Vukan Savićević

Vukan Savićević (Serbian Cyrillic: Вукан Савићевић, pronounced [ʋǔkan saʋǐːtʃeʋitɕ]; born 29 January 1994) is a Montenegrin footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Giresunspor.

Vukan Savićević
Savićević with Montenegro in 2019
Personal information
Full name Vukan Savićević
Date of birth (1994-01-29) 29 January 1994
Place of birth Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Giresunspor
Number 26
Youth career
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Red Star Belgrade 40 (4)
2015–2018 Slovan Bratislava 82 (7)
2019–2020 Wisła Kraków 34 (6)
2020–2022 Samsunspor 46 (5)
2022– Giresunspor 23 (1)
International career
2009–2010 Montenegro U17 1 (0)
2012–2013 Serbia U19 3 (0)
2015–2017 Montenegro U21 5 (3)
2017– Montenegro 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:22, 22 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:05, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Red Star Belgrade

Savićević became a senior-team player aged 17. Coach Aleksandar Janković decided to promote Savićević to the senior team at the beginning of the 2012–13 season, and Savićević made his professional debut on 22 September 2012 versus Hajduk Kula.[1] He scored his first professional goal for Red Star in a 2–1 win against FK Javor Ivanjica on 22 February 2013. On 21 June 2013, Savićević signed a new four-year contract with Red Star which lasts until 2017.[2]

Slovan Bratislava

On 7 August 2015 Savićević pardoned Red Star Belgrade for €120,000 in unpaid salaries and signed with Slovan Bratislava.[3]

International career

Initially, Savićević represented Montenegro on international level, having been part of the U-17[4] squad during 2009 and 2010.[5] However, in 2012 he became member of the Serbian U-19 team.[6]

He debuted for Montenegrin U21 team on 15 June 2015 in a qualifying match against Moldova, in which he scored the winning goal (Montenegro won 1-0).[7]

Savićević was called up to the senior Montenegro squad for a friendly against Turkey in June 2016.[8]

He did his debut for the senior national team on 4 June 2017 in a 2–1 friendly loss against Iran.[9][10]

Career statistics

As of 19 May 2018[11]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Red Star Belgrade 2012–13 1012000121
2013–14 1702041231
2014–15 1011000111
2015–16 32002153
Total 4045062516
Slovan Bratislava 2016–17 2314130302
2017–18 2336241336
Total 46410371668

Honours

Red Star

References

  1. "Хајдук – Црвена звезда 0:2 (0:1)". FK Crvena zvezda. 22 September 2012.
  2. Савићевић у Звезди до 2017: Играм у највећем клубу – 21 June 2013
  3. Novosti: Savićević oprostio Zvezdi dug i otišao u Slovan (in Serbian) August 7, 2015
  4. Testiranje kandidata za U-17 i U-16 selekcije at FSCG.co.me
  5. U-17: U maju dvomeč sa BIH at FSCG.co.me
  6. Vukan Savićević at UEFA.com
  7. Vukan Savićević donio trijumf protiv Moldavije - Vukan Savicevic brought the triumph against Moldova at Vijesti.me, 16-6-2015, retrieved 22-6-2015
  8. FSCG (1 October 2015). "Međunarodna prijateljska utakmica GRČKA - CRNA GORA / Međunarodna prijateljska utakmica CRNA GORA - BJELORUSIJA" (PDF) (in Serbian).
  9. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Montenegro vs. Iran (1:2)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  10. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  11. "V.Savicevic". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
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