Branislav Trajković ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Трајковић; born 29 August 1989) is a Serbian
footballer who plays as a
centre-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for
Radnički Beograd.
Club career
Early career
Having been a well-known talent in his teenage years, Trajković made his professional debut for
Hajduk Kula at the age of 16 in 2005. From 2005 to 2007 he was loaned out to lower-tier teams
Radnički Sombor and
POFK Kula. From 2008 he played regularly for Hajduk Kula, becoming a regular starter and gained a reputation as the core centre-back of the entire team.
Vojvodina
Trajković signed for
Vojvodina
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in August 2010. From the beginning of the 2011-12 season he became captain of FK Vojvodina thanks to his reputation as one of the best center-backs playing in the entire league. By the summer of 2012 Trajković had attracted interest from
Trabzonspor
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and
S.S. Lazio
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. On 30 January 2013, despite an offer to sign for
Udinese Calcio
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, Trajković decided to stay with FK Vojvodina in an attempt to be the first captain to lead the team to win the
Serbian Cup
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From 2006 to 2010, the competition was known as the Lav Cup ...
. In 2013, he began starting games as team captain with greater frequency.
Partizan
On 11 January 2014, after turning down a lucrative offer from
Antalyaspor
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, Trajković signed with
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 ...
, where he was re-united with coach
Marko Nikolić who had previously coached FK Vojvodina. The transfer was just one part of a large controversy on Vojvodina's winter transactions to Partizan in 2014, which caused uproar and severe criticism of football fans and sports journalists.
Zemun
After being without a club for a year, Trajković signed with
Zemun
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on the last day of the summer transfer window 2017 as a single player. He made his debut against
Red Star Belgrade
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on 29 October. On 5 March 2018, it was announced Trajković earned a leg fracture in a match played two days before. Previously, he had been substituted out in 53 minute of game against
Javor Ivanjica
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History
In 1912, a student named Milan Radojević brought the first football ball to ...
, being replaced with
Slobodan Vuković in 2–0 home defeat.
Isloch
On 30 March 2019, Trajković joined
Isloch Minsk Raion. He played one game for the reserve team and was only on the bench for the first team one time, before the club announced on 4 June 2019, that his contract had been terminated by mutual consent.
International career
Trajković was called up for the
Serbian national team ahead of the friendly match against
Cyprus national football team
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on 6 February 2013, but did not make his debut in that game. He finally made his debut for the national team on 15 October 2013, in a match against
Macedonia
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* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
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.
Sportske: Trajković ostvario san u Jagodini 16 October 2013
Career statistics
International
References
External links
Branislav Trajković Stats
at Utakmica.rs
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1989 births
Living people
People from Odžaci
Serbian footballers
Serbia international footballers
Serbian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan
Expatriate footballers in Belarus
Expatriate footballers in North Macedonia
Association football defenders
Serbian SuperLiga players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
FK Hajduk Kula players
FK Radnički Sombor players
FK Vojvodina players
FK Partizan players
FC Ordabasy players
FK Zemun players
FC Isloch Minsk Raion players
FK Rabotnički players
FK Radnički Beograd players