Zvonimir Vukic
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Zvonimir Vukić is a Serbian
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 professional footballer who plays for FK 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...

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Club career

Vukić made a name for himself at FK 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...

, where he played four seasons (scoring 44 goals), before moving to Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...

 in the summer of 2003. He spent next two years in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

, getting a taste of the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

 in the 2004–05 campaign.

In August 2005, Vukić was loaned to Premier League side Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...

 for the 2005–06 season on the last day of the summer transfer window, but following the sacking of manager Alain Perrin and reinstatement of former manager Harry Redknapp
Harry Redknapp
Henry James "Harry" Redknapp is a former English footballer who has enjoyed a long career in football management starting in 1983 with Bournemouth. He is the current manager of Tottenham Hotspur....

 he was deemed surplus to requirements. He scored once in the league for Portsmouth, in a 4–1 win over Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

 on 29 October 2005.

In January 2006, Vukić found himself back in familiar territory, having been loaned to his former club FK 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...

 for the rest of the 2005–06 season
2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro SuperLiga
2005-06 Serbia and Montenegro Superliga is the last edition before the dissolution of the state union between Serbia and Montenegro.-League table:||||rowspan=5 style="background:white;"|...

. Unfortunately, he broke a foot in a friendly game against FC Ural
FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
FC Ural is a Russian football club. The club is based in Yekaterinburg but represents all Sverdlovsk Oblast. The club is in the Russian First Division.-Club colours:-History:...

, and after long pause managed to play in just two competitive matches.

Vukić moved to FC Moscow in 2008 and made his debut for his new team on 2 November 2008 in a game against Terek Grozny
FC Terek Grozny
FC Terek Grozny is a Russian football club, currently playing in the Russian Premier League....

, scoring on his debut. After FC Moscow folded in February 2010, he became a free agent.

In May, and again in November 2010, media linked him to FC Partizan Belgrade once again, where he was training for several months, but no deal was concluded. However, on 31 January 2011, he signed a one-year deal for FC Partizan Belgrade. After playing particularly well during the 2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga
2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga
-League table:-Results:...

 season he was still being the subject of majority of fans criticism until November 26 when Vukic scored a crucial goal during the Eternal derby (Serbia)
Eternal derby (Serbia)
The Eternal derby also called the Belgrade derby is a match between the fiercest city rivals Red Star and Partizan, two of the biggest and most popular sports societies in Serbia. Rivalry is present in a number of different sports but the most intensive matches are between football, basketball,...

 againts FC Partizan Belgrade's arch enemy FC Red Star Belgrade which made him a Grobari
Grobari
Grobari are supporters of the Belgrade football club Partizan Belgrade. They are one of two major football fan groups in Serbia...

 favorite once againe.

International career

Vukić has 26 international appearances to his name, the first of which was against Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan national football team
The Azerbaijan national football team is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan...

 on 12 February 2003. He was part of the Serbia and Montenegro team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

, where he came in from the bench in one game.

Club

Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Proleter Zrenjanin
FK Proleter Zrenjanin
FK Proleter Zrenjanin was a football club from the city of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia.-Early period:...

1996–97 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1997–98 30 3 4 0 0 0 34 3
Total 363Atlético Madrid B
Atlético Madrid B
Atlético Madrid B is a Spanish football team based in Madrid, in the namesake community. Founded in 1963, it is the reserve team of Atlético Madrid, and currently plays in Segunda División B, holding home games at Nuevo Cerro del Espino.-History:...

1998–99 31 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 4
1999–00 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Total 40400Partizan
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...

1999–00 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
2000–01 21 7 4 3 2 0 0 0 27 10
2001–02 29 14 3 2 3 1 0 0 35 17
2002–03 30 22 3 1 7 1 0 0 40 24
Total 8644106Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...

2003–04 27 10 4 1 5 2 0 0 36 13
2004–05 27 0 3 1 13 2 0 0 43 3
2005–06 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...

 (loan)
2005–06 910000000091
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...

 (loan)
2005−06
2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro SuperLiga
2005-06 Serbia and Montenegro Superliga is the last edition before the dissolution of the state union between Serbia and Montenegro.-League table:||||rowspan=5 style="background:white;"|...

2000Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...

2006–07 13 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 16 4
2007–08 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
Total 7312134Moscow 2008 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
2009 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 27 3
Total 27530Partizan
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...

2010–11
2010–11 Serbian Superliga
-League table:-Results:...

13 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 4
2011–12
2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga
-League table:-Results:...

8 6 2 3 5 1 0 0 14 9
Total 21934Career total 294782914004071036499

International

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