Srđan Lakić
During his tenure at 1. FC Kaiserslautern | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Srđan Lakić | ||
Date of birth | 2 October 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Dubrovnik, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
2000–2002 | Hajduk Split | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2002–2004 | GOŠK | 27 | (13) |
2004–2005 | Hrvatski Dragovoljac | 28 | (24) |
2005–2006 | Kamen Ingrad | 30 | (13) |
2006–2008 | Hertha BSC | 12 | (0) |
2007–2008 | → Heracles Almelo (loan) | 28 | (7) |
2008–2011 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 80 | (35) |
2011–2014 | VfL Wolfsburg | 18 | (0) |
2012 | → TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 22 | (4) |
2014– | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0 | (0) |
National team | |||
2005 | Croatia U21 | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 January 2014. † Appearances (Goals). |
Srđan Lakić (born 2 October 1983) is a Croatian football striker who plays for 1. FC Kaiserslautern.
Club career
Early career and move to Hertha BSC
Lakić started his professional career with Croatian teams GOŠK Dubrovnik, Hrvatski Dragovoljac and Kamen Ingrad, playing in the Croatian First League with the latter, before moving to Hertha BSC in the summer of 2006.
He made his Hertha debut on 10 August 2006 in their UEFA Cup qualifier against Georgian side Ameri Tbilisi and went on to make his Bundesliga debut three days later against Wolfsburg. He scored his first and only goal for Hertha in their 2–2 away draw against Ameri Tbilisi in the second leg of the UEFA Cup second qualifying round. However, he never managed to find his place as a regular for Hertha and finished his first season with the club having made only 11 Bundesliga appearances.
Loan to Heracles Almelo
Although Lakić started the 2007–08 season with Hertha, also appearing in their first Bundesliga match of the season, the club decided to send him out on a season-long loan to Dutch side Heracles Almelo on 29 August 2007.[1]
He made his Eredivisie debut for the club on 15 September 2007 against Ajax and scored his first league goal on 22 January 2008 against Excelsior Rotterdam. He went on to finish the season with seven goals in 28 Eredivisie appearances and was Heracles' second-best goalscorer.
Kaiserslautern
After the end of his loan period with Heracles, Lakić returned to Hertha for pre-season training, but went on to sign a three-year contract with 2. Bundesliga side Kaiserslautern on 6 August 2008. He was given the shirt number 9 at the club.[2]
He made his Kaiserslautern debut on 9 August 2008, scoring the team's only goal in their 2–1 defeat to Carl Zeiss Jena in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. In his first league match for the club, a 3–3 away draw at Mainz 05 on 15 August 2008, he was substituted at half-time after the team went 3–0 down in the first half. On 29 August 2008, he scored his first league goal for Kaiserslautern, netting the final goal in their 3–1 away win at Ingolstadt. He scored 12 goals in 25 league appearances in his first season with Kaiserslautern.
In his second season with the club, he scored seven goals in 24 league appearances, helping them to win the league and secure promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2010–11 season.
On 21 August 2010, he scored two goals in Kaiserslautern's first Bundesliga match of the 2010–11 season, a 3–1 win at 1. FC Köln. A week later, he netted the second goal in his team's 2–0 win at home to Bayern Munich. On 27 November 2010, he scored two goals in a 5–0 win at home to Schalke 04 and went on to score his third brace of the season in the Bundesliga when he netted both goals in a 2–1 win at Werder Bremen on 18 December 2010, bringing his tally to 11 goals in the league before the winter break.
He also had a great run in Kaiserslautern's 2010–11 DFB-Pokal campaign, scoring seven goals in four appearances. On 13 August 2010, he scored a last-minute equaliser against VfL Osnabrück in the first round of the cup competition, and went on to set up two goals for Erwin Hoffer in the ensuing extra-time period to secure his team a 3–2 win. In the second round, a 3–0 win at home to Arminia Bielefeld on 26 October 2010, he scored all three goals. He went on to score another hat-trick in a 4–1 win at TuS Koblenz on 19 January 2011 in the round of 16, before the club were eliminated in the quarterfinals with a 2–0 defeat at MSV Duisburg a week later.
On 27 January 2011, it was made public that Lakić would move to Wolfsburg on a Bosman-transfer at the end of the season, signing until 2015.[3]
Wolfsburg
Lakić had struggled for first-team football under Felix Magath, starting in only four Bundesliga games, without finding the net. Solution for Lakić's status was found in loan to Hoffenheim.
Hoffenheim
Hoffenheim took Lakić on loan until the end of the season to fill the gap left by Vedad Ibišević's departure for Stuttgart.[4] Lakić was sparingly used by manager Markus Babbel, and returned to Wolfsburg, without scoring a single goal.
Kaiserslautern
On 31 January 2014 he joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern for the second time in his career.[5]
International career
In 2005, Lakić won three international caps for the Croatian national under-21 team.[6] On 2 November 2010, he was named to the squad for Croatia's UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier against Malta later that month, but did not feature in the match.[7] He is yet to make his full international debut.
References
- ↑ "Hertha leiht Lakic aus" (in German). kicker.de. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ↑ "Lakic landet am Betzenberg" (in German). kicker.de. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ↑ "Nach Mbokani kommt Lakic" (in German). kicker.de. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ↑ Coerts, Stefan (31 January 2012). "Hoffenheim confirm loan signing of Wolfsburg's Srđan Lakić". Goal.com. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ↑ "Srdjan Lakic kehrt zurück". 1. FC Kaiserslautern (in German). 31 January 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
- ↑ "Srđan Lakić" (in Croatian). Croatian Football Federation. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ↑ Rupnik, Borna (2 November 201). "Lakić, Badelj i Vrsaljko u reprezentaciji" (in Croatian). Sportnet.hr. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
External links
- Srđan Lakić at worldfootball.net
- Srđan Lakić at fussballdaten.de (German)
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