Nikola Lazetić

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Nikola Lazetić
Personal information
Full name Nikola Lazetić
Date of birth February 9, 1978 (1978-02-09) (age 30)
Place of birth    Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Torino
Number 11
Youth clubs
Trepca
Budućnost Valjevo
Milicionar Beograd
Železničar Beograd
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1996-1997
1997-1998
1998-2000
2000-2002
2002-2003
2002
2003
2003-2005
2003-2004
2005
2006-Present
Red Star Belgrade
Vojvodina
Obilić Belgrade
Fenerbahçe
Como
Chievo (loan)
Lazio (loan)
Genoa
Siena (loan)
Livorno
Torino
15 (3)
14 (4)
46 (8)
46 (6)
00 (0)
11 (0)
05 (0)
39 (1)
31 (2)
16 (0)
46 (0)   
National team2
1998-2003 FR Yugoslavia 25 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 08:15, 6 December 2007 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 13:18, 4 April 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Nikola Lazetić (Born 9 February 1978 in Kosovska Mitrovica, SFRY) is a Serbian professional football player. He currently plays for Italian side Torino.

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[edit] Football career

Lazetić was playing for the Kosovar team Trepca as a 15 and 16 years old junior player, after leaving Kosovo province he was going to Central Serbia. Lazetić made his professional debut for Red Star Belgrade in summer 1996, he then played for Vojvodina and Obilić.

Lazetić went to Turkey's Fenerbahçe in June 2000 for DM6 million. In the first season, he made regular appearances in the first team, but he just made 16 appearances in the second season. He played his last match on 17 March 2002 against Malatyaspor.

Lazetić was signed by Como in summer 2002 on a free transfer.[1] However, he was loaned to Chievo and made his Serie A debut on 29 September 2003 against Internazionale.[2] In January 2003, he was loaned to S.S. Lazio.[3]

In 2003 summer, he was signed by Genoa, but was immediately loaned to Siena. Lazetić returned to Genoa in the summer of 2004, where he played his first ever Serie B season.

He help the club to win the Serie B Champions, but Genoa's involvement in the Seria A scandal saw Genoa stripped of the title and relegated to Serie C1.

On 30 August 2005, he was sold to Livorno. But on 11 January 2006, he was signed by Torino F.C., whichhe helped the club to win promotion to Serie A again.

[edit] Honours and Awards

  • Serie B promotion play-offs winner: 2006 (Torino)

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