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Luka Milivojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Лука Миливојевић, pronounced [lûːka miliʋǒːjeʋitɕ]; born 7 April 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and captains Premier League club Crystal Palace. He was a member of the Serbian national team until his retirement from international football in March 2021.

Luka Milivojević

Milivojević with Serbia at the 2018 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Luka Milivojević[1]
Date of birth	(1991-04-07) 7 April 1991 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth	Kragujevac, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Crystal Palace
Number	4
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2008	Radnički Kragujevac	5	(1)
2008–2012	Rad	49	(3)
2012–2013	Red Star Belgrade	36	(7)
2013–2014	Anderlecht	19	(0)
2014–2017	Olympiacos	62	(11)
2017–	Crystal Palace	174	(28)
National team
2011–2012	Serbia U21	11	(1)
2012–2020	Serbia	38	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:40, 6 November 2022 (UTC)

He began his career with Radnički Kragujevac and then played for Rad before signing for Red Star Belgrade in January 2012. He later won the Belgian Pro League with Anderlecht and Superleague Greece twice with Olympiacos before a €16 million transfer to Crystal Palace in January 2017. Milivojević made his international debut for Serbia in 2012 and was included in the squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

Early years

Milivojević's first season as senior was with his home town club Radnički Kragujevac during the 2007–08 season, then playing in the Serbian League West. At the end of that season he moved to the top league club Rad entered into the senior team in the 2008–09 season. He played as right side midfielder.

Red Star Belgrade

Milivojević signed for Red Star Belgrade on 19 December 2011.[4] His arrival to Red Star was largely due to the desire of coach Robert Prosinečki, who believed that Milivojević had bright potential. On 17 November 2012, Milivojević scored an impressive goal against city rivals Partizan.[5]

Anderlecht

On 26 July 2013, Milivojević signed a five-year contract with Belgian football giants Anderlecht.[6] On 1 September 2014, it was announced that Milivojević had joined Olympiacos on loan from Anderlecht.[7]

After the 2014–15 season, Milivojević reiterated his desire to stay with Olympiacos. The two clubs could have started new negotiations after the season ended; Milivojević stated that his wish was to make the move permanent.[8] According to reports in Belgium, Olympiacos were to meet Anderlecht's asking price in order to complete the permanent transfer of Milivojević. Olympiacos were in negotiations with the Belgian club as they were reluctant to pay the €2.7 million Anderlecht asked for Milivojević.[9]

Olympiacos

On 4 June 2015, Anderlecht confirmed that it had reached an agreement with Olympiacos for the permanent transfer of Milivojević. He had spent a season with the club, and joined the Greek champions by signing a four-year contract, for a fee of €2.3 million.[10][11][12] On 30 June 2015, Olympiacos turned down a bid in the region of €5 million from Fenerbahçe.

Crystal Palace

On 31 January 2017, Milivojević signed for Crystal Palace on a three-and-a-half year contract for an undisclosed fee.[13] On 10 April 2017, he scored his first goal for Palace with a penalty kick in his team's 3–0 home win over Arsenal,[14] and got his other goal of the season on 14 May in a 4–0 win at Selhurst Park against Hull City, which secured his team's place in the top flight for next season and relegated the opponents.[15]

In 2017–18, Milivojević was Palace's top scorer with 10 goals as the Eagles recovered from a poor start to the season to finish 11th under new manager Roy Hodgson.[16] He developed a reputation for taking penalties, scoring nine of the ten he took in his first 11⁄2 seasons with Palace; he had never taken a penalty in a professional match prior to joining Crystal Palace.[17][18] The one he did miss was on 31 December 2017 in added time at the end of a goalless draw against Manchester City, with Ederson making a save for the team who had won their last 18 matches.[19]

On 28 October 2018, Milivojević scored two penalties in a 2–2 home draw with Arsenal, ending the visitors' run of 12 consecutive victories.[20] Away to Manchester City on 22 December, he scored the winning goal from the penalty spot in a 3–2 victory over the title holders.[21]

In August 2019, Milivojević signed a contract extension with Crystal Palace keeping him at the club until 2023.[22]

International career

He was a member of the Serbia u21 team. He was called-up in the Serbia national team on 29 September 2011, to face Italy and Slovenia in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying phase.[23] He made his debut for Serbia on 14 November 2012 for a friendly match with Chile.[24] On 6 October 2017 he scored his first goal for Serbia in a World Cup Qualifying match with Austria.[25]

