Jovan Marković

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 Universitatea Craiova.

Jovan Marković
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-03-23) 23 March 2001
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Universitatea Craiova
Number 20
Youth career
CSȘ Corabia
0000–2017 Universitatea Craiova
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Universitatea Craiova 94 (24)
2020–2021 → Academica Clinceni (loan) 26 (5)
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, correct as of 22 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 June 2023

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 22 October 2023[4]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Universitatea Craiova2016–17Liga I 3010000040
2018–19 Liga I 40112[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]081
2019–20 Liga I 30———30
2021–22 Liga I 3513502[lower-alpha 3]02[lower-alpha 4]04413
2022–23 Liga I 377304[lower-alpha 3]0—447
2023–24 Liga I 12410——134
Total 9424111803011625
Academica Clinceni (loan)2019–20Liga I 13110——141
2020–21 Liga I 13400——134
Total 265100000275
Career total 12029121803014330
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance in Supercupa României
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. appearance in Supercupa României, appearance in Liga I play-offs for UEFA Europa Conference League

International
As of match played 5 September 2021[5]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Romania
202130
Total30

Honours

Universitatea Craiova[4]

References
  1. "Liga 1: Jovan Markovic a debutat în Liga 1 la 16 ani și 9 zile" (in Romanian). Sportul Doljean. 2 April 2017.
  2. "Iceland v Romania game report". FIFA. 2 September 2021.
  3. "Povestea lui Jovan Markovic". orange.ro.
  4. Jovan Marković at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  5. "Iovan Marcovici". European Football. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
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