Simon Vukčević

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Simon Vukčević

Full name	Simon Vukčević
Date of birth	January 29, 1986
Place of birth	Titograd, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.79m
Position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Saturn
Number	10
Youth clubs
	FK Buducnost Podgorica Partizan Belgrade
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2003-2005 2006-	Partizan Belgarde FC Saturn	51 (13) 7 (0)
National team**
2003 - 2006 2006 -	Serbia and Montenegro U21 Montenegro	7 (1) 0 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 27, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of May 27, 2006.

Simon Vukčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Симон Вукчевић), (born January 29, 1986 in Titograd, Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia) is a football player.

One of the most exciting players of recent times in Serbia and Montenegro, attacking midfielder Vukčević learned his craft at FK Budućnost Podgorica before moving to the Serbian capital to join FK Partizan at the tender age of 16.

Blessed with boundless confidence, he spent two years in the youth ranks in Belgrade before bursting into the first team, scoring and creating goals from midfield. He was awarded the No1 shirt, in recognition of his popularity among Partizan supporters. His best season with the club was the 2004/05 campaign during which he starred with eye-catching midfield displays in domestic league and UEFA Cup. Unfortunatelly, the form didn't spill over into 2005/06 season as Vukcevic faced criticism over his excessive solo play and poor shot selection, as well as overall detriorating form.

Despite criticism, his move to Russian side FC Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast in January 2006 came as somewhat of a shock. The transfer, said to have cost the Russian club about 7,000,000 Euros, will perhaps provide the answer if Vukčević is a one hit wonder or a legitimate future star.

He is nominated for the Gillette Best Young Player Award 2006.

[edit] National team

Vukčević won a silver medal with the Serbia and Montenegro u-21 national team at the 2004 European Under-21 Football Championship.

He was part of the Serbian and Montenegrin 2004 Olympic football team that exited in the first round, finishing fourth in Group C behind gold-medal winners Argentina, Australia and Tunisia.

He also played in the national under-21 squad which qualified for the European championships again in Portugal 2006. Capped five times for the senior international side, Vukčević was hoping to further hone his talents with the u-21 squad in Portugal, but he had a poor tournament. Following an indifferent display in the first group game (0-1 loss to Germany), Vukčević was benched for the next game and rarely featured in the side in the rest of the tournament. Serbia-Montenegro ended up progressing to semifinal where it lost on penalites to Ukraine

In light of Montenegro seceding from the State Union of Serbia-Montenegro in May 2006, and the fact that Vukcevic is from Podgorica, he will play for Montenegro in the future.