# Nemanja Čović

Nemanja Čović (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Човић; born 18 June 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a forward for China League One club Suzhou Dongwu.

## Club career
### Early years

Čović came through the Vojvodina youth categories, and began his professional career at the age of 16 at Cement Beočin, making 19 league appearances and scoring 5 goals. He said: "The goal was to continue the tradition, since all the men from my closest family started their careers in Cement. It is interesting that all of them were defenders, I am the only forward".

### Vojvodina

During the summer of 2011, Čović was signed to Vojvodina by a free transfer. He scored against Vaduz in a game that Vojvodina lost 3–1 in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase. Subsequently, having spent only a month with Vojvodina, Čović was traded to Spartak Zlatibor Voda. He made his league debut for his new club on 10 September 2011 in a 2–0 away victory over Novi Pazar.

### China
#### Kunshan FC

On 2 May 2022, Čović joined China League One club Kunshan FC. He scored 16 goals in the 2022 China League One season, helped the team win the league title and get promoted to the Chinese Super League for the first time, however the club was dissolved in March 2023.

#### Henan FC

On 7 April 2023, Čović signed with Chinese Super League club Henan FC, reuniting with former Kunshan manager Sergio Zarco. He scored 15 goals in his first season in the top division, surpassing Leandro Netto's record in 2011 (14 goals) of most goals scored by a Henan player in a Chinese Super League season.

## International career
### Youth level

Čović appeared for under-19 and scored a goal in three games. On 29 February 2012, Čović scored a goal in a friendly for Serbia's U21 team against Bosnia and Herzegovina U21.

### Senior national team

Čović got his first call up to the senior Serbia side for the friendly games against Dominican Republic and Panama. He made his debut on 25 January 2021, as a substitution during halftime. In the second half of a draw game against Panama he took captain's armband.

## Career statistics

    As of 2 November 2024
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Cement Beočin | 2007–08 | Vojvodina League West | 19 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 5 |
| Proleter Novi Sad | 2008–09 | Serbian League Vojvodina | 19 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 4 |
| Proleter Novi Sad | 2009–10 | Serbian First League | 16 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 7 |
| Proleter Novi Sad | Total | Total | 35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11 |
| Parma | 2010–11 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Vojvodina | 2011–12 | Serbian SuperLiga | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 |
| Spartak Subotica | 2011–12 | Serbian SuperLiga | 13 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 1 |
| Spartak Subotica | 2012–13 | Serbian First League | 19 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 2 |
| Spartak Subotica | Total | Total | 32 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| Donji Srem | 2013–14 | Serbian SuperLiga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 |
| Spartak Semey | 2014 | Kazakhstan First Division | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 3 |
| Proleter Novi Sad | 2014–15 | Serbian First League | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 4 |
| Shakhtyor Soligorsk | 2015 | Belarusian Premier League | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
| Proleter Novi Sad | 2015–16 | Serbian First League | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Minsk | 2016 | Belarusian Premier League | 24 | 8 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 8 |
| Lamia | 2016–17 | Super League Greece 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 |
| Minsk | 2017 | Belarusian Premier League | 22 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 4 |
| Proleter Novi Sad | 2017–18 | Serbian First League | 14 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 7 |
| Proleter Novi Sad | 2018–19 | Serbian SuperLiga | 34 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 10 |
| Proleter Novi Sad | Total | Total | 48 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 17 |
| Vojvodina | 2019–20 | Serbian SuperLiga | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 3 |
| Vojvodina | 2020–21 | Serbian SuperLiga | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 12 |
| Vojvodina | 2021–22 | Serbian SuperLiga | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 30 | 7 |
| Vojvodina | Total | Total | 63 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 22 |
| Kunshan | 2022 | China League One | 32 | 16 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 33 | 16 |
| Henan | 2023 | Chinese Super League | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 15 |
| Henan | 2024 | Chinese Super League | 26 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 27 | 7 |
| Henan | Total | Total | 50 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 22 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 374 | 112 | 30 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 414 | 121 |
* 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League Qualifying rounds
* ↑ Appearances in Belarusian Super Cup
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League Qualifying rounds

### International

Serbia :
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |

## Honours
### Club

Proleter Novi Sad
* Serbian First League: 2017–18
* Serbian League Vojvodina: 2008–09
Shakhtyor Soligorsk
* Belarusian Cup runner-up: 2014–15
* Belarusian Super Cup runner-up: 2015
Vojvodina
* Serbian Cup: 2019–20
Kunshan
* China League One: 2022

### Individual

* Province of Vojvodina Men's Player of the Year Award: 2018
* Vojvodina Player of the Season: 2020–21