Aleksandar Ignjovski

Aleksandar Ignjovski
Ignjovski with 1860 Munich in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-01-27) 27 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Pančevo, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, right-back
Youth career
1998–2008 OFK Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 OFK Beograd 23 (3)
2009–2011 → 1860 Munich (loan) 53 (0)
2011–2014 Werder Bremen 60 (1)
2014–2016 Eintracht Frankfurt 38 (0)
2016–2018 SC Freiburg 19 (0)
2018–2019 1. FC Magdeburg 17 (0)
2019–2023 Holstein Kiel 45 (0)
Total 255 (4)
International career‡
2009–2011 Serbia U21 10 (1)
2012–2016 Serbia 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 July 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:26, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Aleksandar Ignjovski (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Игњовски; born 27 January 1991) is a Serbian retired footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or right-back.[2]

Club career

Born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, Ignjovski played in his first season as senior in 2008 for the Serbian SuperLiga club OFK Beograd, playing twenty three games and scoring three goals during that season.[3] On 8 July 2009, he was loaned to 2. Bundesliga club TSV 1860 Munich.

At the end of the loan, Ignjovski returned to Belgrade before signing for Werder Bremen.[4] On 1 April 2014, he stated his decision not renew his contract at the club.[5] In this time at Werder Bremen, he made 60 league appearances scoring 1 goal.[6]

On 3 April 2014, it was announced that Ignjovski had signed a three-year contract with Eintracht Frankfurt with effect from the season 2014–15, where he was reunited with his former manager at Werder, Thomas Schaaf.[6] He made his debut for Frankfurt 23 August 2014 in a 1–0 win against SC Freiburg.[7]

In June 2016, Ignjovski signed for SC Freiburg.[8] He made his league debut for Freiburg on 28 August 2016 in a 2–1 loss to Hertha Berlin being replaced by Onur Bulut in the 66th minute.[9]

On 21 July 2019, Ignjovski joined Holstein Kiel on a two-year deal.[10][11]

International career

Ignjovski was a member of Serbian U-21 team from 2009. Due to his Macedonian background, in March 2010 Macedonia national team coach Mirsad Jonuz officially stated his desire to have him play for Macedonia however this never materialised.[12] Instead, he made his debut for the Serbia national team[13] on 28 February 2012 in Larnaca, Cyprus, in a friendly match against Armenia.[12] His final international was a November 2016 friendly match against Ukraine.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 July 2023[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
OFK Beograd 2008–09 Superliga Srbije 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 3
1860 Munich (loan) 2009–10 2. Bundesliga 30 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
2010–11 23 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
Total 53 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 57 0
Werder Bremen 2011–12 Bundesliga 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
2012–13 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 1
2013–14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Total 60 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 61 1
Eintracht Frankfurt 2014–15 Bundesliga 20 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
2015–16 18 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 19 0
Total 38 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 41 0
Freiburg 2016–17 Bundesliga 19 0 2 0 — — 21 0
2017–18 0 0 0 0 1[b] 0 — 1 0
Total 19 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 22 0
1. FC Magdeburg 2018–19 2. Bundesliga 17 0 0 0 — — 17 0
Holstein Kiel 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 21 0 1 0 — — 22 0
2020–21 10 0 1 0 — 1[c] 0 12 0
2021–22 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
2022–23 9 0 0 0 — — 9 0
Total 45 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 48 0
Career total 255 4 11 0 1 0 2 0 269 4
  1. ^ Appearance in the Bundesliga relegation play-offs
  2. ^ Appearance in the UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in promotion play-offs

International

As of 29 July 2020[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Serbia 2012 10 0
2013 1 0
2014 0 0
2015 0 0
2016 1 0
Total 12 0

References

  1. ^ "Aleksandar Ignjovski | Spielerprofil". kicker (in German). Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  2. ^ Aleksandar Ignjovski at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Aleksandar Ignjovski verstärkt die Löwen" (in German). tsv1860.de. 8 July 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Wechsel von Alexander Ignjovski zu Werder perfekt" [Alexandar Ignjovski's transfer to Werder complete]. official website (in German). Werder Bremen. 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Ignjovski liefert die Begründung". kicker Online (in German). 1 April 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Perfekt: Ignjovski kommt nach Frankfurt". kicker Online (in German). 3 April 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Freiburg - 23 August 2014 - Soccerway".
  8. ^ ""Viel Bundesligaerfahrung": Freiburg holt Ignjovski". kicker Online (in German). 14 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Hertha Berlin vs. Freiburg - 28 August 2016 - Soccerway".
  10. ^ "KSV verpflichtet Aleksandar Ignjovski" (in German). Holstein Kiel. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  11. ^ "Kiel verpflichtet "routinierten Zweikämpfer" Ignjovski". kicker Online (in German). 21 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Aleksandar Ignjovski" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Archived from the original on 20 August 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  13. ^ Aleksandar Ignjovski at National-Football-Teams.com
  14. ^ "Aleksandar Ignjovski, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  15. ^ "A.Ignjovski". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  16. ^ Aleksandar Ignjovski at National-Football-Teams.com
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