Predrag Đorđević

Predrag Đorđević

Đorđević with Olympiacos in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Predrag Đorđević
Date of birth	(1972-08-04) 4 August 1972 (age 44)
Place of birth	Kragujevac, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left midfielder, Left Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1991	Radnički Kragujevac	11	(2)
1991–1993	Red Star Belgrade	11	(1)
1991–1992	→ Spartak Subotica (loan)	25	(3)
1993–1996	Paniliakos	111	(15)
1996–2009	Olympiacos	344	(126)
Total		502	(147)
National team‡
1998–2006	Serbia and Montenegro	37	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:07, 12 September 2012 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:07, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:07, 12 September 2012 (UTC).

Predrag Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Ђорђевић, Greek: Πρέντραγκ Τζόρτζεβιτς; born 4 August 1972 in Kragujevac, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian footballer who is famed for his free kicks.

Đorđević played as a left midfielder for the Greek club Olympiacos for 13 years, becoming Olympiacos' greatest foreign goalscorer, averaging a goal every three league matches, as well as becoming a symbol of Olympiacos' "Golden Age" of 12 championship trophies in 13 years. Đorđević is acknowledged as one of the greatest foreign players to have played in Greece. Đorđević also played for the national team of Serbia and Montenegro, amassing 37 caps and 1 goal. He featured for his country in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Having started his career in the youth section of Radnički Kragujevac, his talent was spotted by FK Crvena Zvezda scouts who signed him and then loaned him to FK Spartak Subotica. Đorđević first moved to Greece to play for third division Paniliakos in 1993. He was an instrumental figure as the Pyrgos club achieved successive promotions. Đorđević made his debut in the Greek Championship on 27 August 1995.

He came to Olympiacos from Paniliakos together with Stelios Giannakopoulos in 1996. Dušan Bajević signed him for Olympiacos in the summer of 1996, leaving A.E.K. The Serbian established himself as the club's dead-ball specialist, penalty taker and leader. He formed, along with Grigoris Georgatos, an outstanding left wing for Olympiacos in 1998–99 and they were the catalytic factor for Olympiacos qualifying to the UEFA Champions League 1998–99 quarter-finals. He scored 50 goals in his first five seasons at Olympiacos, all of which brought titles. Another superlative season in red and white followed in 2002–03, Đorđević scoring 14 league goals and providing 15 assists. He also hit form in the UEFA Champions League, scoring four goals in six games which included a hat-trick against Bayer Leverkusen (6–2)]. In 2003–04, Đorđević recorded 10 goals and 22 assists and was voted the best foreign player in the Greek ever Alpha Ethniki.