Aleksandar Luković

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Aleksandar Luković
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Luković with Udinese in 2007
Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Luković
Date of birth (1982-10-23) 23 October 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth Kraljevo, Yugoslavia
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Position(s) Centre-back / Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Red Star Belgrade
Number 3
Youth career
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Sloga Kraljevo 66 (8)
2002–2006 Red Star Belgrade 64 (0)
2003–2004 → Jedinstvo Ub (loan) 23 (2)
2006 → Ascoli (loan) 10 (0)
2007–2010 Udinese 97 (0)
2010–2014 Zenit St. Petersburg 40 (1)
2012–2014 → Zenit-2 (loan) 28 (2)
2015– Red Star Belgrade 15 (0)
International career
2005–2012 Serbia 28 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2015

Aleksandar Luković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Луковић; born 23 October 1982) is a Serbian footballer who played as a defender for the Serbian national team and currently plays for Red Star Belgrade. He appeared in the 2010 World Cup.

Club career

Early career

Luković started his career at hometown club Sloga Kraljevo. In 2002 he was signed by Crvena Zvezda. He played his first UEFA Cup match on 15 August 2002 after he substituted Nemanja Vidić at second half. Crvena Zvezda won 2–0 to FC Kairat.

Udinese

In mid-2006, after joining Udinese, Luković was on loan to Ascoli in order for the club to "borrow" the non-EU registration quota from Udinese.[1] He was "loaned" to Udinese from Ascoli in January transfer window.

On 27 January 2007, he played his first Serie A match for Udinese against Torino.[2]

He was signed permanently in mid-2007.

Zenit St. Petersburg

On 29 July 2010 it was officially announced that Luković signed a four-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg for undisclosed fee.[3] Initially he was a constant starter for the team but eventually got reduced playing time with the arrival of Domenico Criscito to the club for left-back position.

Return to Red Star Belgrade

After several consecutive transfer windows of rumors regarding his return, it was announced on 29 December 2014 that Luković signed a 2.5-year contract with Red Star.[4] On February 6, 2015, in a friendly match against Rubin Kazan, Luković suffered a serious injury which sidelined him until the summer of 2015.[5] On August 23, 2015, Luković finally made his first appearance for Red Star since his injury, and was applauded by the whole stadium when he came in as a substitute for Savo Pavićević.[6]

International career

He made his international debut against Poland on 15 August 2005. He played a part during 2010 World Cup qualifying and mostly partnered Nemanja Vidić in central defense as Aleksandar Kolarov was preferred at left back. He was sent off in Serbia's opening 2010 World Cup match against Ghana on 13 June 2010.[7]

In March 2011, two weeks before a crucial Euro 2012 qualifier against Northern Ireland, Luković surprised everyone by deciding to retire from the national team at the age of 28, choosing to focus on his club Zenit. On the same occasion, his teammate Danko Lazović also made the same announcement.

Career statistics

Club

As of December 2015 [8]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sloga Kraljevo 1998–99 21 3 ? ? 0 0 0 0 21 3
1999–00 11 1 ? ? 0 0 0 0 11 1
2000–01 19 1 ? ? 0 0 0 0 19 1
2001–02 15 3 ? ? 0 0 0 0 15 3
Total 66 8 ? ? 0 0 0 0 66 8
Red Star 2001–02 6 0 ? ? 0 0 0 0 6 0
2002–03 6 0 ? ? 1 0 0 0 7 0
Jedinstvo Ub (loan) 2003–04 23 2 ? ? 0 0 0 0 23 2
Red Star 2004–05 25 0 ? ? 5 0 0 0 30 0
2005–06 27 3 ? ? 8 0 0 0 35 3
Total 64 3 ? ? 14 0 0 0 78 3
Ascoli 2006–07 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Total 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Udinese 2006–07 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2007–08 32 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 36 0
2008–09 27 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 35 0
2009–10 33 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
Total 97 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 111 0
Zenit 2010 11 0 2 0 9 0 0 0 22 0
2011–12 19 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 21 1
2012–13 9 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 13 0
2013–14 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0
Total 40 1 5 0 11 0 3 0 59 1
Red Star 2014–15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2015–16 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Total 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
Career total 343 16 15 0 32 0 3 0 393 16

International

  • As of 29 December 2014[9]
Serbian national team
Year Apps Goals
2005 5 0
2006 3 0
2007 0 0
2008 3 0
2009 7 0
2010 9 0
2011 0 0
2012 1 0
Total 28 0

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

Zenit St. Petersburg

References

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  4. ↑ Novosti: Luković i Anđelković nove uzdanice Zvezde: Kumovska veza čuva Rajkovića - 29 December 2014 (Serbian)
  5. ↑ [1] B92: Luković ipak teže povređen? (Serbian) February 9, 2015
  6. ↑ [2] Mozzart Sport: Luković: Očekivao sam podršku, ali ne ovakvu! Ovo retko koji klub u Evropi ima... (Serbian) August 23, 2015
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ [3] National Football Teams | Aleksandar Luković

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