Richairo Živković
Živković in training with Ajax in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Richairo Juliano Živković | ||
| Date of birth | 5 September 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Assen, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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FC Utrecht | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2007 | FVV Foxhol | ||
| 2007–2012 | FC Groningen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | FC Groningen | 37 | (11) |
| 2014– | Ajax | 7 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | → Jong Ajax | 40 | (27) |
| 2015 | → Willem II (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2016– | → FC Utrecht (loan) | 27 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013 | Netherlands U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Netherlands U19 | 10 | (5) |
| 2015– | Netherlands U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2016– | Netherlands U21 | 1 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:17, 16 November 2016 (UTC) |
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Richairo Juliano Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Ришаиро Жулијано Живковић, born 5 September 1996) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club FC Utrecht, on loan from Ajax.
Born in Assen, Živković began playing football at FVV from Foxhol. He was noticed early on due to his agility and speed, and at the age of 11 he left for the youth academy of FC Groningen where he progressed. He brought more attention to himself due to his performance for the reserves team, and by the end of 2012 he signed a three-year contract with the club. On 2 December 2012 he came on as an 84th-minute substitute in a 2–0 win over Heracles Almelo, making him the youngest debutant in the history of the club. On the first match day of the 2013–14 Eredivisie season, on Saturday, 3 August 2013 Živković scored his first regular season goal for the club, thereby relieving Arjen Robben as the youngest to have ever scored for Groningen. The comparisons with Robben are quickly made. He was subsequently called up for the Netherlands under-19 team. His talent did not go unnoticed, with 11 top football clubs enquiring about him by November 2013, including the likes of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.
On 17 March 2014 it was officially announced that Živković had agreed to sign for Ajax, taking a three-year contract starting 1 July 2014. FC Groningen also receives Ajax forward Danny Hoesen, as well as a percentage of Živković's transfer fee should Ajax sell the player before the expiration of his contract, hereby following in the footsteps of Luis Suárez who had transferred from Groningen to Ajax before him. On 5 June 2014 Živković made his debut for Ajax in a friendly match against Wacker Innsbruck concluding the clubs pre-season trainings camp in Austria. He scored the final goal in the 46th minute of the 5–1 victory. He made his competitive debut for the reserves team Jong Ajax in the Eerste Divisie season opener, a North Holland derby match which resulted in a 3–0 win at home against SC Telstar. He scored his first goal for the reserves in his second appearance from a penalty kick in the 55th minute against Fortuna Sittard, which resulted in a 2–0 win. He made his third appearance for the reserves team in another North Holland derby match against neighbouring FC Volendam. The game ended in a 5–0 loss at home. Živković was sent off receiving a red card in the 59th minute following the ejection of Ajax goalkeeper Peter Leeuwenburgh in the 35th minute of the match.
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