Danijel Aleksić

Early career in Vojvodina

Aleksić started playing football at the age of seven in a local club Veternik. By the age of 11, he transferred to Vojvodina, where he made it through every age group. Simultaneous to football, Aleksić attended Jovan Vukanović streamlined technical high school. On 5 May 2007, he made his senior debut for Vojvodina under head coach Milovan Rajevac in an away league match against Red Star Belgrade. Being only sixteen years and five days old, Aleksić became the second youngest player ever to appear in a Serbian SuperLiga match (behind Slavko Perović). By the end of the 2006–07 season, he recorded one more league appearance. On 2 April 2008, Aleksić scored his first league goal on 2 April 2008 in a 4–1 home victory against Hajduk Kula. During Vojvodina's 2008–09 season opening league match, a derby versus Red Star Belgrade, Aleksić scored a 90th-minute goal to put the game beyond reach and ensure a famous 2–0 win for his team. In November 2008, Aleksić started to figure as a transfer target for Serbia's biggest clubs – Red Star and Partizan – however, Vojvodina officials at the time were adamant that they would never sell him to league competitors. In late March 2009, he also reportedly started getting attention from abroad, with scouts from Real Madrid and Villarreal coming to watch him play for the Serbian U19 national squad. For his part, in mid-May 2009, Aleksić said that he would prefer his first transfer abroad to be to Holland's…

At the age of 17 on 16 November 2008, Aleksić debuted for the Serbian senior team under head coach Radomir Antić in a friendly match against Poland in Belek, Turkey, becoming one of Serbia's youngest debutants. Ten years later, he returned to the national team as a late substitute in a UEFA Nations League match against Lithuania.

Club

As of match played 7 June 2024

International

Born in Pula, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia, Aleksić's mother fled to Serbia due to the Croatian War of Independence. He never met his biological father and carries his mother's last name.