Full name Aleksandar Prijovic Name Aleksandar Prijovic Playing position Role Footballer | Number 99 Height 1.90 m Years Team | |
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Date of birth (1990-04-21) 21 April 1990 (age 25) Place of birth Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Current teams Legia Warsaw (#99 / Forward), Legia Warsaw | ||
PAOK FC ● Aleksandar Prijovic ● All 18 Goals in 2016/17
Aleksandar Prijović (Serbian Cyrillic: Aлeкcaндap Пpиjoвић; born 21 April 1990) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a striker for Greek club PAOK FC and for the Serbian national team. Prijović had also played for both Serbia and Switzerland in youth levels.
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- PAOK FC Aleksandar Prijovic All 18 Goals in 201617
- Aleksandar prijovic hattrick
- Early career
- Derby County
- Sion
- Djurgrdens IF
- Legia Warsaw
- PAOK
- International career
- Career statistics
- International
- Honours
- References
Aleksandar prijovic hattrick
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. Derby offered Prijović a two-year contract. He provisionally signed for Derby on 7 August 2008, subject to international clearance. 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 and then by the Swiss army, who made Prijović return home to complete his spell with them. On 27 January 2009, Prijović joined League One Yeovil Town on a months loan, 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.
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." He eventually signed for FC Sion for a nominal fee on 1 February 2010.
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. He played one match for Molde, the pre-season match against the Spanish club Xerez CD, but was not offered a contract.
On 31 July 2012, Tromsø signed Prijović on a one-year loan deal, with an option to buy. 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. 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.
Tromsø could not afford to extend Prijović' loan-deal, and he returned to Sion when the loan-deal expired on 1 July 2013.
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. In his starting debut for Djurgårdens IF Prijovic scored a hattrick, when IFK Norrköping was beaten 3–2.
Legia Warsaw
On 9 July 2015, Prijović joined Legia Warsaw on a four-year deal. During the 2015–16 Polish Cup Final on May 2, 2016, he scored the match winner in the 69th minute to defeat Lech Poznan 1–0. On 22 November 2016, he scored two goals in the 2016–17 Champions League group match against Borussia Dortmund as his team lost 8–4 away from home.
PAOK
On 16 January 2017, Prijović left Legia Warsaw to join Greek Super League club PAOK on a 4.5-year contract. The reported transfer fee paid to Warsaw was €1.9 million plus 10% of a future transfer fee, receiving an annual income of €850.000. He started being the undisputed leader of the club's offense. He scored on his debut in a Greek Cup game against Panetolikos. On 19 February 2017, he scored a brace (pen. 42', 50'), PAOK won easily 4-0 against Veria F.C. at Toumba Stadium.
On 16 March 2017, Prijovic suffered a shoulder injury and underwent a successful operation, the club confirmed. The Serbian striker picked an injury in his shoulder and he is set to miss the next 6 weeks. PAOK confirmed that Prijovic went under knife successfully and he will start rehabilitation imminently. Prior to his injury, has only featured in 10 games, but he is already leading the scoring charts of PAOK with 7 goals.
On 17 August 2017, he helped PAOK to cimplet a remarkable turnaround and defeated Östersunds FK 3-1 at Toumba Stadium scoring a brace in the second half of the 1st leg of UEFA Europa League play-offs. On 28 August 2017, he scored his first goal for the 2017-18 season in a 3-1 home win game against Kerkyra F.C. On 16 September 2017, thanks to a header by Serbian international striker, PAOK won 1-0 Panetolikos at Toumba Stadium.
International career
Though born in Switzerland, Prijović qualifies for Serbia through his parents and has represented the country at both U17 and U19 level. He played 6 competitive games in total.
However, he used his chance in nationality switch in 2010. He scored in his debut with the 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, his only competitive under-21 match.
In February 2017 Prijovic made an official request to FIFA for permission to play for the Serbian national football team. On 20 March, Aleksandar has received confirmation from FIFA that he is allowed to play for the Serbian national football team, which is confirmed by the national coach Slavoljub Muslin. On 12 May, Serbian coach Slavoljub Muslin officially confirmed that Prijović is a new player for the Serbian national football team. He made his debut for Serbian team against Wales and he assisted for 1:1.