Aleksandar Živkovic
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Aleksandar Živković
Aleksandar Živković (Cyrillic
: Александар Живковић; born July 28, 1977, Niš
, Serbia
is a professional footballer
who is currently plays for Shenzhen Phoenix as a midfielder.
, which he joined during the 1995/96
season. After five seasons with FK Rad he left in May 2000, moving from his native FR Yugoslavia
to play for Júbilo Iwata
of the J. League Division 1, the top professional football league in Japan
. Playing as a midfielder, his skills were well suited to providing accurate crosses for forwards
. During his time in Japan
he played a total of 56 games, all for Júbilo Iwata
, and scored 7 goals. He then moved to Shandong Luneng of the China Super League, taking up a pivotal role in the team's midfield, leading in assists twice during his four years there.
On September 5, 2009, during a match against Qingdao Jonoon, he was yellow-carded for a foul and spat on the referee in protest. The Chinese Football Association imposed a four-match ban with an 80,000 RMB fine. Subsequently, Luneng terminated his contract for poor conduct. On 7 March 2010, he signed a contract with Shenzhen Ruby
, both coming in 2001. He was also a member of Serbian squad at the 2008 Summer Olympics
, where he was one of three players born before January 1, 1985, who were allowed to enter the competition. Živković played in all three matches before Serbia was eliminated in the group phase of the competition.
|1993/94||Radnički Niš||First League
||9||0||||||||||9||0
|-
|1994/95||Partizan
||First League
||3||0||||||||||3||0
|-
|1995/96||rowspan="3"|Radnički Niš||rowspan="3"|First League
||21||1||||||||||21||1
|-
|1996/97||26||2||||||||||26||2
|-
|1997/98||28||3||||||||||28||3
|-
|1998/99||rowspan="2"|Rad Beograd||rowspan="2"|First League
||28||11||||||||||28||11
|-
|1999/00||34||9||||||||||34||9
|-
|2000||rowspan="4"|Júbilo Iwata
||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||11||2||1||0||3||0||15||2
|-
|2001||13||0||1||0||7||1||21||1
|-
|2002||10||2||3||0||5||1||18||3
|-
|2003||22||3||0||0||9||2||31||5
|-
|2003/04||rowspan="2"|Obilić
||rowspan="2"|First League
||15||2||||||||||15||2
|-
|2004/05||13||0||||||||||13||0
|-
|2004/05||OFK Beograd
||First League
||13||1||||||||||13||1
|-
|2005/06||Voždovac
||Superliga
||15||1||||||||||15||1
|-
|2006||rowspan="4"|Shandong Luneng Taishan||rowspan="4"|Super League
||26||3||||||||||26||3
|-
|2007||27||7||||||||||27||7
|-
|2008||26||5||||||||||26||5
|-
|2009||19||1||||||||||19||1
|-
|2010||Shenzhen Ruby||Super League
||28||3||||||||||28||3
205||30||||||||||205||30
56||7||5||0||24||4||85||11
98||16||||||||||98||16
359||53||5||0||24||4||388||57
|}
|2001||2||0
|-
!Total||2||0
|}
Aleksandar Živković (Cyrillic
Serbian Cyrillic alphabet
The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet is an adaptation of the Cyrillic script for the Serbian language, developed in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two standard modern alphabets used to write the Serbian language, the other being Latin...
: Александар Живковић; born July 28, 1977, Niš
Niš
Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
is a professional footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
who is currently plays for Shenzhen Phoenix as a midfielder.
Club career
Aleksandar Živković rose to prominence during his spell at FK RadFK Rad
FK Rad is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. It plays at Stadion Kralj Petar I, which is located in the southern part of the city's Banjica neighbourhood....
, which he joined during the 1995/96
First League of FR Yugoslavia 1995-96
-Overview:Just as in the two previous seasons, the league was divided into 2 groups, A and B, consisting each one of 10 clubs. Both groups were played in league system. By winter break all clubs in each group meat each other twice, home and away, with the bottom four classifiyed from A group moving...
season. After five seasons with FK Rad he left in May 2000, moving from his native FR Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro was a country in southeastern Europe, formed from two former republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : Serbia and Montenegro. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was established in 1992 as a federation called the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
to play for Júbilo Iwata
Júbilo Iwata
is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
of the J. League Division 1, the top professional football league in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Playing as a midfielder, his skills were well suited to providing accurate crosses for forwards
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
. During his time in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
he played a total of 56 games, all for Júbilo Iwata
Júbilo Iwata
is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
, and scored 7 goals. He then moved to Shandong Luneng of the China Super League, taking up a pivotal role in the team's midfield, leading in assists twice during his four years there.
