Dejan Živković (

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: Дејан Живковић; born 19 August 1979) is a former

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n professional

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who played as a striker. He is best remembered for scoring an extra time goal for Partizan against

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in the

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first round.

Career

Živković started playing football at Partizan at the age of 8. In 1998, he signed a six-year contract for the club. After several years of playing on loans with Teleoptik and

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, scoring 12 league goals with the latter in the 2001–02 season, Živković returned to Partizan for the 2002–03 season. In the 2003–04 season, he played with Sartid Smederevo, scoring six league goals in 19 appearances. In the following next years, Živković also played with

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and

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in the national top flight, before playing in the lower leagues with several clubs. In 2009, Živković traveled to

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for a trial with

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club

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. However, he signed with the Serbian-backed club

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, playing in the

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. In 2012, Živković signed to play with Popinci in the Vojvodina lower league.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zivkovic, Dejan 1979 births Living people Men's association football forwards Bonnyrigg White Eagles FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia FK Hajduk Beograd players FK Partizan players FK Radnički 1923 players FK Sevojno players FK Smederevo 1924 players FK Teleoptik players FK Voždovac players FK Zvezdara players OFK Beograd players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Serbian SuperLiga players