Jovo Simanić

Jovo Simanić

Personal information
Full name	Jovica Simanić
Date of birth	(1965-08-08) 8 August 1965
Place of birth	Zrenjanin, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
Position(s)	Centre back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1991	Proleter	80	(16)
1992–1993	Stuttgart II	18	(2)
1992	Stuttgart	0	(0)
1993–1994	Benfica	0	(0)
1994–1995	Boavista	5	(0)
1995–1996	Famalicão	11	(1)
1996–1997	Ovarense	12	(0)
1997–2000	Proleter	43	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jovica "Jovo" Simanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Joвицa "Joвo" Cимaнић; born 8 August 1965 in Zrenjanin) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a central defender.

Football career

Simanić started and ended his 11-year professional career with hometown club FK Proleter Zrenjanin, but also played abroad in Germany and Portugal: in January 1992 he joined VfB Stuttgart, appearing almost exclusively for the reserve team. On 30 September 1992, in his only appearance for the main squad, a UEFA Champions League playoff game against Leeds United, he was introduced in the last minutes of the 1–4 away loss by manager Christoph Daum, causing Stuttgart to play with one foreign player too many; the Germans would have won on the away goals rule but, after being punished with a 0–3 defeat instead, the two teams had to play a third match, which ended 2–1 for the English.

Simanić then represented S.L. Benfica (being called to the bench two times) and Boavista FC (six official games) in the Portuguese top division, after which he competed in the country's second (F.C. Famalicão) and third levels (A.D. Ovarense). Aged 32 he returned to his country and Proleter, retiring from football three years later.

External links

• Bundesliga stats at Fussballdaten (German)
• Jovo Simanić at footballzz.co.uk
• Jovo Simanić profile at ForaDeJogo