Aleksandar Živković (footballer, born 1977)

Aleksandar Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Живковић, pronounced [aleksǎːndar ʒǐːʋkoʋitɕ, alěksaːn-];[1][2] born 28 July 1977) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[3]

Aleksandar Živković
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-07-28) 28 July 1977
Place of birth Niš, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Radnički Niš
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Radnički Niš 9 (0)
1994–1995 Partizan 3 (0)
1995–1998 Radnički Niš 75 (6)
1998–2000 Rad 55 (10)
2000–2003 Júbilo Iwata 56 (7)
2004 Obilić 28 (2)
2005 OFK Beograd 13 (1)
2005 Voždovac 15 (1)
2006–2009 Shandong Luneng 98 (16)
2010 Shenzhen Ruby 28 (3)
2011 Guangzhou R&F 24 (3)
Total 404 (49)
National team
2001 FR Yugoslavia 2 (0)
2008 Serbia Olympic 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Živković made his senior debuts at his hometown club Radnički Niš, aged 16, which attracted the attention of Partizan. He spent just one year with the Crno-beli, before returning to Čair in 1995. Over the next three seasons, Živković played regularly for the side, making 75 league appearances and scoring six goals. He was subsequently transferred to Belgrade club Rad in 1998. After two seasons with the Građevinari, Živković moved abroad to Japan and joined Júbilo Iwata in mid-2000.[4] He helped the team win the Emperor's Cup in 2003.

In the 2004 winter transfer window, Živković returned to his homeland and signed for Obilić. He also played with OFK Beograd and Voždovac, before going abroad for the second time and joining Shandong Luneng in early 2006. Over the next four seasons, Živković helped the team win two Chinese Super League and one Chinese FA Cup. He also played for Shenzhen Ruby and Guangzhou R&F, before retiring from the game at the age of 34.

International career

In 2001, Živković made two appearances for FR Yugoslavia at the Kirin Cup. He also represented Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics as one of the three over-age players alongside Miljan Mrdaković and Vladimir Stojković.[5]

Statistics

[6]

Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Júbilo Iwata 2000 1121030152
2001 1301071211
2002 1023051183
2003 2230092315
Career total 567502448511

Honours
Júbilo Iwata
Shandong Luneng[7]

References
  1. "Aleksándar1". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Aleksándar (Alèksāndar)
  2. "žȋv". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 17 March 2018. Žívković
  3. "Živković Aleksandar" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  4. "Aleksandar Zivkovic". soccer-db.net. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandar Živkovic". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  6. J.League(in Japanese)
  7. "Živković, Aleksandar". National-football-teams.com. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
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