Aleksandar Ignjovski
{{short description|Serbian footballer (born 1991)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Aleksandar Ignjovski
| image = Aleks Ignjovski 1860 2009.JPG
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Ignjovski with 1860 Munich in 2009
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|1|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pančevo, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
| position = Defensive midfielder, right-back
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1998–2008
| youthclubs1 = OFK Beograd
| years1 = 2008–2011 | clubs1 = OFK Beograd | caps1 = 23 | goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2009–2011 | clubs2 = → 1860 Munich (loan) | caps2 = 53 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2011–2014 | clubs3 = Werder Bremen | caps3 = 60 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2014–2016 | clubs4 = Eintracht Frankfurt | caps4 = 38 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2016–2018 | clubs5 = SC Freiburg | caps5 = 19 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2018–2019 | clubs6 = 1. FC Magdeburg | caps6 = 17 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2019–2023 | clubs7 = Holstein Kiel | caps7 = 45 | goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 255| totalgoals = 4
| nationalyears1 = 2009–2011 | nationalteam1 = Serbia U21 | nationalcaps1 = 10 | nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2012–2016 | nationalteam2 = Serbia | nationalcaps2 = 12 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 5 July 2023
| nationalteam-update = 13:26, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
}}
Aleksandar Ignjovski ({{lang-sr-cyrl|Александар Игњовски}}; born 27 January 1991) is a Serbian retired footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or right-back.{{Soccerway|74587}}
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.{{cite news|url=http://www.tsv1860.de/de/aktuell/news/2009/news_2009-07-08_ignjovski.php |title=Aleksandar Ignjovski verstärkt die Löwen |language=German |publisher=tsv1860.de |date=8 July 2009 |accessdate=8 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090711110346/http://www.tsv1860.de/de/aktuell/news/2009/news_2009-07-08_ignjovski.php |archivedate=11 July 2009 }} 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.{{cite web|title=Wechsel von Alexander Ignjovski zu Werder perfekt|trans-title=Alexandar Ignjovski's transfer to Werder complete|language=German|date=4 August 2011|accessdate=4 August 2011|publisher=Werder Bremen|work=official website|url=http://www.werder.de/de/profis/news/34642.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406061354/http://www.werder.de/de/profis/news/34642.php|archive-date=6 April 2012|url-status=dead}} On 1 April 2014, he stated his decision not renew his contract at the club.{{cite news|title=Ignjovski liefert die Begründung|url=https://www.kicker.de/ignjovski-liefert-die-begruendung-602048/artikel|access-date=11 June 2017|work=kicker Online|date=1 April 2014|language=German}} In this time at Werder Bremen, he made 60 league appearances scoring 1 goal.{{cite news|title=Perfekt: Ignjovski kommt nach Frankfurt|url=https://www.kicker.de/perfekt_ignjovski--kommt-nach-frankfurt-602201/artikel|access-date=11 June 2017|work=kicker Online|date=3 April 2014|language=German}}
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. He made his debut for Frankfurt 23 August 2014 in a 1–0 win against SC Freiburg.{{Cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2014/08/23/germany/bundesliga/eintracht-frankfurt/sc-freiburg/1713105/ | title=Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Freiburg - 23 August 2014 - Soccerway }}
In June 2016, Ignjovski signed for SC Freiburg.{{cite news|title="Viel Bundesligaerfahrung": Freiburg holt Ignjovski|url=https://www.kicker.de/viel-bundesligaerfahrung_freiburg-holt-ignjovski-653902/artikel|access-date=1 July 2016|work=kicker Online|date=14 June 2016|language=German}} 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.{{Cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/08/28/germany/bundesliga/hertha-bsc-berlin/sc-freiburg/2254909/ | title=Hertha Berlin vs. Freiburg - 28 August 2016 - Soccerway }}
On 21 July 2019, Ignjovski joined Holstein Kiel on a two-year deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.holstein-kiel.de/news-herren/ksv-verpflichtet-aleksandas-ignjovski/|title=KSV verpflichtet Aleksandar Ignjovski|language=German|publisher=Holstein Kiel|date=21 July 2019|accessdate=21 July 2019}}{{cite web |title=Kiel verpflichtet "routinierten Zweikämpfer" Ignjovski |url=https://www.kicker.de/kiel-verpflichtet-routinierten-zweikaempfer-ignjovski-753777/artikel |website=kicker Online |access-date=22 July 2019 |language=German |date=21 July 2019}}
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.{{cite web | url = http://www.reprezentacija.rs/statistika/reprezentativci/2649 | title = Aleksandar Ignjovski | language = Serbian | publisher = reprezentacija.rs | accessdate = 24 November 2012 | archive-date = 20 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170820115131/http://www.reprezentacija.rs/statistika/reprezentativci/2649 | url-status = dead }} Instead, he made his debut for the Serbia national team{{NFT|44795|name=Aleksandar Ignjovski|accessdate= }} on 28 February 2012 in Larnaca, Cyprus, in a friendly match against Armenia. His final international was a November 2016 friendly match against Ukraine.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=27686|title=Aleksandar Ignjovski, international football player|access-date=10 August 2024|website=EU-football.info}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 5 July 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/ignjovski-ignjovski/74587/ |title=A.Ignjovski|website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |accessdate=10 October 2022}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| OFK Beograd
|23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | |
| rowspan="3"|1860 Munich (loan)
|rowspan="2"|2. Bundesliga |30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 2010–11
|23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!53 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | |
| rowspan="4"|Werder Bremen
|rowspan="3"|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 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3"|Eintracht Frankfurt
|rowspan="2"|Bundesliga |20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 2015–16
|18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in the Bundesliga relegation play-offs}} | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Freiburg
|rowspan="2"|Bundesliga |19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in the UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 1. FC Magdeburg
|2. Bundesliga |17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 0 | |||
| rowspan="5"|Holstein Kiel
|rowspan="4"|2. Bundesliga |21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21
|10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1{{efn|Appearance in promotion play-offs}} | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22
|5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23
|9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!255 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 269 | 4 |
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=International=
{{Updated|29 July 2020}}{{NFT|44795}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="5"|Serbia
|2012 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||12||0 |
References
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External links
- {{Fussballdaten|ignjovskialeksandar}}
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