Danko Lazović ( sr-Cyrl, Данко Лазовић, , ; born 17 May 1983) is a Serbian

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administrator and former player who played as a

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. He represented the Serbia national team at the

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Early and personal life

Danko Lazović was born on 17 May 1983 in

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, to a ethnic Serb father (Tomislav Lazović) and ethnic Hungarian mother (Gordana Lazović), His current second wife is the Hungarian fitness model

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Club career

Partizan

Lazović started playing football at a small football school in

, before joining Partizan at the age of 13. In his first senior season, Lazović made eight league appearances for Partizan, and also played for Teleoptik on loan. Lazović made his European debut in the

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qualifiers against Santa Coloma on 23 August 2001. He won the domestic title with Partizan twice in a row, in 2001–02 and 2002–03.

Feyenoord

After an impressive form at Partizan, Lazović would join

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in the summer of 2003 for a club record €7 million. On the opening of the season on 17 October 2003, he scored on his debut and the club's first goal of the season, in a 2–1 win over

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and scored his first brace in his Feyenoord's career in a 3–2 win over

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on 25 January 2004, bringing his 15 games without scoring. At the last game of the season, Lazović scored his first hat-trick in his Feyenoord's career, in a 7–1 win over relegated side

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. The next season, Lazović scored his first goal of the season and would score another, also setting up a goal for

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in a 7–2 win over

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. At his time at the club, however, Lazović found it difficult to break into the first team squad at Feyenoord and moved onto

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in the summer of 2005 on a loan deal. After the move, Lazović said he expected to resurrect his career. In the first round of

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, Lazović scored a hat-trick on his competitive debut in an 8–0 win over Rot-Weiß Erfurt. However, he also failed to settle in at Bayer Leverkusen, returning to Partizan in January 2006 on a six-month loan deal. He had a decent half-season at his old club, scoring five league goals, but various reports continued about his apparent disruptive dressing room influence. In early May 2006, after the last league match of the season, Lazović was reportedly involved in a training ground bust up with teammate

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with bad blood even continuing later during lunch at the training facility.

Vitesse

Over the summer of 2006, Lazović returned to the

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, this time with Vitesse. Vitesse paid Feyenoord €1.5 million for the forward, with Feyenoord agreeing to pay the first year of his salary. On the opening game of the season, Lazović scored on his debut in a 2–1 win over

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(which he scored against them once again but a brace in a 3–0 win on 6 April 2006) and scored the following week (on 26 August 2006) in a 3–1 over AZ. Lazović scored his first hat-trick in the Dutch league in over two years in a 4–0 win over

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on 23 September 2006. He scored a goal and set up a goal for Anduele Pryor in a 2–2 draw but received a straight red card, just minutes before half-time, against

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on 28 October 2006. Lazović was a member of the squad that beat

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4–2, as he scored for himself and set up two goals for Mads Junker and Youssouf Hersi respectively. To the dismay of many Feyenoord fans, Lazović had an excellent season at Vitesse, rediscovering his scoring touch and being a serious contender for the league's golden boot for most of the

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. He was also the club's top scorer.

PSV

Lazović attracted the attention of PSV early on, before moving to them at the end of the season for €6.6 million, signing a five-year deal. He took over the number 9 jersey from legendary forward

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, who was released and joined

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. At PSV, Lazović earned the nickname "Lazoflap" due to his moderate appearance. On the opening game of the season, Lazović scored twice on his debut in a 5–0 win over NEC. In the opening game of the UEFA Champions League group stage, he scored in a 2–1 win over

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. PSV's campaign in the Champions League went poor, resulting in the club going to the UEFA Cup. In the third round of UEFA Cup, he scored and set up a goal for

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in a 2–0 win over

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in the first leg. In the second leg, he scored again with the same result as in the first round. The club would progress in the UEFA Cup until meeting Italian side

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at the quarter final. At the end of the season, the club would win the title after scoring against his former club Vitesse in a 1–0 win. The following season, Lazović scored his first two goals of the season as PSV would beat

3–0. In November 2008, he would be involved in a conflict with manager

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. After setting up a goal for

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against Ajax, he appeared to allegedly insult Stevens, and after the match (which PSV lost 4–1) he was fined for showing dissent. Eventually, he would apologize and the two would bury the hatchet. On the last match of the Champions League group stage, he scored the club's only goal in the match as PSV lost 3–1 against

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. Later in the season, however, the club could not win another title and surrendered it to AZ. PSVtraining

The following season, he scored his first goal of the season in a 3–1 win over Willem II on 26 September 2009. On 11 November 2009, he earned a hat-trick and set up goals for

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(twice) and

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in a 5–1 win over

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. On 6 December 2009, he scored his last goal for the club in a 2–0 win over

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, having previously scored against Sparta the previous week in a 3–2 win and ten days, he also scored his last competitive goal in a 2–0 win over

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. He would make his last league appearance in a 1–1 draw against Sparta and also his last competitive appearance in the Europa League in a 3–2 win over

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in the second leg, assisting a brace for Toivonen and

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. PSV, however, was eliminated in the Europa League on away goals.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

On 3 March 2010,

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completed the transfer of the striker from PSV for nearly €5 million. After the deal, PSV general director Jan Reker said, "Danko Lazović told us about the interest of Zenit about a week ago. We've since discussed his situation several times and have eventually decided to cash in on him." Lazović made his

