Jovan Manev

Jovan Manev
Personal information
Full name Jovan Manev
Јован Манев
Date of birth (2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 25)
Place of birth Kočani, Macedonia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre-back
Youth career
2016–2017 Bregalnica Štip
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Osogovo
2018–2022 Bregalnica Štip 79 (7)
2022–2023 → Adana Demirspor (loan) 8 (0)
2023–2025 Adana Demirspor 20 (1)
2023 → Osijek (loan) 7 (0)
2025–2026 Rijeka 7 (0)
2025–2026 → Novi Pazar (loan) 12 (0)
International career‡
2019 North Macedonia U20 1 (1)
2021–2022 North Macedonia U21 8 (0)
2023– North Macedonia 11 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 June 2025

Jovan Manev (Macedonian: Јован Манев; born 25 January 2001) is a Macedonian professional footballer who last played as a centre-back for the Serbian club Novi Pazar, on loan from HNK Rijeka, and North Macedonia national team.

Career

Manev is a youth product of the academies of Osogovo and Bregalnica Štip, and began his career in North Macedonia with Bregalnica Štip in the 2021–22 season, making 30 appearances and scoring 2 goals in his debut season. On 3 July 2022, he signed with the Turkish club Adana Demirspor on loan for the 2022–23 season with an option to buy, which was taken. In September 2023, Manev was loaned to NK Osijek in Croatia, featuring in 7 league games for the club before getting injured. Manev's loan was brought to an end in December of the same year after the Turkish club decided to use the option to return him.

Manev was transferred in 2025 to the Croatian club NK Rijeka. Not having broken to the first team, he was loaned on to FK Novi Pazar in Serbia. Having spent a season there, his contract with Rijeka was terminated.

International career

Manev is a youth international for North Macedonia, having played for the North Macedonia U21s. Manev made his senior international debut coming on as a 79th-minute substitute against Faroe Islands in a 1–0 win on 27 March 2023. He scored his first national team goal in the Euro 2024 qualifiers played against Malta on 12 September 2023.

Honours

Rijeka

References

  1. ↑ "PHOTO: Youth representative Jovan Manev is a new player of Adana Demirspor - Free Press". Слободен печат. 3 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Jovan Manev, Adana Demirsporda!". Fanatik.
  3. ↑ "Osijek promoted Jovan Manev: I am honored to be part of this club". slobodenpecat.mk/. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Jovan Manev se vraća u Adanu Demirspor at the NK Osijek site.
  5. ↑ Zanimljiv dan na Rujevici: Rijeka predstavila stopera, otpisala dvojicu i saznala europskog suparnika at Telegram.hr
  6. ↑ "Kanatlarovski announces U21 squad for last two EQ matches". 17 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Malta:0-North Macedonia:2". UEFA. Retrieved 15 September 2023.