ Jovan Marković at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ↑ "Iovan Marcovici". European Football. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
External links
- Jovan Marković at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Jovan Marković – UEFA competition record (archive)
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Romanian people of Serbian descent
- Footballers from Belgrade
- People from Corabia
- Romanian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Liga I players
- CS Universitatea Craiova players
- LPS HD Clinceni players
- FC Hermannstadt players
- ASC Oțelul Galați players
- FCV Farul Constanța players
- FC Botoșani players
- Romania men's youth international footballers
- Romania men's international footballers
- Romania men's under-21 international footballers
- Footballers from Olt County
- 21st-century Romanian sportsmen