Vanja Zvekanov (born 25 May 2000) is a professional Serbian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Javor Ivanjica.
Club Career
Spartak Subotica
He continued the family tradition and started playing football at the age of four in FK Palic, where his father Zlatko was the coach. Then he moved to Spartak, where he was the captain of the cadets and a member of the junior national team of Serbia.
Genoa
In March 2018, he signed a contract for Genoa C.F.C., which he chose instead of another Italian team, Parma Calcio 1913. He arrived in Italy as a teenager and made 27 appearances in Primavera. In Italy, he was called the "new Matic", and then he suffered an injury that prevented him from playing in Serie A, what was the plan of coach Davide Ballardini.
Javor Ivanjica
In the summer of 2019, he returned to Serbian football and got a lot of minutes in professional football in the Super League. As soon as he came he played ten games for Javor in the first season. In that period Zvekanov scored two goals and had one assist in the Super League
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