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debut for Zenit on 13 March 2010 against

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, coming on as a substitute in the 54th minute for

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. Two weeks later, Lazović made his first impact on the scoresheet, delivering a perfect ball to set up

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for the first goal against

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. His first goal, however, did not come until 9 July 2010 against

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, as he helped Zenit to a 3–1 away victory. On 30 September 2010, Lazović scored a double against

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in the Europa League at the

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. He scored from the penalty spot in the 43rd minute, beating AEK goalkeeper

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then added his second in the 57th minute, poking home a cross from

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. On 14 November 2010, he scored the Championship-winning goal against

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in the 40th minute, helping Zenit win its second Russian Premier League title in four years. Lazović finished the season with five goals in the Russian Premier League and seven in total. He tied with Georgi Peev of

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for second-best assistant in the RPL with seven assists. On 19 June 2011, during a 2–0 win over Volga, Lazović made headlines when he was tasered by the police with an electric baton after he tried to throw his shirt into the stands, that left a burn mark under his right shoulder blade. Television footage shows the Lazović (with no shirt) being approached by police officers as he moved towards the away fans after the match. Afterwards, he was quoted by Sport Express newspaper as saying, "I simply went to give my shirt to the fans after the game when a policeman appeared behind me and hit me in the back with an electric shock, I don't know why this happened. Maybe he thought I was one of the fans." Because of the police action, the club would make the accusation to the police, which they deny wrongdoing. Andrei Shmonin, deputy police chief of public security police in Nizhny Novgorod, says the police stepped between the players and the fans, with arms outstretched. In his hands was a stun gun, but it was not used. There was evidence by the medical commission, that Lazović did receive an electric shock from the police and also said the diagnosis that Lazović received was electrical accident and first-degree burns on the right subscapular region. Later in his Zenit's career, he was among three other player to be left out of the squad to the training camp in Zenit's first pre-season training camp. Also, Lazović first team opportunities would soon be limited due to goalscoring form striker

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and several new signing, leading him to be placed in the reserves. Upon his return to Zenit, Lazović continued to remain out of the first team spotlight, as he trains separate from the first team. He was linked with

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

and

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In November 2013, Lazović announced he will leave the club at the end of the season. On 27 February 2013, just one day before the Russian transfer deadline, it was announced that he joined the

side

on loan until the end of the 2012–13 season. In his first appearance of the 2012–13 season, he made his debut for Rostov, playing in the left wing, in a 0–0 draw against

. At the end of the season, Lazović returned to the club following a loan spell with Rostov.

Partizan

After leaving Zenit Saint Petersburg, Lazović returned to Serbia to rejoin Partizan on a free transfer, signing a two-year deal. On 8 March 2014, Lazović made his official re-debut for the club against his former club, Radnički Kragujevac, and scored a goal from the penalty spot in a 5–0 away win. During the 2013–14 season, Lazović played ten matches and scored six goals. Lazović played his first match in the 2014–15 season against HB on 15 July 2014, in the

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of the

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, where he scored a brace and provided an assist in a 3–0 home win. On 31 August 2014, Lazović scored a brace in a 4–0 away league win over Rad. He has ended the first part of the season with 12 goals and 8 assists in 28 appearances in all competitions.

Beijing Enterprises Group

On 16 February 2015, Lazović transferred to

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side

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Olimpija Ljubljana

On 25 February 2016, Lazović transferred to

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side Olimpija Ljubljana. He left the club on 20 April 2016 without making a single appearance for the club, as he did not obtain a work permit.

Videoton

In June 2016, Lazović was signed by Hungarian club Videoton, playing in the

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. While with the team, the veteran scorer played a key part in their in success as the runners-up for the 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season and winning the 2017–18 Nemzeti Bajnokság I season as the team's leading scorer. At the beginning of the 2018–19 season he captained them to reach the group stage of the

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but retired before its start in September 2018.

International career

Lazović made his international debut for the Yugoslavia national team on 27 March 2002, in a friendly match against

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. After the

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split, Lazović played for

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, and scored the first goal ever in international football for Serbia; an equalizer in their friendly against the

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on 16 August 2006 in

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, which they went on to win 3–1. In June 2010, he was selected in Serbia's squad for the

, where he appeared in group stage matches against

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and

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. In March 2011, two weeks before a crucial Euro 2012 qualifier against

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, Lazović decided to retire from the national team at the age of 27, choosing to focus on his club Zenit. On the same occasion, his club colleague from Zenit

Aleksandar Luković Aleksandar Luković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Луковић; born 23 October 1982) is a Serbian football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the manager of Serbia national under-19 football team. He appeared ...

also made the same announcement.

Post-playing career

In October 2024, Lazović was appointed as a member of

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

temporary governing body.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Partizan *

First League of Serbia and Montenegro The First League of Serbia and Montenegro () was the top Association football, football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed as the First League of FR Yugoslavia following the breakup of ...

: 2001–02, 2002–03 *

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: 2000–01 PSV *

: 2007–08 *

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2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

Zenit Saint Petersburg *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, 2011–12 * Russian Cup: 2009–10 *

Russian Super Cup The Russian Super Cup () is a one-match football (soccer), football annual competition. Its official sponsored name is ''OLIMPBET Russian Supercup'' (). The two participating clubs are the Russian Premier League champions and the Rambler Russian ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Videoton *

: 2017–18

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