Aleksandar Prijović

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Aleksandar Prijović
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Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Prijović
Date of birth (1990-04-21) 21 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
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Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Legia Warsaw
Number 99
Youth career
St. Gallen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2008 Parma 1 (0)
2008–2010 Derby County 0 (0)
2009 → Yeovil Town (loan) 4 (0)
2009 → Northampton Town (loan) 10 (2)
2010–2013 Sion 41 (6)
2011–2012 → Lausanne-Sport (loan) 10 (0)
2012–2013 → Tromsø (loan) 26 (4)
2013–2014 Djurgårdens IF 27 (10)
2014–2015 Boluspor 31 (16)
2015– Legia Warsaw 15 (3)
International career‡
Serbia U-17
Serbia U-19
2010 Switzerland U-20 2 (1)
2011 Switzerland U-21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 November 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 May 2012

Aleksandar Prijović (Serbian Cyrillic: Aлeкcaндap Пpиjoвић; born 21 April 1990) is a Swiss footballer of Serbian descent who plays for Legia Warsaw.

Career

Early career

Prijović started his career as a youth player with his home town club FC St. Gallen but moved to Italy at the age of 16 to start his football career with Italian side Parma, making the first appearance of his career as a substitute for Parma on 27 April 2008 in a match against Reggina Calcio. Prijović's contract with Parma finished at the end of the 2007/08 season and he rejected the offer of a new one-year deal with the club.

Derby County

Prijović went on trial with English Championship side Derby County where he caught the eye by scoring a hat-trick as Derby's academy side beat Arsenal youth 4–1.[1] Derby offered Prijović a two-year contract. He provisionally signed for Derby on 7 August 2008,[2] subject to international clearance.[1] His full signing was delayed by issues over international clearance, firstly following disagreements over the player's registration which was sorted when Derby agreed to pay Prijović's former club, Parma, an undisclosed amount as compensation[3] and then by the Swiss army, who made Prijović return home to complete his spell with them.[4] On 27 January 2009, Prijović joined League One Yeovil Town on a months loan,[5] playing four times before returning early due to illness.

On 16 March, Prijović joined Northampton Town on loan for a month. He made his debut in the 4–0 win over Stockport County and impressed the fans. He scored his first professional goal in the 3–2 defeat to Southend United. He then scored his second in the 3–1 victory away at Leyton Orient.[6][7]

On 6 July 2009, he was called for a trial period with Germany based club MSV Duisburg before he joined OB Odense on a similar deal in November 2009, where he impressed with a goal in a trial match. Of Prijović, Derby boss Nigel Clough said "They are very interested in taking him in January so we are just trying to get a deal done if they want to do one. If not, we will probably look to get him out on loan. If we can do it before the deadline, we will do. If not, in January."[8] He eventually signed for FC Sion for a nominal fee on 1 February 2010.[9]

Sion

While on loan at Lausanne, he went on a trial with the Norwegian club, Molde at their training camp in Marbella, Spain in February 2012.[10] He played one match for Molde, the pre-season match against the Spanish club Xerez CD, but was not offered a contract.[11]

On 31 July 2012, Tromsø signed Prijović on a one-year loan deal, with an option to buy.[12] Tromsø's head coach Per-Mathias Høgmo stated that Molde's manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær and coach Mark Dempsey had recommended Prijovic after the trial.[13] Prijović got his debut coming in off the bench for the last 22 minutes of an away loss to Fredrikstad on 5 August. Four days later he made his first start and scored his first goal in the away leg of the third qualifying round of the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League against Metalurh Donetsk, ensuring a 2–1 aggregate win for Tromsø.[14]

Tromsø could not afford to extend Prijović' loan-deal, and he returned to Sion when the loan-deal expired on 1 July 2013.[15]

Djurgårdens IF

On 15 August 2013, Prijović signed a 2,5 years contract with the Stockholm-based club Djurgårdens IF, where he was reunited with his coach from Tromsø, Per-Mathias Høgmo.[16] In his starting debut for Djurgårdens IF Prijovic scored a hattrick, when IFK Norrköping was beaten 3–2.[17]

Legia Warsaw

On 9 July 2015, Prijović joined Legia Warsaw on four-year deal.[18]

International career

Though born in Switzerland, Prijović qualifies for Serbia through his parents and has represented the country at both U17 and U19 level.

However he used his only chance in nationality switch in 2010. He scored in his debut with Switzerland national under-20 football team on 28 April. He collected his second cap on 6 September 2010.

Prijović made his Swiss U21 debut on 10 August 2011. He also played in the next match on 1 September 2011.

Career statistics

As of 18 July 2013
Season Club Division League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2007–08 Parma Serie A 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2008–09 Yeovil League One 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2008–09 Northampton 10 2 0 0 0 0 10 2
2009–10 Sion Super League 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2010–11 25 6 3 1 0 0 28 7
2011–12 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
2011–12 Lausanne-Sport 10 0 1 1 0 0 11 1
2012 Tromsø Tippeligaen 13 3 3 0 3 2 19 5
2013 13 1 3 4 2 0 18 5
2013 Djurgården Allsvenskan 10 5 1 0 0 0 11 5
2014 17 5 2 0 0 0 19 5
Career Total 119 22 13 6 6 2 139 30

References

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