Born in Janja, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, then still part of SFR Yugoslavia, he started playing in the youth teams of FK Sloboda Tuzla, later moving to Belgrade's FK Partizan. In the season 2007-08 he played his first senior season for Partizan's satellite club FK Teleoptik. In January 2009, he signed his first professional senior contract with Serbian SuperLiga club OFK Belgrade. In the summer of 2009, he was loaned to FK Velež Mostar. In 2009, he was voted the best player in the Bosnian Premier League by journalists.
