Aleksandar Luković
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-17 football team. He appeared in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
| Luković with Udinese in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 October 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Kraljevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back / Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Serbia U17 (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) | |
| International career | |||
| 2005–2012 | Serbia | 28 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021–2022 | Serbia U16 | ||
| 2022– | Serbia U17 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
Early career edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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.
In June 2010, he was selected in Serbia's squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, [9] where he appeared in group stage matches against Ghana and Australia. He was sent off in Serbia's opening match against Ghana on 13 June 2010.[10]
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 edit
Club edit
- Source:[11]
| 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 edit
- Source:[12]
| Serbia 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 edit
Club edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ "Udinese sign Lukovic". Sky Sports. 17 May 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- ^ "Tactical Formation". Football Lineups. Retrieved 1 February 2007.
- ^ Лукович – в "Зените"! [Luković in Zenit]. FC Zenit Saint Petersburg (in Russian). 29 July 2010. from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ Novosti: Luković i Anđelković nove uzdanice Zvezde: Kumovska veza čuva Rajkovića – 29 December 2014 (in Serbian)
- ^ [1] B92: Luković ipak teže povređen? (in Serbian) 9 February 2015
- ^ [2] Mozzart Sport: Luković: Očekivao sam podršku, ali ne ovakvu! Ovo retko koji klub u Evropi ima... (in Serbian) 23 August 2015
- ^ "Luković otišao! Ko će biti novi kapiten Crvene zvezde?". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 10 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ Александар Луковић завршио каријеру. Red Star Belgrade official website (in Serbian). 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Serbia cuts goalkeeper Brkic to make 23". espn.com. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Soneji, Pranav (13 June 2010). "Serbia 0–1 Ghana". BBC Sport. from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
- ^ "A.Lukovic". Soccerway. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ [3] national football teams | Aleksandar Luković
External links edit
- Aleksandar Luković at National-Football-Teams.com
- – FIFA competition record (archived)
- – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Aleksandar Luković at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)