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Aleksandar Luković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Луковић; born 23 October 1982) is a Serbian football manager and a former player who played as a defender. He is the manager of Serbia national under-16 football team. He appeared in the 2010 World Cup.

Aleksandar Luković

Luković with Udinese in 2007
Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-10-23) 23 October 1982 (age 39)
Place of birth	Kraljevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back / Left-back
Club information
Current team	Serbia U16 (manager)
Youth career
	Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2002	Sloga Kraljevo	49	(5)
2002–2006	Red Star Belgrade	64	(3)
2003–2004	→ Jedinstvo Ub (loan)	23	(2)
2006–2010	Udinese	97	(0)
2006	→ Ascoli (loan)	10	(0)
2010–2014	Zenit St. Petersburg	40	(1)
2012–2014	→ Zenit-2 (loan)	28	(2)
2015–2017	Red Star Belgrade	56	(6)
Total		367	(19)
National team
2005–2012	Serbia	28	(0)
Teams managed
2021–	Serbia U16
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 signing a pre-contract with Udinese, Luković was on loan to Ascoli from Red Star Belgrade in order for the club to "borrow" the non-EU registration quota of Ascoli for 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 by Udinese from Red Star.

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 6 February 2015, in a friendly match against Rubin Kazan, Luković suffered a serious injury which sidelined him until the summer of 2015.[5] On 23 August 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] After the end of contract with club in summer 2017, Luković left the club as a free agent.[7] In July same year, Luković retired from playing football professionally.[8]

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.[9]

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

Source:[10]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sloga Kraljevo	1998–99	8	0	?	?	0	0	0	0	8	0
	1999–00	12	1	?	?	0	0	0	0	11	1
	2000–01	14	1	?	?	0	0	0	0	14	1
	2001–02	15	3	?	?	0	0	0	0	15	3
	Total	49	5	?	?	0	0	0	0	49	5
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	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	30	1
	2016–17	28	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	33	7
	Total	56	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	63	8
Career total		373	20	20	2	33	0	3	0	429	22

International

Source:[11]

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

Club

Red Star Belgrade

• Serbian SuperLiga (2): 2005–06, 2015–16
• Serbian Cup (2): 2001–02, 2005–06

Zenit St. Petersburg

• Russian Premier League (2): 2010, 2011–12
• Russian Super Cup (1): 2011

Individual

• Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season: 2015–16

References

External links

• Aleksandar Luković at National-Football-Teams.com
• Aleksandar Luković – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Aleksandar Luković – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Aleksandar Luković at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)

На других языках

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- [en] Aleksandar Luković

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[fr] Aleksandar Luković

Aleksandar Luković, né le 23 octobre 1982 à Kraljevo (Yougoslavie aujourd'hui Serbie), est un footballeur international serbe, évoluant au poste de défenseur.

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[it] Aleksandar Luković

Aleksandar Luković in serbo: Александар Луковић? (Kraljevo, 23 ottobre 1982) è un ex calciatore serbo, di ruolo difensore.

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[ru] Лукович, Александар

Александар Лукович (серб. Александар Луковић; 23 октября 1982, Кралево, СФРЮ) — сербский футболист, защитник.

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