Stefan Karajovanovic

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Stefan Karajovanovic
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-16) April 16, 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 HFX Wanderers
Number 39
Youth career
2012–2016 AS Hull
2015 Montreal Impact
2015–2016 Ottawa Fury
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Carleton Ravens 37 (35)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Ottawa Fury Academy 5 (0)
2017–2018 FC Gatineau 14 (16)
2019 Blainville 12 (5)
2020 Ottawa South United 6 (7)
2021– HFX Wanderers FC 14 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 3, 2021

Stefan Karajovanovic (born April 16, 1999) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for HFX Wanderers in the Canadian Premier League.

Early life[]

Karajovanovic began playing youth soccer with the Association Soccer de Hull. In 2015, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy, where he played for four months before joining the Ottawa Fury FC Academy, due to moving to Ottawa for school.[1]

University career[]

In 2017, he began attending Carleton University in Ottawa, where he played for the Ravens soccer team.[2] He was named an OUA first-team all-star as a rookie.[3] During his three seasons at Carleton, he scored 35 goals in 37 appearances.[4]

Club career[]

Karajovanovic was a member of the Ottawa Fury FC Academy, where he made his semi-professional debut in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec[2] playing five matches during the 2016 season, while also appearing in 11 reserve team games scoring four goals.

In 2017 and 2018, he played for FC Gatineau in the PLSQ. During the 2017 season, he broke his collarbone which limited him to five total combined appearances in which he scored four goals (two goals in two league appearances),[5] but returned the following season with much greater success,[6] scoring 14 goals in 12 games.[7] He won the Ballon de bronze (Bronze Ball) as the league's third best player in 2018.[8]

In 2019, he joined AS Blainville in the PLSQ,[9] where he won the league championship.[10]

He was selected 5th overall in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft by York9 FC of the Canadian Premier League.[11] He trained with the club for five days, but the club did not have a roster spot for him, so he did not sign for the 2020 season.[12] Afterwards, he joined Atlético Ottawa for training, but did not join them for the 2020 season either.[12]

Instead for the 2020 season, he joined PLSQ club Ottawa South United, after switching over from defending champion AS Blainville.[13]

At the 2021 CPL-U Sports Draft, he was selected seventh overall by the HFX Wanderers FC.[14] In June, he signed with the club for the 2021 season.[15] He made his debut on June 26, 2021 against Pacific FC.[16] He scored his first professional goal on September 3 against Forge FC.[17]

Personal[]

His family is of Serbian origin.[18] His grandfather was a professional soccer player in Bosnia and Serbia.[2]

Career statistics[]

As of match played on September 3, 2021[19]
Club Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ottawa Fury Academy 2016[20] PLSQ 5 0 — — 0 0 5 0
FC Gatineau 2017[20] 2 2 — — 2 1 4 3
2018[20] 12 14 — — 0 0 12 14
A.S. Blainville 2019[20] 12 5 — 1 0 0 0 13 5
Ottawa South United 2020[20] 6 7 — — — 6 7
HFX Wanderers FC 2021 CPL 14 1 0 0 1 0 — 14 1
Career total 51 29 0 0 2 0 2 1 55 30

References[]

  1. ^ "Stefan Karajovanovic Profile". Ottawa Pro Sports Management.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Skorzewska, Kassia (November 6, 2017). "Men's soccer dynamic duo lead OUA in scoring". The Charlatan.
  3. ^ "Ravens rookie leads nation's capital's men's soccer award winners". Ottawa Sportspage. November 30, 2017.
  4. ^ "Karajovanovic et Balbinotti sur le chemin de la CPL" [Karajovanovic and Balbinotti on the way to the CPL]. Just eSoccer (in French). November 13, 2019.
  5. ^ "Karajovanovic à l'assaut de Blainville!" [Karajovanovic assaulting Blainville!]. Just eSoccer (in French). June 2, 2018.
  6. ^ Comtois, Martin (June 19, 2018). "Machine à marquer chez le FC Gatineau" [Scoring machine at FC Gatineau]. Le Droit (in French).
  7. ^ "PLSQ-M: Mayard, Karajovanovic et André Finalistes" [PLSQ-M: Mayard, Karajovanovic and André Finalists]. PLSQ (in French). November 7, 2018.
  8. ^ "Tapis Rouge: Les Vainqueurs Dévoilés" [Red Carpet: The Winners Revealed]. PLSQ (in French). November 27, 2018.
  9. ^ Tougas, Marc (June 12, 2019). "Mayard et Karajovanovic: Un Duo Rêve...Qui Donne des Cauchhemars" [Mayard and Karajovanovic: A Dream Duo...Which Gives You Nightmares]. PLSQ (in French).
  10. ^ Jacques, John (November 4, 2019). "6 Prolific Goalscorers To Watch Out For In The 2019 CPL-U SPORTS Draft". Northern Tribune.
  11. ^ Jacques, John (November 11, 2019). "2019 CPL-U Sports Draft Roundup". Northern Tribune.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b Briggins, Jonathan (July 23, 2021). "Living the Dream: Stefan Karajovanovic Makes the Jump". HFX Wanderers FC.
  13. ^ Tougas, Marc (October 6, 2020). "L'AS Blainville Champion D'un Cour Championnat...Encore Plus Court que Prévu" [AS Blainville Champion of a Short Championship... Even Shorter than Expected]. PLSQ (in French).
  14. ^ MacDonald, Glenn (January 29, 2021). "Wanderers select Carleton striker Karajovanovic, Montreal defender Sow in CPL-U Sports draft". Cape Breton Post.
  15. ^ Thompson, Marty (June 10, 2021). "HFX Wanderers bring back Scott Firth, sign CPL-U SPORTS Draft pick forward Karajovanovic for 2021". Canadian Premier League.
  16. ^ Jacques, John (June 26, 2021). "Lightning, Pacific Strike Twice To Sink Wanderers". Northern Tribune.
  17. ^ "Stefan Karajovanovic scores early, Wanderers beat Forge 2-0". TSN. September 3, 2021.
  18. ^ Comtois, Martin (November 12, 2019). "La Première Ligue canadienne se tourne vers Gatineau" [Canadian Premier League turns to Gatineau]. Le Droit (in French).
  19. ^ Stefan Karajovanovic at Soccerway
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "PLSQ Stats Archive" (in French). TSI Sports.
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