Dejan Živković (footballer, born 1979)

Dejan Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Живковић; born 19 August 1979) is a former Serbian professional footballer who played as a striker.

Dejan Živković
Personal information
Full name Dejan Živković
Date of birth (1979-08-19) 19 August 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1987–1997 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Teleoptik 16 (7)
1998–2004 Partizan 11 (0)
2000–2001Teleoptik (loan) 23 (9)
2001–2002Zvezdara (loan) 33 (12)
2003–2004Sartid Smederevo (loan) 19 (6)
2004–2006 OFK Beograd 7 (1)
2006–2007 Voždovac 6 (0)
2007–2008 Jedinstvo Stara Pazova 6 (0)
2008 Sevojno 9 (0)
2008–2009 Radnički Kragujevac 7 (0)
2009 Bonnyrigg White Eagles - (-)
2009–2010 Hajduk Beograd 6 (1)
2010 Konyaspor KIF 7 (1)
2011 Homoljac Žagubica - (-)
2012 Popinci - (-)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He is best remembered for scoring an extra time goal for Partizan against Sporting Clube de Portugal in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup first round.[1]

Career

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Živković started playing football at Partizan at the age of 8. In 1998, he signed a six-year contract for the club. After several years of playing on loans with Teleoptik and Zvezdara, scoring 12 league goals with the latter in the 2001–02 season, Živković returned to Partizan for the 2002–03 season. In the 2003–04 season, he played with Sartid Smederevo, scoring six league goals in 19 appearances. In the following next years, Živković also played with OFK Beograd and Voždovac in the national top flight, before playing in the lower leagues with several clubs.

In 2009, Živković traveled to Australia for a trial with A-League club Central Coast Mariners.[2] However, he signed with the Serbian-backed club Bonnyrigg White Eagles, playing in the NSW Premier League.

In 2012, Živković signed to play with Popinci in the Vojvodina lower league.[3]

Statistics

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Club Season League
Apps Goals
Partizan 1999–00 1 0
Zvezdara 2001–02 33 12
Partizan 2002–03 10 0
Sartid Smederevo 2003–04 19 6
OFK Beograd 2004–05 5 1
2005–06 2 0
Voždovac 2006–07 6 0

References

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  1. ^ "Partizan leave it late". uefa.com. 4 October 2002. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  2. ^ "From the Bernabeu … to the Central Coast Mariners". smh.com.au. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Fudbalski put Dejana Živkovića (33) - Od Partizana do Popinaca" (in Serbian). sportin.biz. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2014.