Aleksandar Prijović

Aleksandar Prijović (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Пpиjoвић, pronounced [aleksǎːndar prǐːjoʋitɕ, alěksaːn-]; born 21 April 1990) is a professional footballer who last played as a striker for A-League club Western United.

Born in Switzerland, Prijović played for both his country of birth and Serbia as a youth international, before switching to represent the latter at senior level.

[6] On 27 January 2009, Prijović joined League One Yeovil Town on a months loan,[7] playing four times before returning early due to illness.

[17] On 15 August 2013, Prijović signed a 2+1⁄2-year contract with the Stockholm-based club Djurgårdens IF, where he was reunited with his coach from Tromsø, Per-Mathias Høgmo.

On 17 August 2017, he helped PAOK to complete a remarkable turnaround to defeat Östersunds FK 3–1 at Toumba Stadium scoring a brace in the second half of the 1st leg of the UEFA Europa League play-offs.

[31] On 21 January 2018, Prijović scored in the first minute of added time in a hammering 3–0 home win game against Apollon Smyrni.

[33] On 3 February 2018, he scored a brace in a crucial 3–1 away win against PAS Giannina, and PAOK remain in first place of Super League on the road to the title of 2017–18 season.

[34] On 12 February 2018, Prijovic rounding off the scoring with a powerful finish three minutes after the half-time interval, in a 3–0 home win game against AEL.

[36][37] On 28 February 2018, Prijovic deservedly doubled PAOK's advantage in a 3–1 away win against Panionios in the Greek Cup semi-final, planting a bullet header expertly beyond the helpless Matic Kotnik from Dimitris Limnios' left-wing cross.

[40] On 29 April 2018, he scored a brace in a triumphant 3–0 away win against struggling giants Panathinaikos, essentially occupied the second place in the 2017–18 season that leads in the preliminary round of UEFA Champions League.

[43] On 25 July 2018, Prijovic doubles PAOK lead from Dimitris Limnios cross late on, in a 2–1 home win game in the UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round, 1st leg against FC Basel.

[45] On 8 August 2018, Prijovic scored with a penalty kick in a 3–2 home win game in the Champions League Third qualifying round, 1st leg against Spartak Moskva.

[48] On 4 October 2018, he opened the score in a 4–1 away emphatic win against BATE Borisov in Belarus in the UEFA Europa League Group stage.

[50] A week later, Prijovic opened the scoring six minutes after half-time after an assist from Léo Jabá in a 2–0 home win game against rivals Panathinaikos.

[52] On 13 December 2018, he pulled a goal back from close range after a great run from Jabá in a frustrated 3-1 Europa League home loss against BATE Borisov.

[54] On 17 December 2018, the Serbian international beat Vladimir Bajić with a superb volleyed effort from Jabá's lofted pass into the penalty area, opening the score in a 2–1 away win against Levadiakos.

After medical in Saudi Arabia, he would travel to Thessaloniki for a crunch meeting with PAOK's owner Ivan Savvidis, but it never happened.

Instead, Prijovic, decided to fly back to the Serbian capital of Belgrade, and in the next couple of days, he will travel to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to be officially unveiled as a player of Al Ittihad.

[65] On 12 May, Muslin officially confirmed that Prijović will be part of the team in the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Wales.

On 9 October 2017, in the last qualification match in the group, Prijović scored his first goal with the national team (sliding in a cross from Aleksandar Mitrović) as Serbia defeated Georgia and returned to the World Cup after an eight-year drought.

Aleksandar Prijović with Derby County in 2008
Prijović scored the winning goal versus Georgia thus clinching Serbia 's qualification for the 2018 World Cup — the country's first major tournament appearance after eight years and three unsuccessful qualifying campaigns.