Đorđe Lazić (

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: Ђорђе Лазић; born 18 June 1983) is a

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n retired

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who plays as an

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Club career

Lazić started out at his hometown club Budućnost Valjevo. He also played for Remont Čačak and Mladost Lučani, before joining Partizan in the 2007 winter transfer window. With the ''Crno-beli'', Lazić won the double in the 2007–08 season. In the winter of 2009, Lazić went abroad to Ukraine and signed with Metalurh Donetsk. He spent the following six and a half years there, before the club folded in July 2015. After being without a club for six months, Lazić joined fellow

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club Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk until the end of the season. In the summer of 2016, Lazić moved to Greece and signed for

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. He spent one year with the club, making 26 league appearances and scoring three goals. In the 2018 winter transfer window, Lazić returned to his homeland Serbia and joined his former club Mladost Lučani.

International career

In November 2007, Lazić was called up to the Serbia national team by manager

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for their rescheduled UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier at home against

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, but failed to make his debut.

Statistics

Honours

;Partizan *

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: 2007–08 *

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: 2007–08 ;Metalurh Donetsk *

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: Runner-up 2009–10, 2011–12 * Ukrainian Super Cup: Runner-up 2012

References

External links

FPL profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lazic, Djordje 1983 births Living people Footballers from Valjevo Men's association football midfielders Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian men's footballers FK Budućnost Valjevo players FK Remont Čačak players FK Mladost Lučani players FK Partizan players FC Metalurh Donetsk players FC Stal Kamianske players Xanthi F.C. players Serbian SuperLiga players Ukrainian Premier League players Super League Greece players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine 21st-century Serbian sportsmen