Dejan Joveljić

Red Star Belgrade

2016–17 season

Born in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Joveljić played with the local club Sloga Junajted, before he joined Serbian top-tier club Red Star Belgrade in his early years. After almost seven years with the club, playing in the youth categories, Joveljić signed his first professional contract on 16 March 2016, along with several teammates. Joveljić joined the first team under coach Miodrag Božović in 2016, but did not play official matches during the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga campaign due to mononucleosis he was diagnosed with in August 2016. In the meantime, he was listed in top 60 youth footballers by The Guardian. After he missed the rest of 2016 without training, Joveljić returned to the field in early 2017, playing with the youth team until the end of the season. He was also nominated as one of the competitors for the Golden Boy award in 2017.

2017–18 season

In summer 2017, Joveljić presented as one of the club's top 10 youth prospects and spent the whole pre-season training with the first squad. He became a regular member of the first team from the beginning of September 2017, after an outstanding stint in the Serbian youth league. He was named as the third choice striker behind Richmond Boakye and Aleksandar Pešić. Later, on 19 September of the same year, Joveljić extended his contract with the club until 2021. He spent his first time in protocol for a senior game sitting on the bench as an unused…

As an ethnic Serb born and raised in the Republika Srpska entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, Joveljić has represented Serbia since his youth. After games with the Serbian under-16 & under-17 national teams, Joveljić made his debut for the under-18 level on 15 December 2015 in a match against Ukraine. He missed the whole 2016 season due to illness and returned to the team scoring a goal in a match against Uzbekistan on 20 April 2017. Playing for the team, Joveljić notched six goals in six matches, including games against Czech Republic and France in which he scored twice each. In August 2017, Joveljić was called into the Serbia U19 squad, when he made a debut at the memorial tournament "Stevan Vilotić – Ćele". Scoring twice in 3–1 victory over Israel, Joveljić contributed to winning a trophy, after which he was elected for the most promising player on the tournament. Joveljić got his first call-up for the Serbian under-21 team by coach Goran Đorović in December 2017. He made his debut for the team in an away friendly against Qatar on 17 December 2017. While at the under-19 level, Joveljić also scored against Bulgaria and Sweden in March 2018, missing to qualify for the 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship with Serbia. He made his debut for the senior national team on 7 June 2021 in a friendly against Jamaica.

Joveljić, is a 6'-tall, 165-pound striker. He usually plays as a centre forward, but can also play as a winger. He has stood out since his youth career and was marked as one of the best prospective players in the Red Star Belgrade Academy, later joining the first team. In his final season with the youth team, Joveljić confirmed his status as a poacher and top goalscorer with several hat-tricks. He has been compared to Argentine footballer Mauro Icardi and a compatriot Luka Jović. Joveljić is skilled with both feet and is also good at headers and penalty shots.

Joveljić attended a private school in Novi Sad, Serbia. Besides football, he likes to play billiards and chess, having achieved a FIDE rating of over 2200 in the latter. He is also a Rubik's Cube enthusiast. His personal best is 39 seconds. In 2023 he competed at the European Championships in Blitz Chess in Zagreb, Croatia. With six points from 13 games, he made it to position 330 among 556 participants.