2022 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Kovac, Vedad
Jersey Number 7
Vedad Kovac
- Position:
- M
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 152
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Marietta, Ga.
- High School:
- Lassiter
Bio
MSU Career Stats
2023: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Played in four games, playing 50 minutes ... Played a season-high 28 minutes against Drake (10/27).
2022: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Played in 10 games, starting four ... Scored a goal in MSU's loss to No. 4 Notre Dame (8/29) ... Played a season-high 70 minutes in a win against Michigan (9/27).
2021: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Battled injury much of the season ... Played in seven games, averaging 22.7 minutes per game ... Scored the game-winning goal in the Spartans' 1-0 win against Ohio State on (10/17) ... Played a season-high 51 minutes against the Buckeyes.
2020-21: Appeared in all but one game this season as a freshman … Started and played a season-high 63 minutes vs. Rutgers (2/19).
Personal: Was a four-year letterwinner at Lassiter High School for head coach David Penny … Three-year captain … Earned all-region honors as both a sophomore and a junior and all-state honors as a junior … Scored 17 goals with 14 assists as a senior ... Played club for NASA for coach Todd Gispert, scoring 14 goals his final season … Earned valuable international experience with Bosnia's U19 National Team, playing in four friendlies and three Euro qualifiers in 2019 … Son of Fikret and Jasna Kovac ... Father played professional soccer in Croatia ... Majoring in advertising management.
2023: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Played in four games, playing 50 minutes ... Played a season-high 28 minutes against Drake (10/27).
2022: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Played in 10 games, starting four ... Scored a goal in MSU's loss to No. 4 Notre Dame (8/29) ... Played a season-high 70 minutes in a win against Michigan (9/27).
2021: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors ... Battled injury much of the season ... Played in seven games, averaging 22.7 minutes per game ... Scored the game-winning goal in the Spartans' 1-0 win against Ohio State on (10/17) ... Played a season-high 51 minutes against the Buckeyes.
2020-21: Appeared in all but one game this season as a freshman … Started and played a season-high 63 minutes vs. Rutgers (2/19).
Personal: Was a four-year letterwinner at Lassiter High School for head coach David Penny … Three-year captain … Earned all-region honors as both a sophomore and a junior and all-state honors as a junior … Scored 17 goals with 14 assists as a senior ... Played club for NASA for coach Todd Gispert, scoring 14 goals his final season … Earned valuable international experience with Bosnia's U19 National Team, playing in four friendlies and three Euro qualifiers in 2019 … Son of Fikret and Jasna Kovac ... Father played professional soccer in Croatia ... Majoring in advertising management.
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