Jovan Manev

Jovan Manev
Personal information
Full name Jovan Manev
Јован Манев
Date of birth (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 24)
Place of birthKočani, Macedonia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Rijeka
Number 15
Youth career
2016–2017Bregalnica Štip
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2018Osogovo
2018–2022Bregalnica Štip 79 (7)
2022–2023Adana Demirspor (loan) 8 (0)
2023–2025Adana Demirspor 20 (1)
2023Osijek (loan) 7 (0)
2025–Rijeka 0 (0)
International career
2019North Macedonia U20 1 (1)
2021–2022North Macedonia U21 8 (0)
2023–North Macedonia 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2024

Jovan Manev (Macedonian: Јован Манев; born 25 January 2001) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for HNK Rijeka, and North Macedonia national team.

Career

Manev is a youth product of the academies of Osogovo and Bregalnica Štip, and began his career in North Macedonia with Bregalnica Štip in the 2021–22 season, making 30 appearances and scoring 2 goals in his debut season.[1] On 3 July 2022, he signed with the Turkish club Adana Demirspor on loan for the 2022–23 season with an option to buy, which was taken.[2] In September 2023, Manev was loaned to NK Osijek in Croatia,[3] featuring in 7 league games for the club before getting injured. Manev's loan was brought to an end in December of the same year after the Turkish club decided to use the option to return him.[4]

International career

Manev is a youth international for North Macedonia, having played for the North Macedonia U21s.[5] Manev made his senior international debut coming on as a 79th-minute substitute against Faroe Islands in a 1–0 win on 27 March 2023. He scored his first national team goal in the Euro 2024 qualifiers played against Malta on 12 September 2023.[6]

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