Luković with Udinese in 2007
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Aleksandar Luković | ||
Date of birth | 23 October 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Kraljevo, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre-back / Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Red Star Belgrade | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
Red Star Belgrade | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2001 | Sloga Kraljevo | 66 | (8) |
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– | Red Star Belgrade | 56 | (6) |
National team | |||
2005–2012 | Serbia | 28 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2017. |
Aleksandar Luković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Луковић; born 23 October 1982) is a Serbian footballer who played as a defender for the Serbian national team and currently plays for Red Star Belgrade. He appeared in the 2010 World Cup.
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.
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. 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.
He was signed permanently in mid-2007 by Udinese from Red Star.
On 29 July 2010 it was officially announced that Luković signed a four-year contract with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg for undisclosed fee. 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.
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. On February 6, 2015, in a friendly match against Rubin Kazan, Luković suffered a serious injury which sidelined him until the summer of 2015. On August 23, 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.