On September 5, 2009, during a match against Qingdao Jonoon, he was yellow-carded for a foul and spat on the referee in protest. The Chinese Football Association imposed a four-match ban with an 80,000 RMB fine. Subsequently, Luneng terminated his contract for poor conduct. On 7 March 2010, he signed a contract with Shenzhen Ruby
International career
Živković has earned 2 caps for SerbiaSerbia national football team
The Serbia national football team represents Serbia in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Serbia, the governing body for football in Serbia. Serbia's home ground is Stadion Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade and their last head coach was Vladimir Petrović...
, both coming in 2001. He was also a member of Serbian squad at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's association football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 7 August to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their men's U-23 teams in regional qualifying competitions, from...
, where he was one of three players born before January 1, 1985, who were allowed to enter the competition. Živković played in all three matches before Serbia was eliminated in the group phase of the competition.
Club career statistics
|-|1993/94||Radnički Niš||First League
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...
||9||0||||||||||9||0
|-
|1994/95||Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...
||First League
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...
||3||0||||||||||3||0
|-
|1995/96||rowspan="3"|Radnički Niš||rowspan="3"|First League
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...
||21||1||||||||||21||1
|-
|1996/97||26||2||||||||||26||2
|-
|1997/98||28||3||||||||||28||3
|-
|1998/99||rowspan="2"|Rad Beograd||rowspan="2"|First League
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...
||28||11||||||||||28||11
|-
|1999/00||34||9||||||||||34||9
|-
|2000||rowspan="4"|Júbilo Iwata
Júbilo Iwata
is a professional Japanese association football team currently playing in the J. League Division 1 . The team name Júbilo means 'joy' in Portuguese and Spanish. The team's home town is Iwata, Shizuoka prefecture and they play at Yamaha Stadium...
||rowspan="4"|J. League 1||11||2||1||0||3||0||15||2
|-
|2001||13||0||1||0||7||1||21||1
|-
|2002||10||2||3||0||5||1||18||3
|-
|2003||22||3||0||0||9||2||31||5
|-
|2003/04||rowspan="2"|Obilić
FK Obilic
Fudbalski klub Obilić is a football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. Named after legendary Serbian medieval hero Miloš Obilić, the club currently competes in the Druga beogradska liga - grupa Dunav .The club's stadium is also named accordingly; to venerate the Serbian knight it is called the...
||rowspan="2"|First League
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...
||15||2||||||||||15||2
|-
|2004/05||13||0||||||||||13||0
|-
|2004/05||OFK Beograd
OFK Beograd
Omladinski fudbalski klub Beograd, commonly referred to as OFK Beograd , is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia, more precisely from the Karaburma urban neighborhood. It currently is the oldest team playing in the Serbian SuperLiga. The name means "Youth Football Club Belgrade" in Serbian...
||First League
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...
||13||1||||||||||13||1
|-
|2005/06||Voždovac
FK Voždovac
FK Voždovac is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia.- Hystory :The club was formed in 1912 under the name FK Dušanovac. In 1929 it is renamed into Voždovački SK. The main success in this period was the winning of the II Razred League in the 1933-34 season, and the III Razred in 1948-49...
||Superliga
Serbian Superliga
Serbian SuperLiga is a Serbian professional league for football clubs. At the top of the Serbian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the Serbian First League...
||15||1||||||||||15||1
|-
|2006||rowspan="4"|Shandong Luneng Taishan||rowspan="4"|Super League
Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...
||26||3||||||||||26||3
|-
|2007||27||7||||||||||27||7
|-
|2008||26||5||||||||||26||5
|-
|2009||19||1||||||||||19||1
|-
|2010||Shenzhen Ruby||Super League
Chinese Super League
The Chinese Football Association Super League , commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the Pirelli Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional association football in China, operating under the auspices of the...
||28||3||||||||||28||3
205||30||||||||||205||30
56||7||5||0||24||4||85||11
98||16||||||||||98||16
359||53||5||0||24||4||388||57
|}
International career statistics
|-|2001||2||0
|-
!Total||2||0
|}
External links
- Player profile at national-football-teams.
- Career story at Serbian Federation website.