Early life

Jović was born in the small village of Batar near Bijeljina, to Milan and Svetlana Jović. At the age of
five, he started playing football in Loznica, where he was spotted in 2004 and offered to play in Mini
Maxi, a development league for kids aged between 4 and 12 in Belgrade. After just one game where
Jović scored three goals his father was offered €50 for each game he played and 2000 dinars for
travelling costs from Batar to Belgrade. At one of those games he was scouted by Toma
Milićević, Red Star's scout who invited him to trial with Red Star Belgrade.[2] His playing style
attracted comparisons to Darko Pančev and Radamel Falcao, who is also his idol.[3][4]

Club career
Red Star Belgrade
Youth
Jović was offered the chance to play for Red Star Belgrade in 2005. Before he committed, his father
took him to train with Partizan, who had been trying to sign Jović for some time. They offered his
father 200 euros per month for Jović to play with them, but he insisted on staying with Red Star.[2]
2013–14 season
On 28 May 2014, at the age of 16 years, five months and five days, Jović made his professional
debut against FK Vojvodinain Novi Sad, where he broke Dejan Stanković's record as the youngest
goalscorer in a competitive match in the club's history.[5][6] He scored the goal only two minutes[5] after
he was brought on as substitute, and the final score of 3–3 was enough to give Red Star the 2013–
14 Serbian SuperLiga title.
2014–15 season
On 18 October 2014, Jović became the youngest player ever to play in Eternal derby at the age of
16 years, 9 months and 25 days, breaking the previous record of Dejan Milovanovic who was 17
years and 6 months old at the time.[7] Jović missed some crucial chances, but in spring half of the
season scored six goals. His first goal of the season came against Vojvodina, in a match where Red
Star celebrated its 70th birthday. He then scored against Spartak, a double against Borac and a
decisive goal against Voždovac, ahead of the Eternal derby clash.[8] He missed the end of the
season and the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand due to injury. On 17 May 2015, he
signed a three-year contract with Red Star to last until 2018.
2015–16 season
From the beginning of the 2015–16 season, Jović started as a first choice in Red Star attack along
with Hugo Vieira and scored 3 goals in first 5 games. He scored again against Voždovac a winning
goal and brought another win to Red Star at Stadion na Vračaru. He scored another game winner in
Subotica, against Spartak. In November 2015, a racketeerfrom Loznica threatened him and his
family that if they did not pay money to him, that he would "break Jović's legs".[9] A suspect was
apprehended immediately afterwards.[9]

Benfica
In February 2016, Jović signed with Portuguese champions Benfica until 2021.[10] On 9 March, he
debuted for the club's reserve team in a 2–2 home draw against Sporting da Covilhã in the Segunda
Liga.[11] He debuted for the first-team on 20 March, as a substitute, in a 1–0 away victory
against Boavista in the Primeira Liga.
On 30 January 2017, Jović made his only appearance for the first team when he came on as a
substitute in the 81st minute against Vitória de Setúbal.[12]
Loan to Eintracht Frankfurt
2017–18 season
In June 2017, Jović joined Eintracht Frankfurt on a two-season loan while his new club secured an
option to sign him on a permanent basis.[13][14] He made five appearances as they won the 2017–18
DFB-Pokal, and scored the only goal of the win at Schalke 04 in the semi-finals on 18 April
2018,[15] but was an unused substitute in the 3–1 final win over Bayern Munich.
2018–19 season
20-year-old Jović became the youngest player to score five goals in a Bundesliga game when he did
so in a 7–1 home win over Fortuna Düsseldorf on 19 October 2018.[16] On 14 March 2019, he scored
the only goal, his seventh for the campaign, in a 1–0 win over Inter Milan to secure the club's
progression to the quarter finals of the Europa League. In doing so, he helped Eintracht become the
first German club ever to record eight wins in a single season in the competition.[17]
On 17 April 2019, Eintracht Frankfurt exercised a clause in Jović's contract to make his loan move
permanent until 30 June 2023.[18]

International career
On 11 December 2013, Jović scored a hat-trick for Serbia U-17 in a 4–1 win against Croatia U-
17.[19] In July 2014, he was called up by youth coach Veljko Paunović to Serbia's U19 squad for
the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[20]
In May 2018, Jović was named in Serbia's preliminary squad for the FIFA World Cup in Russia.[21] On
4 June, he made his international debut in a friendly match against Chile, coming on as a substitute
for Aleksandar Mitrović in the 84th minute.[22] Later in June, Jović was included in the final 23-man
squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup,[23] where he appeared as a late substitute against Brazil.[24]
On 20 March 2019, Jović scored his first goal for Serbia in a friendly against Germany.[25]