Vukan Savićević (, ; born 29 January 1994) is a Montenegrin

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who plays as a

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for Turkish club

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Club career

Red Star Belgrade

Savićević became a senior-team player at age of 17. Coach

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decided to promote Savićević to the senior team at the beginning of the 2012–13 season, and Savićević made his professional debut on 22 September 2012 versus

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. He scored his first professional goal for Red Star in a 2–1 win against

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on 22 February 2013. On 21 June 2013, Savićević signed a new four-year contract with Red Star which lasts until 2017.

Slovan Bratislava

On 7 August 2015 Savićević pardoned Red Star Belgrade for €120,000 in unpaid salaries and signed with Slovan Bratislava.

International career

Initially, Savićević represented Montenegro on international level, having been part of the U-17 squad during 2009 and 2010. However, in 2012 he became member of the Serbian U-19 team. He debuted for Montenegrin U21 team on 15 June 2015 in a qualifying match against Moldova, in which he scored the winning goal (Montenegro won 1-0). Savićević was called up to the senior

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squad for a friendly against

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in June 2016. He did his debut for the senior national team on 4 June 2017 in a 2–1 friendly loss against

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Career statistics

Honours

;Red Star *

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(1): 2013–14

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