Dejan Živković (footballer born 1979)

Dejan Živković
Personal information
Full nameDejan Živković
Date of birth19 August 1979
Place of birthBelgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
1987–1997Partizan
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1998Teleoptik16(7)
1998–2004Partizan11(0)
2000–2001Teleoptik (loan)23(9)
2001–2002Zvezdara (loan)33(12)
2003–2004→ Sartid Smederevo (loan)19(6)
2004–2006OFK Beograd7(1)
2006–2007Voždovac6(0)
2007–2008Jedinstvo Stara Pazova6(0)
2008Sevojno9(0)
2008–2009Radnički Kragujevac7(0)
2009Bonnyrigg White Eagles-(-)
2009–2010Hajduk Beograd6(1)
2010Konyaspor KIF7(1)
2011Homoljac Žagubica-(-)
2012Popinci-(-)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

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

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

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

Club Season League
AppsGoals
Partizan 1999–00 10
Zvezdara 2001–02 3312
Partizan 2002–03 100
Sartid Smederevo 2003–04 196
OFK Beograd 2004–05 51
2005–06 20
Voždovac 2006–07 60

References

  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.