Milan Jovanović (footballer born 1981)

Milan Jovanović
Милан Јовановић

Jovanović at Liverpool in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Milan Jovanović
Date of birth	(1981-04-18) 18 April 1981 (age 36)
Place of birth	Bajina Bašta, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Forward, Winger
Youth career
	Kosmos Bajina Bašta
1999	Budućnost Valjevo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2003	Vojvodina	43	(10)
2003–2004	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	(1)
2004–2006	Lokomotiv Moscow	3	(0)
2006–2010	Standard Liège	116	(52)
2010–2011	Liverpool	10	(0)
2011–2013	Anderlecht	68	(17)
Total		246	(80)
National team
2007–2012	Serbia	44	(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Milan "Lane" Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Јовановић, born 18 April 1981) is a former Serbian footballer who played as a winger.

He began his career with FK Vojvodina and had brief spells at Shakhtar Donetsk and Lokomotiv Moscow before joining Standard Liège, where he was named Belgian Pro League player of the year in 2008 and Belgian Golden Shoe the following year. In 2010–11, he spent the season at Liverpool, returning to Belgium afterwards to spend the rest of his career at Anderlecht.

Jovanović earned 44 caps for the Serbian national team from his debut in 2007, and scored 11 international goals. Coach Radomir Antić created a wing-tandem with Jovanović and Miloš Krasić which is remembered as the best wing-partnership in the modern history of the Serbian national team. He represented Serbia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Son of Stamenko and Gordana, Jovanović (known locally as Lane) grew up in Bajina Bašta before moving to Valjevo, Novi Sad, and Belgrade in pursuit of a football career. He played in the youth teams of FK Kosmos Bajina Bašta and FK Budućnost Valjevo.

Jovanović came to make his debut with FK Vojvodina during the 1999–2000 season. He then played at Shakhtar Donetsk and Lokomotiv Moscow, before arriving at Standard Liège in 2006.