Žarko Lazetić (; born 22 February 1982) is a Serbian

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manager and former player.

Playing career

In December 2006, it was announced that Lazetić agreed to join

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

from

Bežanija Bežanija ( sr-cyr, Бежанија, ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Novi Beograd, in the Syrmia region. Location Bežanija is located west of the downtown Belgrade, across the Sav ...

in the January transfer window, along with his teammate

Antonio Rukavina Antonio Rukavina (, ; born 26 January 1984) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Club career Rukavina started out at his local club Bežanija, making his senior debuts in the 2002–03 season, as they won prom ...

. The duo later signed four-year deals with Lazetić being assigned the number 10 shirt. He spent one and a half seasons with the ''Crno-beli'', collecting the double in the 2007–08 campaign. In July 2008, Lazetić signed a two-year contract with

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

. He stayed at the

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for one year, before going abroad and joining Greek club Rodos. He scored nine goals in the

2009–10 Beta Ethniki 2009–10 was a season of Beta Ethniki ( el, Β' Εθνική), the Greek professional football second division (''see Greek football league system''). Overview * Atromitos, PAS Giannina and Kavala have earned the promotion to Super League G ...

, but failed to help the side avoid relegation. In early 2011, Lazetić moved to Indonesia to play for

Persis Solo Persatuan Sepakbola Indonesia Surakarta (commonly known as PERSIS Solo, literally translates to Indonesian Football Association of Surakarta), is an Indonesian football club based in the Central Java city of Surakarta. Founded on 8 November 1923 ...

under his compatriot

Branko Babić Branko "Sosa" Babić (; born 11 September 1950) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Playing career During his playing career, Babić represented Osijek (Yugoslavia) and Beringen (Belgium) in the 1970s. He made five league appearanc ...

. He subsequently returned to Serbia, having brief spells with Javor Ivanjica and

, before retiring from the game in the summer of 2013.

Managerial career

Lazetić started his managerial career at Srem Jakovo of the

Serbian League Belgrade Serbian League Belgrade ( Serbian: Српска лига Београд / Srpska liga Beograd) is one of four sections of the Serbian League, the third national tier. The other three sections are Serbian League East, Serbian League Vojvodina and ...

in the summer of 2014. He would become an assistant to newly appointed Teleoptik manager

Ivan Tomić Ivan Tomić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Томић; born 5 January 1976) is a Serbian football manager and former player. Club career After coming through the youth categories of Radnički Beograd, Tomić joined Partizan in the summer of 1993, a ...

in October 2015, alongside

Dražen Bolić Dražen Bolić (; born 12 September 1971) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career After playing for Obilić, Bolić was transferred to Partizan in 1994, spending the next four seasons with the ''Crno-beli''. He then ...

. The trio performed the same roles at

between December 2015 and July 2016 when Tomić resigned from his position due to poor results. In October 2016, Lazetić took charge of the Partizan youth team with Bolić serving as his assistant. They won the league title in May 2017. In June 2018, Lazetić joined

Miroslav Đukić Miroslav Đukić ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Ђукић, ; born 19 February 1966) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a sweeper, and a manager. He spent 14 years of his professional career in Spain, notably at the service of Deportivo ...

's staff as an assistant at Partizan, replacing departed

Andrija Delibašić Andrija Delibašić (Serbian Cyrillic: Андрија Делибашић, ; born 24 April 1981) is a Montenegrin retired professional footballer who played as a striker. After starting out at Partizan he went on to spend most of his career in ...

. He also served as caretaker manager for the club in March 2019. The following month, Lazetić returned to Teleoptik as manager. In June 2020, Lazetić was appointed as manager of

Serbian SuperLiga The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet Super League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Супер лига / Mozzart Bet Super liga) for sponsorship reasons, is a Serbian profes ...

club Metalac Gornji Milanovac. He left them in November 2021 to take over at

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Personal life

Lazetić is the younger brother of fellow footballer

Nikola Lazetić Nikola Lazetić (; born 9 February 1978) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a winger. Club career Born in Titova Mitrovica, Lazetić started out at his hometown club Trepča. He was later discovered by Tomislav Milićević who broug ...

Managerial statistics

Honours

Club

;Bežanija *

Serbian First League The Serbian First League ( sr, Прва лига Србије / Prva liga Srbije), referred to as the Mozzart Bet First League ( sr, Моцарт Бет Прва лига / Mozzart Bet Prva liga) for sponsorship reasons, is the name for the second ...

: 2005–06 ;Partizan *

: 2007–08 *

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: 2007–08

Individual

Top Scorer: 2005–06 *

Top Scorer: 2006–07

References

External links

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