Vanja Dragojević
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vanja Dragojević | ||
| Date of birth | 11 January 2006 | ||
| Place of birth | Zemun, Serbia and Montenegro | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Partizan | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Altina Zemun | |||
| 2021–2024 | Partizan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024– | Partizan | 40 | (3) |
| 2024–2025 | → Teleoptik (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Serbia U21 | 3 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 September 2025 | |||
Vanja Dragojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Вања Драгојевић; born 11 January 2006) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Partizan.[2]
Dragojević began training at the "FK Altina" football school in Zemun, where Dušan Vlahović also took his first steps in football.[3] Dragojević later went through all the junior levels of Partizan,[4] and also played for the club in the UEFA Youth League.[5] He signed his first professional contract in September 2023, when he was presented to the public with peers including goalkeeper Vanja Radulaški and Ognjen Ugrešić and Zoran Alilović, also midfielders.[6] During the summer of 2024, after playing for the youth team, Dragojević was immediately transferred to Teleoptik, for whom he played his first senior matches in the Serbian League Belgrade.[4] He made 12 appearances and scored 2 goals in that competition,[7] before the sports department decided to terminate his loan.[8]
Dragojević made his debut for the first team in the round of 16 of the Serbian Cup away against Radnik Surdulica, replacing Mihajlo Ilić in the 83rd minute.[9] Ten days later, he played, paired with Aleksandar Filipović in the centre-back positions,[3] against CSKA Moscow in a friendly match.[10] In the following period, he also established himself in the Serbian SuperLiga, and at the end of the 2024/25 season. he appeared as a regular as one of the bonus players.[11][12] He played the entire match against Red Star Belgrade at the Rajko Mitić Stadium as part of the 176th eternal derby.[13] He ended his first season in professional competition with an assist for Milan Vukotić in a win over Vojvodina in the final round. After that, he officially extended his contract with Partizan until 2030. A release clause of 15 million euros was added to the contract. Following the departure of Aleksandar Jovanović, Bibars Natcho was elected as the new captain of Partizan, and Dragojević as the vice captain. He wore the armband in a friendly match against Radnički Niš on the first day of summer 2025. Dragojević scored his first goal for Partizan in the 10th round of the Serbian SuperLiga, against OFK Beograd at the Kraljevica Stadium in Zaječar, when, after a possession and a solo run, he hit the net guarded by Balša Popović.
