Srdjan Lakic
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Srđan Lakić is a Croatia
n football striker who plays for VfL Wolfsburg in the German
Bundesliga
.
, Hrvatski Dragovoljac
and Kamen Ingrad
, playing in the Croatian First League with the latter, before moving to Hertha BSC
in the summer of 2006.
He made his Hertha debut on 10 August 2006 in their UEFA Cup
qualifier against Georgian
side Ameri Tbilisi
and went on to make his Bundesliga
debut three days later against Wolfsburg
. He scored his first and only goal for Hertha in their 2-2 away draw against Ameri Tbilisi in the second leg of the UEFA Cup second qualifying round. However, he never managed to find his place as a regular for Hertha and finished his first season with the club having made only 11 Bundesliga appearances.
side Heracles Almelo
on 29 August 2007.
He made his Eredivisie
debut for the club on 15 September 2007 against Ajax and scored his first league goal on 22 January 2008 against Excelsior Rotterdam. He went on to finish the season with 7 goals in 28 Eredivisie appearances and was Heracles' second-best goalscorer.
side Kaiserslautern
on 6 August 2008. He was given the shirt number 9 at the club.
He made his Kaiserslautern debut on 9 August 2008, scoring the team's only goal in their 2-1 defeat to Carl Zeiss Jena
in the first round of the DFB-Pokal
. In his first league match for the club, a 3-3 away draw at Mainz 05
on 15 August 2008, he was substituted at half-time after the team went 3-0 down in the first half. On 29 August 2008, he scored his first league goal for Kaiserslautern, netting the final goal in their 3-1 away win at Ingolstadt
. He scored 12 goals in 25 league appearances in his first season with Kaiserslautern.
In his second season with the club, he scored 7 goals in 24 league appearances, helping them to win the league and secure promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2010-11 season.
On 21 August 2010, he scored two goals in Kaiserslautern's first Bundesliga match of the 2010-11 season, a 3-1 win at 1. FC Köln
. A week later, he netted the second goal in his team's 2-0 win at home to Bayern Munich
. On 27 November 2010, he scored two goals in a 5-0 win at home to Schalke 04
and went on to score his third brace of the season in the Bundesliga when he netted both goals in a 2-1 win at Werder Bremen on 18 December 2010, bringing his tally to 11 goals in the league before the winter break.
He also had a great run in Kaiserslautern's 2010-11 DFB-Pokal campaign, scoring 7 goals in 4 appearances. On 13 August 2010, he scored a last-minute equaliser against VfL Osnabrück
in the first round of the cup competition, and went on to set up two goals for Erwin Hoffer
in the ensuing extra-time period to secure his team a 3-2 win. In the second round, a 3-0 win at home to Arminia Bielefeld
on 26 October 2010, he scored all three goals. He went on to score another hat-trick in a 4-1 win at TuS Koblenz
on 19 January 2011 in the round of 16, before the club were eliminated in the quarterfinals with a 2-0 defeat at MSV Duisburg
a week later.
On 27 January 2011 it was made public that Lakić would move to Wolfsburg
on a Bosman-transfer
at the end of the season, signing until 2015.
. On 2 November 2010, he was named to the squad for Croatia
's UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier against Malta
later that month, but did not feature in the match. He is yet to make his full international debut.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n football striker who plays for VfL Wolfsburg in the German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
.
Early career and move to Hertha BSC
Lakić started his professional career with Croatian teams GOŠK DubrovnikNK GOŠK Dubrovnik
NK GOŠK Dubrovnik is a Croatian football club based in the city of Dubrovnik. It takes its name from the Gruž neighbourhood of the city .-Team:...
, Hrvatski Dragovoljac
NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac
NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac is a Croatian football club based in the Novi Zagreb neighbourhood of the country's capital city of Zagreb. The team's fans are known as the "Black Warriors"...
and Kamen Ingrad
NK Kamen Ingrad
NK Kamen Ingrad was a Croatian football club from Velika, a small town near Požega in the northeast of Croatia. The club was dissolved is July of 2008 after serious financial problems.-History:The club was formed as NK Velika in 1929...
, playing in the Croatian First League with the latter, before moving to Hertha BSC
Hertha BSC Berlin
Hertha Berliner Sport-Club von 1892, commonly known as Hertha BSC or Hertha Berlin, is a German association football club based in Berlin. A founding member of the German Football Association in Leipzig in 1900, the club has a long history as Berlin's best-supported side...
in the summer of 2006.
He made his Hertha debut on 10 August 2006 in their UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
qualifier against Georgian
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
side Ameri Tbilisi
FC Ameri Tbilisi
FC Ameri Tbilisi is a Georgian football club based in Tbilisi. The club was founded in 2002.Ameri won promotion for the Second Division after the 2002-03 season. In 2003/04 they finished 12th out of 16 and were to be relegated, but were saved after withdrawal of two teams. In 2004/05 they became...
and went on to make his Bundesliga
Fußball-Bundesliga
The Fußball-Bundesliga is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of Germany's football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga...
debut three days later against Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...
. He scored his first and only goal for Hertha in their 2-2 away draw against Ameri Tbilisi in the second leg of the UEFA Cup second qualifying round. However, he never managed to find his place as a regular for Hertha and finished his first season with the club having made only 11 Bundesliga appearances.
