Born in Sarajevo (in Bosnia and Herzegovina), he moved with his parents to Apatin (in Serbia) as a child.
He started his youth career playing for local team FK Mladost Apatin.
He contributed in placing Mladost in the First League of FR Yugoslavia twice, which was the greatest achievement of that club until then in its history.
At that time, he was invited to the U-19 Serbia and Montenegro national team, but only played two matches during his year as its member.
[1] During the winter break of the 2011–12 season, he returned to Serbia by signing with his former team FK Borac Čačak.