Milorad Peković

Milorad "Peko" Peković (Montenegrin and Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад "Пеко" Пековић; born 5 August 1977) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his club career in Germany and represented the Montenegro national team at international level.

Milorad Peković
Peković in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-08-05) 5 August 1977
Place of birth Nikšić, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1987–1992 FK Obilić
1992–1994 OFK Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1999 OFK Beograd 77 (9)
1999–2001 FK Partizan 40 (3)
2001–2002 OFK Beograd 26 (3)
2002–2005 Eintracht Trier 84 (11)
2005–2010 Mainz 05 122 (1)
2010–2013 Greuther Fürth 76 (1)
2013–2014 Hansa Rostock 24 (1)
2014–2015 Eintracht Trier 23 (2)
Total 472 (31)
International career
2007–2013 Montenegro 34 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2018 Montenegro U19 (assistant)
2018–2020 Montenegro U19
2020–2021 FK Podgorica
2021–2022 FK Čukarički (assistant)
2022–2023 CSKA Sofia (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Nikšić, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia (now Montenegro), he grew up in Serbia where he moved to as a young boy and started playing football within FK Obilić's youth ranks in 1987.[1] Significant were the two seasons he played for Serbian giants Partizan having played 54 games for the club and scoring 5 goals. Before finally coming to Germany he spent one season in another Belgrade club, the OFK Belgrade where he had already been playing between 1994 and 1999. His most successful spell was with 1. FSV Mainz 05, with whom he spent five seasons. In 2010, he joined SpVgg Greuther Fürth, with whom he played for two seasons including one in the Bundesliga.[2] In May 2013 he signed for F.C. Hansa Rostock before returning to former club Eintracht Trier a year later.

International career

Peković made his debut for Montenegro in a September 2007 friendly match against Sweden and has earned a total of 34 caps, scoring no goals.[3] His final international was an August 2013 friendly against Belarus.[4]

Honours

Partizan Belgrade

Greuther Fürth

References
  1. "Milorad Pekovic" (in German). kleeblatt-chronik.de. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  2. "Pekovic, Milorad" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  3. "Montenegro - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 October 2020.


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