Živko Lukić

Živko Lukić (5 July 1944 – 2015) was a Serbian footballer who played as a midfielder.[2] He is known for being the first foreign player in Paris Saint-Germain history, making his way onto the team in similar fashion to Ali Dia with Southampton in 1996.[3]

Živko Lukić
Personal information
Date of birth (1944-07-05)5 July 1944[1]
Place of birth Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Date of death 2015 (age 70 or 71)
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1961–1963 Partizan
1963–1964 Rijeka
1965–1966 Maribor
Osijek
1970–1971 Paris Saint-Germain 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Lukić was a player for Partizan, though he never made any appearances for the first team of the club. In the space of 7 years, from 1963 to 1970, Lukić went to play for Rijeka, Maribor, and Osijek, while at the same time training to become a dentist.

In 1970, Paris Saint-Germain was formed with the merging of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain; Lukić took advantage of the ambitious but not particularly organized project in Paris to hoax his way into the team. He convinced the entire PSG staff into believing that he had been an important player for Partizan in the past, and that he was the brother of Rennes player Ilija Lukić.[4] Up to this point, Lukić's plan was succeeding; he even received a welcome from the well-known magazine France Football several days before his debut for PSG.[5]

On 29 August 1970, Lukić played in his first and only game with Paris Saint-Germain, coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 league win against Quevilly. "His mission was to neutralise our opponent’s key player, Horlaville, whom we feared the most. And Lukić… he clung to him like an octopus to a rock! But Horlaville would quickly dribble past him once, then again, then make a pass, while my unfortunate Lukić would inevitably end up on his behind!" wrote former PSG president Guy Crescent in his 1992 autobiography.[4]

After football

After his football days, Lukić lived the rest of his life quietly running a dental clinic in his hometown of Železnik. He died in 2015.[4]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6]
Club Season League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paris Saint-Germain 1970–71 Division 2 100010
Career total 100010

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

References
  1. Živko Lukić at WorldFootball.net
  2. Zivko Lukic at FootballDatabase.eu
  3. Kollar, Michel (14 August 2020). "50 ans : Aux origines du club (10/12)" [50 years: At the origins of the club (10/12)]. Paris Saint-Germain (in French). Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. Babić, Bojan (1 September 2016). "Živko Lukić: Paris St.Germain's Foreign Hoaxer". Beyond the Last Man. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. "révélations sur Zivko Lukic, le mystérieux premier joueur étranger du PSG" [revelations on Zivko Lukic, the mysterious first foreign player of PSG]. Paris.canal-historique (in French). 1 October 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  6. "Zivco LUKIC". PSG70 (in French). Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  7. "Zivko LUKIC". Histoire du PSG (in French). Retrieved 9 September 2020.
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