Jovan Mijatović


Jovan Mijatović is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward for German club Eintracht Braunschweig on loan from American side New York City.
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Club career

Mijatović went through the junior selections of Red Star Belgrade. At the beginning of the spring of 2021, he suffered a serious knee injury, which caused him to be absent from the field in the following period. With the cadet team, he participated in winning the title for the 2021/22 season, while occasionally playing for the youth team. At the beginning of the competition 2022/23. Mijatović played for Grafičar, where he scored five goals in eight games in the Serbian First League. At the end of the summer transfer window of the same year, he was returned to his parent club and joined the first team. He took the number 9 jersey previously worn by Milan Pavkov.
On 31 January 2025, Mijatović joined OH Leuven in Belgium on loan until the end of the 2024–25 season. He made his debut on 16 February 2025 and scored the winning goal against FCV Dender.
On 29 January 2026, Mijatović moved on a new loan to Eintracht Braunschweig in German 2. Bundesliga, initially until the end of the 2025–26 season, Eintracht holds the option to buy or extend the loan at the end of the initial term.

International career

Youth

In 2019, Mijatović played for the Serbian under-15 national team. He scored a goal at the opening of the Trofej Crna Gora tournament in Podgorica, against the corresponding team of Slovenia. He also made his debut for the under-16 team at a friendly match with his peers from Romania in March 2021. Soon after that, he suffered an injury that kept him off the field for a long time
He joined the Serbia national under-17 football team a year later, debuting in a friendly match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. He enjoyed a long run in the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, where Serbia reached the semi-finals under the leadership of Radovan Krivokapić, scoring the lead goal in their semi-final against the Netherlands, only to eventually lose on penalties.
The selector of the Serbia national under-19 football team, Jovan Damjanović, sent an invitation to Mijatović for the "Stevan Vilotić Ćele" Memorial Tournament in September 2022.

Honours

;Red Star Belgrade
Individual