Luka

Jovanovic

CF SJ Earthquakes #9

Centre-Forward – Forward

Luka Jovanovic

SJ Earthquakes MLS

Top 9% of strikers in the world
#20 striker aged U21
Top 10% in the A-League

Date of birth / Age: 20 May 2005 (21)
Citizenship: AustraliaSerbia
Main position: Centre-Forward
Contract until: 2028

Benchmarks

strikers with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#453

striker in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#20

among strikers aged U21

In his league

90%

of A-League strikers rank below him

Finishing

−1.3

goals below expected · better than 39% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

19 Expected

20.3

98 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

6 Expected

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Season 2026

Appearances: 27
Starting eleven: 23
Goals: 11
Assists: 3
Yellow cards: 3
Second yellows: 1
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 1,872

Starting eleven85%

23 of 27 appearances

Minutes played1,872

69 per appearance

Goal involvement14

11 goals · 3 assists

Positions played

79 matches · since 2022/23

CMAMCF

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Forward	71	23	6
Attacking Midfield	7	0	0
Central Midfield	1	0	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2025/26	A-League	Adelaide United	24	21	11	3	3	1	0	1,716
2026	MLS	SJ Earthquakes	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	156
2026	AFC U23 Asian Cup	Australia U23	4	3	1	–	0	–	0	254
2025	FIFA U20 World Cup	Australia U20	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	131
2024/25	A-League	Adelaide United	21	8	5	1	2	0	0	777
2024	Australia Cup	Adelaide United	3	3	2	–	1	–	0	310
2025	Australia Cup	Adelaide United	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	81
2025	AFC U20 Asian Cup	Australia U20	6	5	3	–	1	–	0	479
2025	AFC U20 Asian Cup Qualification	Australia U20	4	3	2	–	0	–	0	221
2023/24	A-League	Adelaide United	24	9	4	2	2	0	0	911
2024	South Australia NPL	Adelaide United II	8	8	10	–	0	–	0	750
2023	Australia Cup	Adelaide United	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	46
2022/23	A-League	Adelaide United	9	5	3	0	0	0	0	383
2023	South Australia NPL	Adelaide United II	8	8	10	–	1	–	0	666
2022	South Australia NPL	Adelaide United II	23	21	12	–	2	–	0	1,783

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			143	98	63	6^*	12	1^*	0	8,664

By competition	Apps	G	A
A-League	78	23	6
South Australia NPL	39	32	–
Australia U20	13	5	–
Australia Cup	6	2	–
Australia U23	4	1	–
MLS	3	0	0

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Jul 2026 Jul 2026 · Transfer Adelaide United SJ Earthquakes Transfer
Jul 2023 Jul 2023 · Free Transfer Adelaide United Adelaide United Free Transfer Free
Jan 2022 Jan 2022 · Free Transfer Adelaide United Under 21 Adelaide United Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
SJ Earthquakes 2026 3 0
Adelaide United 2022–2026 84 25
Adelaide United II 2022–2024 39 32

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