BIOGRAPHY
Dejan Joveljic was born August 7, 1999, in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a stiker in Major League Soccer.
Joveljic played with the local club Sloga Junajted, before he joined Serbian top tier club Red Star Belgrade in his early years. After almost 7 years with the club, passing the whole youth categories, Joveljić signed his first professional contract on 16 March 2016, along with several teammates. Joveljić has joined the first team under coach Miodrag Božović in 2016, but failed to 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 youth team until the end of a season. He was also nominated as one of the competitors for the Golden Boy award in 2017. In summer 2017, Joveljić presented as one of the club's top 10 youth prospects and passed the whole pre-season training with the first squad. He became a regular member of the first team since the beginning of September 2017, after a furious period in the Serbian youth league. He has been named as the third choice striker behind Richmond Boakye and Aleksandar Pešić.[10] Later, on 19 September 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 substitution for a match against Mladost Lučani on 22 October 2017. He made his official debut for Red Star Belgrade on 10 December 2017, replacing Aleksandar Pešić in 70 minute of the Serbian SuperLiga match against Borac Čačak. On 5 May 2018, Joveljić got his first time in starting lineup for a senior game, scoring a twice in 5–0 home victory over Spartak Subotica. Finally, Joveljić scored in the last match of the season against Voždovac on 19 May 2018, for the first trophy in his professional career.
In summer 2018, after overgrown youth selection, which previously qualified to the 2018–19 UEFA Youth League, Joveljić started new season as a fully senior. Following the complete pre-season period he passed with the first team, Joveljić has been licensed for the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League qualifications. Following both of matches against Spartaks Jūrmala in the first round he missed, Joveljić started an opening match of the 2018–19 Serbian SuperLiga, scoring in 3–0 victory over Dinamo Vranje on 20 July 2018.
On 14 June 2019, Joveljić signed a deal with German side Eintracht Frankfurt for a fee of €4 million. Joveljić joined Belgian club Anderlecht on loan until the end of the season on 31 January 2020. Joveljić spent the 2020-2021 season on loan at Austrian Bundesliga side Wolfsberger AC. He finished the season as the club’s top scorer.
On 5 August 2021, Joveljić signed a four-and-a-half year deal with MLS side LA Galaxy. He signed as a U22 Initiative player.
