Milivoje Ćirković

Milivoje Ćirković
Personal information
Full name Milivoje Ćirković
Date of birth (1977-04-14) 14 April 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Nova Pazova, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1996 Radnički Nova Pazova 20 (1)
1996–2010 Partizan 104 (2)
1996–1997 → Budućnost Valjevo (loan) 22 (0)
1997–1998 → Milicionar (loan) 42 (2)
1999 → Teleoptik (loan) 31 (3)
Total 219 (8)
International career
2000–2005 FR Yugoslavia /
Serbia and Montenegro		 9 (0)
2001 Serbia and Montenegro XI 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Milivoje Ćirković (Serbian Cyrillic: Миливоје Ћирковић; born 14 April 1977) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

After returning from his loan at Milicionar, Ćirković played his first official game for Partizan in November 1999. He became a first-team regular in the 2000–01 season, making a career-high 34 appearances across all competitions.

In the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons, Ćirković helped Partizan win back-to-back championship titles. He was subsequently a member of the team that reached the group stage of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League, converting the decisive penalty in the shoot-out against Newcastle United in the final qualifying round.[1][2]

In January 2006, Ćirković extended his contract with Partizan for another four years.[3] He was deemed surplus to requirements after failing to make any appearances in the 2007–08 season.[4]

International career

At international level, Ćirković was capped 12 times (3 unofficial) for Serbia and Montenegro (previously known as FR Yugoslavia).[5] He made his international debut in November 2000, coming on as a substitute for Nenad Sakić in a 2–1 away friendly loss to Romania.[6]

In January 2001, Ćirković represented his country at the Millennium Super Soccer Cup, as the team would go on to win the unofficial tournament.[7] His final international was a February 2005 friendly match away against Bulgaria.[8]

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Partizan 1999–2000 12 0 1 0 0 0 13 0
2000–01 27 1 3 0 4 0 34 1
2001–02 12 0 1 0 4 0 17 0
2002–03 16 0 1 0 5 0 22 0
2003–04 14 1 1 0 8 0 23 1
2004–05 9 0 0 0 6 0 15 0
2005–06 9 0 0 0 2 0 11 0
2006–07 5 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
2007–08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 104 2 7 0 31 0 142 2

International

National team Year Apps Goals
FR Yugoslavia 2000 2 0
2001 2 0
2002 0 0
Serbia and Montenegro 2003 3 0
2004 1 0
2005 1 0
Total 9 0

Honours

Partizan

References

  1. ^ "Newcastle pay Partizan penalty". uefa.com. 27 August 2003. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Newcastle crash out". bbc.co.uk. 27 August 2003. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Ćirković produžio ugovor" (in Serbian). b92.net. 25 January 2006. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Milivoje Ćirković" (in Serbian). partizanopedia.rs. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Ćirković Milivoje" (in Serbian). reprezentacija.rs. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Poraz po meri" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 15 November 2000. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Mirna Bosna" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 25 January 2001. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Milivoje Ćirković, international football player". EU-football.info. Retrieved 25 May 2024.