Živko Lukić

Živko Lukić (Serbian Cyrillic: Живко Лукић; 1943/1944 – 2015) was a Serbian footballer who played as a midfielder.[1] He is known for being the first foreign player in Paris Saint-Germain history, making his way onto the team in a deceptive manner.[2]

Živko Lukić
Personal information
Date of birth 1943/1944
Place of birth Belgrade, German-occupied Serbia
Date of death 2015 (aged 70–72)
Place of death Železnik, Belgrade, Serbia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1961–1963 Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1964 Rijeka
1965–1966 Maribor
0000–1969 Osijek
1970–1971 Paris Saint-Germain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Lukić was a youth player for Partizan from 1961 to 1963. He made one appearance for the reserve team of the club on 6 June 1963, coming off the bench in a friendly against German club SV Merbeck.[3] In the space of seven years, from 1963 to 1970, Lukić went on to play for Rijeka, Maribor, and Osijek, while at the same time training to become a dentist.[4]

In 1970, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) was formed with the merging of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain; Lukić took advantage of the ambitious but not particularly organized project in Paris to hoax his way into the team. He tricked the entire PSG staff into believing that he had been an important player for Partizan in the past, and that he was the brother of Rennes player Ilija Lukić.[4] Up to this point, Lukić's plan was succeeding; he even received a welcome from the well-known magazine France Football several days before his debut for PSG.[5]

On 29 August 1970, Lukić played in his first and only game with Paris Saint-Germain, coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 Division 2 win over Quevilly.[6] "His mission was to neutralise our opponent’s key player, Horlaville, whom we feared the most. And Lukić… he clung to him like an octopus to a rock! But Horlaville would quickly dribble past him once, then again, then make a pass, while my unfortunate Lukić would inevitably end up on his behind!" wrote former PSG president Guy Crescent in his 1992 autobiography.[4]

Lukić only played a total of 53 minutes for PSG, and his deception was revealed after his appearance in a match. Despite his identity hoax, he was able to obtain a medal at the end of the season, as the Parisian club gained promotion to the Division 1 in 1971.[7]

Personal life and death

After his football days, Lukić lived the rest of his life running a dental clinic in Železnik. The clinic closed in 2012.[3] He died in 2015.[4]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]
Club Season League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paris Saint-Germain 1970–71 Division 2 100010
Career total 100010

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

References
  1. Zivko Lukic at FootballDatabase.eu
  2. Kollar, Michel (14 August 2020). "50 ans : Aux origines du club (10/12)" [50 years: At the origins of the club (10/12)] (in French). Paris Saint-Germain F.C. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. "Živko Lukić – misterija se razrešava…" [Živko Lukić - the mystery is being solved...]. Crno-bela Nostalgija (in Serbian). 26 September 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. Babić, Bojan (1 September 2016). "Živko Lukić: Paris St.Germain's Foreign Hoaxer". Beyond the Last Man. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. "révélations sur Zivko Lukic, le mystérieux premier joueur étranger du PSG" [revelations on Zivko Lukic, the mysterious first foreign player of PSG]. Paris.canal-historique (in French). 1 October 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  6. "Saga Yougoslavie : les statistiques" [Yugoslavian saga: the statistics]. Paris United (in French). Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  7. Ikhsan, Harley (13 November 2020). "Bola Ganjil: Hoax dari Yugoslavia Bikin PSG Gigit Jari" [Odd Ball: Hoax from Yugoslavia Makes PSG Bite the Finger]. Liputan6 (in Indonesian). Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  8. "Zivco LUKIC". PSG70 (in French). Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  9. "Zivko LUKIC". Histoire du PSG (in French). Retrieved 9 September 2020.
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