Simon Vukčević
Vukčević playing for Blackburn Rovers in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Simon Vukčević | ||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Titograd, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Zabjelo | |||
| 1999–2003 | Partizan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2006 | Partizan | 52 | (13) |
| 2006–2007 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 28 | (1) |
| 2007–2011 | Sporting CP | 77 | (13) |
| 2011–2013 | Blackburn Rovers | 16 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Karpaty Lviv | 2 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Vojvodina | 10 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Levadiakos | 30 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Enosis Neon Paralimni | 15 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Chaves | 11 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2004–2006 | Serbia and Montenegro U21 | 12 | (2) |
| 2004 | Serbia and Montenegro U23 | 3 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Serbia and Montenegro | 5 | (0) |
| 2007 | Montenegro U21 | 2 | (1) |
| 2007–2014 | Montenegro | 45 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 May 2017 (UTC). |
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Simon "Sima" Vukčević (Cyrillic: Симон "Сима" Вукчевић; born 29 January 1986) is a Montenegrin footballer who last played for Chaves as an attacking midfielder.
Vukčević started learning his craft at FK Zabjelo before moving to the Serbian capital to join the FK Partizan youth system at 13.
Vukčević's father Ilija is the former sporting director at FK Zeta.
Blessed with boundless confidence, he spent four years in the youth ranks of Partizan before bursting into the first team, scoring and creating goals from midfield. He was awarded the number 1 shirt, in recognition of his popularity among Partizan supporters.
His best season with the club was the 2004–05 campaign during which he starred with eye-catching midfield displays in domestic league and UEFA Cup. For his efforts with the Serbia and Montenegro U21 team at the 2004 UEFA U-21 Championship in Germany and Serbia and Mentenegro Olympic football team at the 2004 Summer Olympics as well as his contribution at Partizan, at the end of 2004, Vukčević received the Golden Badge Award for the Best Young Athlete of the Year in Serbia and Montenegro given out by DSL Sport. However, the form didn't spill over into 2005–06 season as Vukčević faced criticism over his excessive solo play and poor shot selection, as well as overall deteriorating form.
Despite criticism, his move to Russian side Saturn Ramenskoye in January 2006 came as somewhat of a shock. The transfer, said to have cost the Russian club about €7 million, failed to raise Vukčević's form to what it once was at Partizan. In late July 2006, he was even demoted to Saturn's reserve squad with coach Vladimír Weiss publicly blasting him in the Russian press for displaying bad attitude in training and having a lack of manners.
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