Ivan Šaponjić
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ivan Šaponjić | ||
| Date of birth | 2 August 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Nova Varoš, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Benfica B | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Zlatar Nova Varoš | |||
| Sloboda Užice | |||
| 2013–2015 | Partizan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2015 | Partizan | 32 | (7) |
| 2016– | Benfica B | 34 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013–2014 | Serbia U17 | 6 | (5) |
| 2014– | Serbia U19 | 10 | (9) |
| 2015– | Serbia U20 | 9 | (2) |
| 2015– | Serbia U21 | 2 | (0) |
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2016 |
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Ivan Šaponjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Шапоњић; born 2 August 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Benfica B in Portugal.
He won the gold medal with the Serbian youth national team at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Šaponjić made his first football steps at local clubs Zlatar Nova Varoš and Sloboda Užice, before joining the youth academy of Partizan. He made his senior debut for the club in a league game on 30 November 2013, coming on as a 76th-minute substitute in a 2–0 home win against Spartak Subotica. Šaponjić eventually failed to make any other competitive appearance in the 2013–14 season.
On 30 May 2014, Šaponjić signed his first professional contract with Partizan, penning a three-year deal. He scored his first competitive goal for the club in a 2–0 away victory over Jagodina in the second leg of the Serbian Cup semi-final on 8 April 2015. Five days later, on 13 April 2015, Šaponjić scored his first league goal in a 3–1 away win over OFK Beograd. He scored a total of five goals from 16 appearances in all competitions during the 2014–15 season.
On 25 July 2015, Šaponjić scored a brace in a 6–0 home league victory over Jagodina. He scored his first international goal for Partizan with an overhead kick in a 2–1 home win over BATE Borisov in the return leg of the Champions League play-off round on 26 August 2015. This was the club's 100th victory in European football. Šaponjić also scored both goals for Partizan in their 2–0 Serbian Cup win over Sinđelić Beograd on 28 October 2015.
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