Aleksandar Boljević


Aleksandar Boljević is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a winger for Belgian Pro League club Standard Liège.

Club career

Zeta

Boljević made his debut for FK Zeta in Montenegro's semi-professional Montenegrin First League in 2011 at the age of 15. His extraordinary talent cemented his place in Zeta's regular starting lineup. Already at the age of 16, Boljević played a key role in Zeta's campaign in the 2012-13 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase. He appeared in all eight Europa League qualifying games that year, making assists against JJK Jyväskylä and FK Sarajevo before playing two matches against PSV Eindhoven. Even though Zeta lost by a staggering 0-14 on aggregate, PSV Eindhoven recognized Boljević and subsequently signed him on a pre-contract which transfers Boljević to PSV in January 2014.

PSV

In his time at PSV, Boljević mostly played for the reserves, Jong PSV. While he did impress there it wasn't enough for coach Phillip Cocu to call him up more regularly for the first team. Boljević made one appearance in the first team. On August 9, 2016, it became clear that Boljević had signed a contract with Belgian club Waasland-Beveren. He had only one season remaining on his contract with PSV.

Waasland-Beveren

On August 9, 2016, Boljević signed a contract with Belgian club Waasland-Beveren. During the 2016–17 season, Boljević made 21 appearances for Waasland-Beveren, recording 4 assists and no goals.

Standard Liège

On June 21, 2019, Boljević signed a contract with Belgian club Standard Liège.

International career

In 2010, at the age of 14, Boljević represented Montenegro's football team at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. He scored a goal against Zimbabwe in the group stage and another goal against Bolivia's team in the tournament's knockout stage.
At 17 years of age, Boljević made his debut for the Montenegro national football team on November 17, 2013, in a friendly match against Luxembourg. He has, as of July 2020, earned a total of 17 caps, scoring no goals.