Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andrija Živković | ||
Date of birth | 11 July 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Niš, FR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Benfica | ||
Number | 17 | ||
Youth career | |||
Nacional Niš | |||
2009–2013 | Partizan | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2016 | Partizan | 63 | (17) |
2016– | Benfica | 14 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2011–2013 | Serbia U17 | 11 | (4) |
2014–2015 | Serbia U19 | 8 | (2) |
2014–2015 | Serbia U20 | 9 | (2) |
2013– | Serbia U21 | 8 | (0) |
2013– | Serbia | 5 | (0) |
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016 |
Andrija Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Андрија Живковић; born 11 July 1996) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Portuguese club Benfica and the Serbia national team.
He is the youngest player ever to make a senior appearance for Serbia, as well as the youngest Partizan captain in the club's history.
Živković was a vital member of the Serbia national under-20 team who won the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, scoring two goals and providing two assists.
Živković joined Partizan in September 2009. He was a member of the club's promising generation, alongside Danilo Pantić and Nemanja Radonjić, among others. Živković made his competitive debut for their first team in a league fixture against Novi Pazar on 28 April 2013, replacing Darko Brašanac after 65 minutes of the match that ended in a goalless draw. That was his only appearance in the 2012–13 campaign, as the club won its sixth consecutive championship title.
After a long negotiation, Živković signed his first professional contract with Partizan on 23 August 2013, on a three-year deal. He scored his first competitive goal for the club only two days later, after coming on as a substitute for Nikola Ninković in a 5–1 home victory over Radnički Kragujevac. Afterwards, Živković scored a goal in the next three league games, in a 3–1 home win over Rad, in a 2–1 away win against Sloboda Užice, as well as in a 2–0 home victory over OFK Beograd.