In June 2018, he was included in the final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[26] There he appeared in two matches, against Costa Rica[27] and Switzerland.[28]

In March 2021, he retired from international duty at the age of 29.[29]

Career statistics

Club

As of Match played 9 November 2022[30]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Radnički Kragujevac	2007–08	Serbian League West	5	1	0	0	—		—		—		5	1
Rad	2008–09	Serbian SuperLiga	1	0	0	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2009–10		9	0	0	0	—		—		—		9	0
	2010–11		26	0	0	0	—		—		—		26	0
	2011–12		13	3	1	0	—		4	0	—		18	3
	Total		49	3	1	0	—		4	0	—		54	3
Red Star Belgrade	2011–12	Serbian SuperLiga	11	1	3	0	—		—		—		14	2
	2012–13		25	6	2	0	—		5	0	—		32	6
	2013–14		0	0	0	0	—		1	0	—		1	0
	Total		36	7	5	0	—		6	0	—		47	7
Anderlecht	2013–14	Belgian Pro League	16	0	1	0	—		4	0	0	0	21	0
	2014–15		3	0	0	0	—		0	0	1	0	4	0
	Total		19	0	1	0	—		4	0	1	0	25	0
Olympiacos	2014–15	Super League Greece	23	2	7	4	—		7	0	0	0	37	6
	2015–16		22	3	3	0	—		6	0	0	0	31	3
	2016–17		17	6	1	0	—		8	0	0	0	26	6
	Total		62	11	11	4	—		21	0	0	0	94	15
Crystal Palace	2016–17	Premier League	14	2	0	0	—		—		—		14	2
	2017–18		36	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	37	10
	2018–19		38	12	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	42	12
	2019–20		31	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	3
	2020–21		31	1	0	0	1	0	—		—		32	1
	2021–22		15	0	5	0	0	0	—		—		20	0
	2022–23		9	0	0	0	2	1	—		—		11	1
	Total		174	28	9	0	5	1	—		0	0	188	29
Career total			345	50	27	4	5	1	35	0	1	0	412	55

International

As of 11 October 2020[31]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Serbia	2012	1	0
	2013	6	0
	2014	0	0
	2015	4	0
	2016	8	0
	2017	5	1
	2018	6	0
	2019	6	0
	2020	2	0
Total		38	1

Scores and results list Serbia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Milivojević goal.[31]

List of international goals scored by Luka Milivojević

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 October 2017	Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria	Austria	1–0	2–3	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Red Star Belgrade

• Serbian Cup: 2011–12

Anderlecht

• Belgian Pro League: 2013–14
• Belgian Super Cup: 2014

Olympiacos

• Superleague Greece: 2014–15, 2015–16
• Greek Football Cup: 2014–15

Individual

• Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season: 2011–12, 2012–13

References

External links

• Luka Milivojević Archived 9 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine at Utakmica.rs
• Luka Milivojević at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
• Luka Milivojević at BDFutbol

На других языках

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[de] Luka Milivojević

Luka Milivojević (serbisch-kyrillisch Лука Миливојевић; * 7. April 1991 in Kragujevac) ist ein serbischer Fußballspieler. Der defensive Mittelfeldspieler steht bei Crystal Palace unter Vertrag und war von 2012 bis 2020 serbischer Nationalspieler.

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- [en] Luka Milivojević

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[es] Luka Milivojević

Luka Milivojević (Kragujevac, Yugoslavia, 7 de abril de 1991) es un futbolista serbio que juega como centrocampista en el Crystal Palace F. C. en la Premier League y para la selección de fútbol de Serbia.

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[fr] Luka Milivojević

Luka Milivojević (en serbe en écriture cyrillique : Лука Миливојевић), né le 7 avril 1991 à Kragujevac en Yougoslavie (auj. en Serbie), est un footballeur international serbe.

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[it] Luka Milivojević

Luka Milivojević (Kragujevac, 7 aprile 1991) è un calciatore serbo, centrocampista del Crystal Palace, di cui è il capitano, e della nazionale serba.

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[ru] Миливоевич, Лука

Лу́ка Миливо́евич (серб. Лукa Mиливojeвић / Luka Milivojević; 7 апреля 1991, Крагуевац, СФРЮ) — сербский футболист, полузащитник лондонского клуба «Кристал Пэлас». С 2012 по 2020 год выступал за сборную Сербии.

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