Predrag Rajkovic

Predrag Rajkovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Рајковић, pronounced [predraːɡ raːjkoʋitɕ]; born 31 October 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Mallorca and the Serbia national team.

Club Career

Jagodina

Born in Negotin, he started training when he was 7 years old with his father Sasa, who is also a former goalkeeper of Hajduk Veljko. He was with his hometown club until 2009, when he moved to Jagodina. For next 4 years, he played for youth teams of Jagodina, and was with first team since 2011–12 season, and was licensed with jersey number 45. Next season, Bondzulic changed his squad number to 11 again, so Rajkovic took 1. Although Bondzulic was the first choice, Rajkovic mainly was his reserve in front of competitors Petar Jokic and Stevica Zdravkovic. He made his professional debut for Jagodina on 9 March 2013 in a Serbian SuperLiga match versus Partizan. Until the end of 2012–13 season, he made one more match against Smederevo. After Bondzulic's departure, Andelko Duricic joined Jagodina. After first fixture and lose against Napredak Krusevac, Mladen Dodic decided to give Rajkovic a chance, because of his merits in winning 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. But, after 2 appearances in new season, Rajkovic left to Red Star Belgrade. Jagodina should receive 30 percent of his next transfer.

Red Star Belgrade

2013–14 season

He signed a four-year contract with Red Star Belgrade on 28 August 2013, and took the jersey number 95, according to year of his birth. He acted as a backup to Boban Bajkovic, and fought for a place on the bench with Milos Vesic. He made his official debut for Red Star in last fixture against Vojvodina.

2014–15 season

After Bajkovic's and Vesic's departures, Rajkovic stayed with a year younger Filip Manojlovic and Marko Trkulja who returned from Spartak Subotica, where he was on loan.

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