Aleksandar Popović (footballer, born 1983)
{{Short description|Austrian-Serbian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
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| fullname = Aleksandar Popović
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|11|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = Klagenfurt, Austria
| height = {{height|m=1.80|precision=0}}
| position = Midfielder
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| youthclubs1= BSV Bad Bleiberg
| years1 = 2001–2002 | years2 = 2001–2002 | years3 = 2002–2003 | years4 = 2003–2005 | years5 = 2005–2009 | years6 = 2009–2010 | years7 = 2010–XXXX
| clubs1 = Red Star Belgrade | clubs2 = → Jedinstvo Ub (loan) | clubs3 = BSV Bad Bleiberg | clubs4 = Olimpija Ljubljana | clubs5 = Vojvodina | clubs6 = Kavala | clubs7 = FK Beograd
| caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | caps2 = 5 | goals2 = 0 | caps3 = 18 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 25 | goals4 = 1 | caps5 = 51 | goals5 = 2 | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 0 | caps7 = | goals7 =
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Aleksandar Popović ({{Lang-sr-cyr|Александар Поповић}}, born 2 November 1983) is a retired Austrian-Serbian football midfielder who plays for FK Beograd.
Career
He was born in Klagenfurt, Austria. He started his career playing with BSV Bad Bleiberg. In 2001, he moved to FR Yugoslavia and joined Serbian giants red Star Belgrade, however he spent most time on loan at FK Jedinstvo Ub. Afterwards, he returned to Austria and then played one season, already as senior, at his previous club, BSV Bad Bleiberg.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120608025122/http://www.srbijafudbal.net/vojvodina/popovic_a.htm Profile]}} at Srbijafudbal
In 2003, he moved abroad again, this time just crossing the border and joining Slovenian top-league side Olimpija Ljubljana, playing with them the seasons 2003–04 and 2004–05.[http://www.prvaliga.si/tekmovanja/?action=igralecStat&id_igralca=60313 Aleksandar Popović] at NZS {{in lang|sl}}.
His fine performances in SLovenian PrvaLiga made interest in the region grow, and he returned to Serbia and signed with FK Vojvodina. Popović became the team captain in Serbian SuperLiga club FK Vojvodina, and in summer 2009, he moved to Super League Greece to play in Kavala F.C. in the Greek Super League.[https://int.soccerway.com/players/aleksandar-popovic/40703/ Aleksandar Popović] at Soccerway In 2010, he returned again to Serbia and played with FK Beograd in third-tier, the Serbian League Belgrade.
References
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Category:Footballers from Klagenfurt
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Austrian men's footballers
Category:Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
Category:Serbian men's footballers
Category:Red Star Belgrade footballers
Category:FK Jedinstvo Ub players
Category:BSV Bad Bleiberg players
Category:NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945–2005) players
Category:FK Beograd (Serbia) players
Category:2. Liga (Austria) players
Category:Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Category:Serbian SuperLiga players
Category:Super League Greece players
Category:Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Category:Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Category:Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Category:Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Category:21st-century Serbian sportsmen
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