Dejan Živković (footballer, born 1979)

Dejan Živković
Personal information
Full name	Dejan Živković
Date of birth	19 August 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1987–1997	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1998	Teleoptik
1998–2004	Partizan
2000–2001	→ Teleoptik (loan)
2001–2002	→ Zvezdara (loan)
2003–2004	→ Sartid Smederevo (loan)
2004–2006	OFK Beograd
2006–2007	Voždovac
2007–2008	Jedinstvo Stara Pazova
2008	Sevojno
2008–2009	Radnički Kragujevac
2009	Bonnyrigg White Eagles
2009–2010	Hajduk Beograd
2010	Konyaspor KIF
2011	Homoljac Žagubica
2012	Popinci
	*Club domestic league appearances and 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
Club	Season	Apps	Goals
Partizan	1999–00	1	0
Zvezdara	2001–02	33	12
Partizan	2002–03	10	0
Sartid Smederevo	2003–04	19	6
OFK Beograd	2004–05	5	1
OFK Beograd	2005–06	2	0
Voždovac	2006–07	6	0

References

^ "Partizan leave it late". uefa.com. 4 October 2002. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
^ "From the Bernabeu … to the Central Coast Mariners". smh.com.au. 2 June 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
^ "Fudbalski put Dejana Živkovića (33) - Od Partizana do Popinaca" (in Serbian). sportin.biz. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2014.

[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.

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