Zdravko Kuzmanović
Kuzmanović with VfB Stuttgart in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Zdravko Kuzmanović | ||
| Date of birth | 22 September 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Thun, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Málaga (on loan from FC Basel) |
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| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–2001 | Dürrenast | ||
| 2001–2003 | Young Boys | ||
| 2003–2005 | FC Basel | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | FC Basel | 34 | (4) |
| 2005 | → FC Basel II (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Fiorentina | 70 | (3) |
| 2009–2013 | VfB Stuttgart | 96 | (17) |
| 2013–2015 | Inter Milan | 42 | (0) |
| 2015– | FC Basel | 12 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Udinese (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 2016– | → Málaga (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2006–2007 | Switzerland U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2007–2014 | Serbia | 50 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 October 2016. |
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Zdravko Kuzmanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Здравко Кузмановић, born 22 September 1987) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Málaga CF on loan from FC Basel. He represented Serbia in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Born in Thun, Switzerland to a family of Bosnian Serbs expats (his father hails from a small village called Skugrić near Modriča, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia), Kuzmanović continued the family tradition as both his father Ljubo and his grandfather played football for the lower league in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the local club in Gradačac – FK Zvijezda where he started his football career. Kuzmanović's father also played professionally in Berlin, before eventually ending his career at FC Thun of Switzerland, and continuing to live in the country.
Kuzmanović married his wife, Marina Ruzic, who took his surname, on 26 May 2012 and together they have two daughters.
Kuzmanović started his professional career at Basel, having played in the academy for Dürrenast and Young Boys before moving to Basel. He was promoted to first team in 2005–06 season and also played for Basel II at 1. Liga that season. Kuzmanović scored his first goals for Basel in the second round of the Swiss Cup, in a 6–1 win over BSC Old Boys. Kuzmanović scored two more goals later in the season. Following his good performance, he was reported by UEFA as one of the most interesting young players in Europe and was awarded with the Swiss Golden Player Award for season 2006.
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