Ivan Obradović

Ivan Obradović

Personal information
Full name	Ivan Obradović
Date of birth	25 July 1988
Place of birth	Obrenovac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current team	Anderlecht
Number	37
Youth career
1997–2006	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2007	Teleoptik	20	(0)
2007–2009	Partizan	55	(1)
2009–2013	Zaragoza	47	(0)
2014–2015	Mechelen	42	(2)
2015–	Anderlecht	16	(1)
National team^‡
2007–2009	Serbia U21	4	(0)
2008–	Serbia	23	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2016

Ivan Obradović (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Обрадовић; born 25 July 1988) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Belgian club Anderlecht, as a left back.

Club career

Obradović is a product of FK Partizan's youth system. On 22 April 2007, he made his senior debut for Partizan under head coach Miroslav Đukić in a league match against FK Vojvodina. Until the end of the 2006–07 season, he recorded four more league appearances. He signed his first professional contract with Partizan on 7 June 2007.^[1]

In the 2007–08 season, his first full playing for Partizan, he made 19 league appearances and ended the season winning his first league medal.

At Partizan, Obradović made 55 league appearances scoring only one goal against FK Javor, the game ended 1–1. While in the youth categories of Partizan, he held the nickname of Gari which in Serbian alludes to the fact that he has tanned skin.^[2]

Obradović left Partizan and was signed up by Real Zaragoza in 2009 on a 5-year contract for an undisclosed fee^[3] He made his La Liga debut on 29 August, against CD Tenerife.^[4]

In 2013 he was released by the club. In January 2014 he was close to a move to Dutch Eredivisie leaders Vitesse Arnhem, but the club decided to buy Rochdi Achenteh instead.

International career

Obradović made his international debut for the Serbian national team on 6 September 2008, in a FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifier, in Belgrade against Faroe Islands. He scored his first international goal against Austria on 15 October 2008. Also representing Serbia at the 2010 world cup.

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 December 2016 ^[5]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Teleoptik	2006–07	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
	Total	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
Partizan	2006–07	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2007–08	19	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	23	0
	2008–09	29	0	4	0	9	0	0	0	42	0
	2009–10	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	6	1
	Total	55	1	7	0	14	0	0	0	76	1
Zaragoza	2009–10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	2010–11	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	0
	2011–12	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
	2012–13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total	47	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	48	0
Mechelen	2013–14	12	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	15	1
	2014–15	30	1	9	1	4	0	0	0	43	2
	Total	42	2	12	1	4	0	0	0	58	3
RSC Anderlecht	2015–16	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	16	0
	2016–17	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1
	Total	16	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	19	1
Career total		180	4	12	1	12	0	17	0	221	5

International

Serbia national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2008	4	1
2009	6	0
2010	5	0
2011	3	0
2012	2	0
2013	0	0
2014	0	0
2015	2	0
2016	1	0
Total	23	1

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	15 October 2008	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna	Austria	3–0	3–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Partizan

• Serbian SuperLiga: 2007–08, 2008–09
• Serbian Cup: 2007–08, 2008–09

References

1. "Ivan Obradović postao profesionalac" (in Serbian). partizan.rs. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
2. Izaberi Partizan.
3. Real Zaragoza sign Partizan Belgrade fullback Obradovic; Tribal Football, 23 August 2009
4. Real Zaragoza 1–0 Tenerife; ESPN Soccernet, 29 August 2009
5. "I.Obradović". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 May 2016.

External links

• Real Zaragoza official profile (Spanish)
• BDFutbol profile
• Reprezentacija profile (Serbian)
• 2010 FIFA World Cup profile
• Ivan Obradović – FIFA competition record