Loan to Heracles Almelo
Although Lakić started the 2007-08 season with Hertha, also appearing in their first Bundesliga match of the season, the club decided to send him out on a season-long loan to DutchNetherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
side Heracles Almelo
Heracles Almelo
Heracles Almelo is a football club from Almelo, Netherlands.Heracles Almelo were founded on May 3, 1903 as Heracles, after the demigod son of Zeus. They changed their name on July 1, 1974 to SC Heracles '74 and finally settled on the current name in 1998. The club has won the Dutch national title...
on 29 August 2007.
He made his Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
debut for the club on 15 September 2007 against Ajax and scored his first league goal on 22 January 2008 against Excelsior Rotterdam. He went on to finish the season with 7 goals in 28 Eredivisie appearances and was Heracles' second-best goalscorer.
Kaiserslautern
After the end of his loan period with Heracles, Lakić returned to Hertha for pre-season training, but went on to sign a three-year contract with 2nd Bundesliga2. Fußball-Bundesliga
- Changes in division set-up :* Number of clubs: currently 18. From 1974 to 1981 there were two conferences, each of 20 teams. In 1981–91 it had 20...
side Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...
on 6 August 2008. He was given the shirt number 9 at the club.
He made his Kaiserslautern debut on 9 August 2008, scoring the team's only goal in their 2-1 defeat to Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena
FC Carl Zeiss Jena is a German association football club based in Jena, Thuringia.-History:The club was founded in May 1903 by workers at the Carl Zeiss AG optics factory as the company-sponsored Fussball-Club der Firma Carl Zeiss. The club underwent name changes in 1911 to Fussball Club Carl Zeiss...
in the first round of the DFB-Pokal
DFB-Pokal
The DFB-Pokal or DFB Cup is a German knockout football cup competition held annually. 64 teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2nd Bundesliga. It is considered the second most important national title in German football after the Bundesliga...
. In his first league match for the club, a 3-3 away draw at Mainz 05
1. FSV Mainz 05
1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05, or simply Mainz, is a 1905 founded German association football club based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition to the football section the 1. FSV Mainz 05 has a handball and table tennis department...
on 15 August 2008, he was substituted at half-time after the team went 3-0 down in the first half. On 29 August 2008, he scored his first league goal for Kaiserslautern, netting the final goal in their 3-1 away win at Ingolstadt
FC Ingolstadt 04
FC Ingolstadt 04 is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolstadt and MTV Ingolstadt.-ESV Ingolstadt:...
. He scored 12 goals in 25 league appearances in his first season with Kaiserslautern.
In his second season with the club, he scored 7 goals in 24 league appearances, helping them to win the league and secure promotion to the Bundesliga for the 2010-11 season.
On 21 August 2010, he scored two goals in Kaiserslautern's first Bundesliga match of the 2010-11 season, a 3-1 win at 1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....
. A week later, he netted the second goal in his team's 2-0 win at home to Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
. On 27 November 2010, he scored two goals in a 5-0 win at home to Schalke 04
FC Schalke 04
Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...
and went on to score his third brace of the season in the Bundesliga when he netted both goals in a 2-1 win at Werder Bremen on 18 December 2010, bringing his tally to 11 goals in the league before the winter break.
He also had a great run in Kaiserslautern's 2010-11 DFB-Pokal campaign, scoring 7 goals in 4 appearances. On 13 August 2010, he scored a last-minute equaliser against VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis, but is by far best known for its football section.- Foundation to WW2 :...
in the first round of the cup competition, and went on to set up two goals for Erwin Hoffer
Erwin Hoffer
Erwin "Jimmy" Hoffer is an Austrian football striker who currently plays for Eintracht Frankfurt, on loan from Napoli, and the Austria national team.-Club career:...
in the ensuing extra-time period to secure his team a 3-2 win. In the second round, a 3-0 win at home to Arminia Bielefeld
Arminia Bielefeld
DSC Arminia Bielefeld is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of football, field hockey, figure skating and cue sports. The club has 11,394 members and the club colours are black, white and blue...
on 26 October 2010, he scored all three goals. He went on to score another hat-trick in a 4-1 win at TuS Koblenz
TuS Koblenz
TuS Koblenz is a German association football club, located in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Fussball Club Deutschland Neuendorf, which was formed in 1911, is viewed as the foundation of the modern club.-Play under the Third Reich:...
on 19 January 2011 in the round of 16, before the club were eliminated in the quarterfinals with a 2-0 defeat at MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg
MSV Duisburg is a German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed "the Zebras" for their traditional striped jerseys, the club was one of the original members of the Bundesliga when it was formed in 1963.-Early years:...
a week later.
On 27 January 2011 it was made public that Lakić would move to Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...
on a Bosman-transfer
Bosman ruling
Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football Association ASBL v Jean-Marc Bosman is a 1995 European Court of Justice decision concerning freedom of movement for workers, freedom of association, and direct effect of article 39 of the EC Treaty...
at the end of the season, signing until 2015.
International career
In 2005, Lakić won three international caps for the Croatian national under-21 teamCroatia national under-21 football team
The Croatia national under-21 football team, also known as Croatia under-21 or Croatia U21 is a youth association football national team which represents Croatia at this age level and is a feeder team for the Croatia national football team....
. On 2 November 2010, he was named to the squad for Croatia
Croatia national football team
The Croatia national football team represents Croatia in international football. The team is controlled by the Croatian Football Federation, the governing body for football in the country, and has been managed since 2006 by former player Slaven Bilić...
's UEFA Euro 2012 qualifier against Malta
Malta national football team
The Malta national football team is the national football team of Malta and is controlled by the Malta Football Association. Malta played its first international game in February 1957, and began competing for qualification to major tournaments in 1962. The side's first competitive victory came in...
later that month, but did not feature in the match. He is yet to make his full international debut.