Stevan Jovetić

Stevan Jovetić (, ; born 2 November 1989) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a striker for Super League Greece club Olympiacos.

He also captains the Montenegro national team.

Jovetić's primary position is a second striker, although he can also operate as an attacking midfielder or a winger.

He is known for his dribbling, technical ability, and creativity, and his playing style has led to comparisons with Roberto Baggio.

He played for them until 2004 when he joined FK Partizan.

On 9 April 2006, at the age of 16, Jovetić made his senior debut for FK Partizan under head coach Jürgen Röber during a league match against FK Voždovac.

He made his senior international debut in 2007, in Montenegro's first international football match as an independent country.

With 31 goals, he is Montenegro's all-time top goalscorer.

He is known as the first footballer who scored at least a single goal at all of the Big Five leagues.

He is one of the four professional football players (alongside Răducioiu, Poulsen and Justin Kluivert) to have plied his trade in the top five European leagues.

Jovetić is also known for his fair play, never being booked with straight red card in his career (received second yellow card once).

Jovetic made his first football steps at Mladost Podgorica.

He scored three goals during a UEFA Cup qualifying game against Zrinjski on 2 August 2007, in a 5–0 victory for Partizan, recording his first career hat-trick at only 17 years old.

Jovetić began his career with FK Partizan, winning the double of Serbian Superliga and Serbian Cup in 2008, then joined ACF Fiorentina for an approximate €10.8 million.

In five seasons at the Italian club, he scored 40 times in 134 matches, prompting an approximate €26.7 million transfer to Manchester City.

In his first season in England, he won the League Cup and the Premier League.

He became Partizan's club captain aged 17 years, 10 months and 21 days in January 2008, after former captain Antonio Rukavina was sold to German Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund.

This made him Partizan's youngest captain ever, surpassing Albert Nađ, who became captain at age 19.

On 10 May 2008, Serie A club Fiorentina signed him for a fee of approx. €10.8 million.

He scored his first goal for La Viola in the league match against Atalanta from the penalty spot on 5 April 2009.

He started the 2009–10 season with a goal against Sporting Clube de Portugal in a 1–1 return leg draw at Stadio Artemio Franchi, which gave Fiorentina their entrance into the Champions League group stages.

Other decisive goals included goals against Palermo, Sampdoria, and Livorno.

On 29 September 2009, he scored both goals in a 2–0 victory over Liverpool in the Champions League group stage.

On 9 March 2010, Jovetić scored two goals in Fiorentina's 3–2 win over Bayern Munich.

The club lost, however, on away goals, and he also scored again against Napoli on 13 March.

He scored in a 4–1 win against Udinese on 28 March.

During pre-season training for the 2010–11 season, he suffered an injury to his cruciate ligament in his right knee which eventually saw him out for the whole season.

Jovetić returned from injury in fine form in the 2011–12 season, scoring a double in a 3–0 win against Parma, his first goals in over a year.

On 15 October 2011, Jovetić signed a contract that would keep him in Florence through 2016.

Jovetić held the record until 31 October 2012 when he was surpassed by Nikola Ninković.

Following the winter break in the Serie A, Jovetić netted twice as Fiorentina eased to a comfortable 3–0 victory over Novara on 8 January 2012.

A month later, on 5 February, Jovetić earned his side a 3–2 victory against Udinese by converting two penalties; the win gave Fiorentina back-to-back victories in the Serie A for the first time all season.

He failed to find the back of the net after this game for over two months before netting his side's opener and then assisting the winning goal for Amauri as Fiorentina shocked title contenders Milan 2–1 on 7 April.

On 17 February 2013, both Jovetić and teammate Adem Ljajić netted braces as Fiorentina thrashed Inter 4–1 at the Stadio Artemio Franchi.

On 19 July 2013, he signed for Premier League club Manchester City in a deal worth approx. €26.7 million.

Upon signing for the club, Jovetić chose to wear number 35 on his shirt, which he also wore while playing for Partizan.

He joined former Fiorentina teammate and close friend, Matija Nastasić at the club.

Jovetić netted 14 times in 27 league games for Fiorentina, as the Tuscan side limped to 13th place in Serie A.

He subsequently returned to Italy to play for Inter Milan in 2015, and also had a loan spell in Spain with Sevilla in 2017, before joining Ligue 1 club Monaco later that year.

Jovetić is a Montenegro international, having previously represented his team at under-21 level.