Stefan Karajovanovic

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Stefan Karajovanovic
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Karajovanovic with Toronto FC II in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-04-16) April 16, 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Napier City Rovers
Number 19
Youth career
2012–2016 AS Hull
2015 Montreal Impact
2015–2016 Ottawa Fury
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2019 Carleton Ravens 37 (35)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016 Ottawa Fury Academy 5 (0)
2017–2018 FC Gatineau 14 (16)
2019 AS Blainville 12 (5)
2020 Ottawa South United 6 (7)
2021 HFX Wanderers 26 (1)
2022 Toronto FC II 19 (2)
2023– Napier City Rovers 12 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 1, 2023

Stefan Karajovanovic (born April 16, 1999) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for New Zealand club Napier City Rovers in the Central League.

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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 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] He departed the club at the end of the season. [18]

Several Canadian Premier League clubs expressed interest in him for the 2022 season, [19] however, in March 2022, he chose to sign with Toronto FC II in MLS Next Pro, [20] [21] stating "when my eyes saw Toronto FC, I didn't think twice!". [19] He scored his first goal on July 18 against Philadelphia Union II. [22] He departed the club after the season, after the club declined his contract option. [23]

In December 2022, it was announced that he would be going on trial with Serbian SuperLiga club FK Napredak Kruševac. [24] Then, in February 2023, he went on trial with Pacific FC as part of their pre-season camp. [25] In May 2023, he joined New Zealand club Napier City Rovers FC in the Central League and made his debut on May 7, 2023, recording an assist against the Wellington Phoenix FC Reserves. [26] He helped the club qualify for the national New Zealand National League stage, but was not able to participate as he had to return to Canada to complete his university studies commitments. [27]

Personal

His family is of Serbian origin. [28] His grandfather played professional soccer in Bosnia and Serbia. [2]

Career statistics

As of match played on September 1, 2023 [29]
ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffsDomestic CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ottawa Fury Academy 2016 [30] Première Ligue de soccer du Québec 50——0050
FC Gatineau 2017 [30] 22——2143
2018 [30] 1214——001214
A.S. Blainville 2019 [30] 125—1000135
Ottawa South United 2020 [30] 67———67
HFX Wanderers FC 2021 Canadian Premier League 2610010—261
Toronto FC II 2022 MLS Next Pro 19200——192
Napier City Rovers FC 2023 Central League 127—33—108
Career total944100532110045

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  2. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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).
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  22. ↑ Henry Jr, Larry (July 18, 2022). "TFC II inches closer to two-month unbeaten stretch after 2-1 win over Union II". MLS Next Pro .
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