Vanja Dragojević

Vanja Dragojević
Personal information
Full name Vanja Dragojević
Date of birth (2006-01-11) 11 January 2006
Place of birth Zemun, Serbia and Montenegro
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Partizan
Number 6
Youth career
FK Altina
2021–2024 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– Partizan 9 (0)
2024–2025 → Teleoptik (loan) 12 (2)
International career‡
2025– Serbia U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 June 2025

Vanja Dragojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Вања Драгојевић; born 11 January 2006) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serbian club Partizan.[2]

Club career

Vanja began training at the "FK Altina" football school in Zemun, where Dušan Vlahović also took his first steps in football.[3] Vanja later went through all the junior levels of Partizan,[4] and also played for the club in the UEFA Youth League.[5] He signed his first professional contract in September 2023, when he was presented to the public with peers including goalkeeper Vanja Radulaški and Ognjen Ugrešić and Zoran Alilović, also midfielders.[6] During the summer of 2024, after playing for the youth team, Vanja was immediately transferred to Teleoptik, for whom he played his first senior matches in the Serbian League Belgrade.[4] He made 12 appearances and scored 2 goals in that competition,[7] before the sports department decided to terminate his loan.[8]

Vanja made his debut for the first team in the round of 16 of the Serbian Cup against Radnik Surdulica in Surdulica. He came on in the 83rd minute, replacing Mihajlo Ilić.[9] Ten days later, he played, paired with Aleksandar Filipović in the centre-back positions,[3] against CSKA Moscow in a friendly match.[10] In the following period, he also established himself in the Serbian SuperLiga, and at the end of the 2024/25 season. he appeared as a regular as one of the bonus players.[11][12] He played the entire match against Red Star Belgrade at the Rajko Mitić Stadium as part of the 176th eternal derby.[13]

Playing style

Vanja is 184 centimetres tall,[14] and primarily plays as a defensive midfielder.[3] Bojan Šaranov, former Partizan goalkeeper and Vanja's agent, described him as a player with a strong character and physical predispositions.[4] Vanja is characterized by a competitive mentality, impudence and aggressive play, which is why he was often penalized with cards in the younger categories.[5][12] He has a playing style similar to Kristijan Belić,[3] while he singled out Saša Zdjelar as his footballing role model.[11] Upon his transition to senior football, he was often compared to that player.[12] He was occasionally dropped to the last line, in the position of a defender.[3][1][15]

References

  1. ^ a b "Vanja Dragojević". partizan.rs. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Vanja Dragojević". soccerway.com. 20 May 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e Kalajdžić, Luka (21 April 2025). "Dragojević krenuo stopama Vlahovića". Meridian Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Rakanović, N. (4 May 2025). "Ko je Vanja Dragojević i zašto se probio u Partizanu: Devet od deset ljudi mi je reklo da bežim od njega!". Mozzart Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  5. ^ a b Jojić, Sava (1 November 2023). "Biser Humske Vanja Dragojević ZA HS: 'Potpisivanje ugovora sa Partizanom je ostvarivanje dečačkih snova!' (foto)". HotSport. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Profesionalni ugovori za buduće nade!". partizan.rs. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  7. ^ @pbg.news 🚨 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Defanzivni vezista Vanja Dragojević (‘06) priključen je prvom timu. Prethodne polusezone nosio je dres Teleoptika za koji je odigrao dvanaest utakmica i postigao dva gola. on Instagram
  8. ^ Brnjašević, Marko (18 February 2025). "Partizan vratio talentovanog vezistu sa pozajmice". Meridian Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  9. ^ С, С. (12 March 2025). "Партизан лако са Радником у Купу Србије (видео)". Sportski žurnal. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  10. ^ "Od najavljenog spektakla do indijske serije: Moskovljani nose pobedu iz Beograda". Arena Sport. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Vanja Dragojević – Zdjelar je bio kapiten i grobar do koske, ugledam se na njega!". partizan.rs. 1 April 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  12. ^ a b c Rakanović, N. (2 April 2025). ""Baby Zdjelar" stupa na veliku pozornicu". Mozzart Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  13. ^ Krga, Iva (12 April 2025). "Vanja Dragojević govorio posle poraza od Crvene zvezde". Sportal.rs. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Vanja Dragojević". srbijasport.net. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  15. ^ S, M. (18 February 2025). "Stiže pojačanje u Humsku! Vezista priključen prvom timu! (foto)". Informer. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
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