Željko Savić

Željko Savić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Савић; born 18 March 1988) is a Bosnian Serb football defender who plays for GFK Sloven in Serbia.

Željko Savić
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-03-18) 18 March 1988
Place of birth Bihać, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 GFK Sloven
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2012 Omladinac Novi Banovci[1]
2012–2014 Inđija 24 (0)
2014–2016 SJK 63 (1)
2016–2017 PS Kemi[2] 31 (1)
2017 DPMM FC 6 (0)
2018 FC Honka 3 (0)
2018 TPS 10 (0)
2019–2022 Omladinac Novi Banovci
2023– Sloven
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 May 2023

Club career

Born in Bihać, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then still within SFR Yugoslavia, Savic started playing in Serbia with lower-league side FK Omladinac Novi Banovci. In 2012, he moved to Inđija playing in second level, Serbian First League.[3]

Joining Bruneian club DPMM for the 2017 S.League season in 2017 via Trebol Sports International, Savic was impressed with his teammates efforts during practice and was surprised by the leagues different playing style, saying that they liked pushing forward.[4] Settling well into the team, the defender formed a salubrious relationship with his teammates,[1] making his debut in a 2-0 win over Hougang United, their first victory of the season.[5] However, he let slip 4 goals and was substituted before half-time when Home United beat DPMM 9–3 on May 25, 2017, which proved to be his last game for the Bruneian outfit.[6][7]

In February 2023, he transferred to GFK Sloven of the Vojvodina League South.[8]

References
  1. "Savic quickly settling in with DPMM FC". 27 March 2017.
  2. "PS Kemi signs former SJK defender Zeljko Savic - Football Finland". Archived from the original on 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
  3. Zeljko Savic at rbijafudbal.com, retrieved 19-4-2020 (in Serbian)
  4. "Brunei Football: Press Release- Serbian centreback, Zeljko Savic joins S-League club, Brunei DPMM FC for 2017 Season". 23 March 2017.
  5. "Local Sports".
  6. "Ruthless Home United FC hammer DPMM FC". 25 May 2017.
  7. "Kean hopes to emulate training display in Albirex clash". Borneo Bulletin. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  8. "Новајлије за брисање минуса". nsfudbal.com. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

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