Đorđije Ćetković (

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: Ђорђије Ћетковић; born 3 January 1983) is a Montenegrin retired

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who played as a

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. He played three times for the Montenegro national team.

Club career

Born in

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, Montenegro (now

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, Montenegro), Ćetković began playing at a minor Montenegrin club, FK Crvena Stijena, from where he moved to

FK Budućnost Podgorica Fudbalski Klub Budućnost Podgorica (Cyrillic: Будућност Подгорица, , ) is a Montenegro, Montenegrin professional association football, football club from Podgorica, Montenegro. It is competing in the Montenegrin First League. ...

. His good performance brought him offers from clubs, but he decided to stay in the domestic league, this time in Serbia for Belgrade's clubs

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and

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. In January 2006, he moved to German club

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. On 15 December 2008, he was released together with teammate

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. He signed on 8 January 2009 a contract with

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and was demoted to the reserve team on 14 April 2009. In summer 2009, Ćetković returned to Budućnost Podgorica. In January 2010, he was released by Budućnost. In the same month, he joined

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from the Israeli

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. In summer 2010, he moved to the Hungarian side Győri ETO. In February 2012, Ćetković signed with Albanian club

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. In summer 2012, he signed with Thai club Buriram United. He finished the 2012–13 season playing with

FK Sutjeska Nikšić Fudbalski klub Sutjeska (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Сутјеска) is a professional association football club from Nikšić, Montenegro, currently competing in the Montenegrin First League. The club was established in ...

in the

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, and in summer 2013 he returned to Serbia this time to play with second-level club

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International career

Ćetković made his debut for

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in a June 2007

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match against hosts

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and has earned a total of 3 caps, scoring no goals. His final international was a November 2008

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against

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Personal life

Ćetković is the nephew of the famous Montenegrin footballer,

Predrag Mijatović Predrag Mijatović ( sr-cyrl, Предраг Мијатовић; born 19 January 1969) is a Montenegrin Association football, football administrator and former player who played as a Striker (association football), striker. At club level, Mijato ...

, and brother of

Marko Ćetković Marko Ćetković (Cyrillic; Марко Ћeткoвић; born 10 July 1986) is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mornar. He also played for the Montenegro national team. Club career Youth Ćetković began his c ...

Honours

Player

Buriram United *

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Champion: 2012 Sutjeska Nikšić *

Champion: 2012–13

Coach

Partizan U17 * Serbian Champion: 2022–23

References

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