Vladimir Stojković

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Vladimir Stojković
Personal information
Full name Vladimir Stojković
Date of birth July 29, 1983 (1983-07-29) (age 24)
Place of birth    Loznica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Sporting C.P.
Number 34
Youth clubs
1998-00
2000-03		 FK Loznica
Red Star Belgrade
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003
2003-05
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007
2007-		 → FK Leotar (loan)
FK Zemun
Red Star Belgrade
FC Nantes
→Vitesse (loan)
Sporting C.P.		 22 (0)
38 (0)
33 (0)
11 (0)
9 (0)
9 (0)
   
National team2
2006- Serbia Flag of Serbia 16 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 22 June 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 10 May, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Vladimir Stojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Стојковић; born July 28, 1983 in Loznica, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football player. He plays the position of goalkeeper for Sporting C.P. and the Serbia national football team.

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[edit] Club career

[edit] Early years

Born into a sports family - his father is a former football goalkeeper, his mother a former handball player - Stojković's career path was almost predestined.

Stojković joined Red Star Belgrade at the age of ten, but was initially overshadowed by Vladimir Dišljenković. Dišljenković's graduation to the first team saw Stojković loaned out to gain experience at Bosnia-Herzegovnian side FK Leotar before joining FK Zemun.

[edit] Red Star Belgrade

After Red Star sold Dišljenković to Ukrainian side FC Metalurh Donetsk in summer 2005, Stojković returned to Belgrade and immediately impressed as Red Star won the league and cup double. He truly came into his own during 2005/06 season under head coach Walter Zenga.

[edit] Nantes Atlantique

Stojković moved to French Ligue 1 side FC Nantes Atlantique in the summer of 2006 (for a rumoured 3 million euros) to replace departing France goalkeeper Mickaël Landreau. After a promising first few matches, however, Stojković's form rapidly declined and he lost the starting jersey to 20-year-old understudy Vincent Briant shortly before the winter break. At the same time, a vicious rift emerged within the Nantes squad that led to a series of poor results and the dismissal of the club's manager. Stojković fell out of favor with new manager Michel Der Zakarian and was encouraged to seek a transfer or a loan as Nantes recruited France star Fabien Barthez out of retirement for the rest of the season.

[edit] Vitesse

In January 2007, Stojković was signed to Vitesse on a 6-month loan[1].

On March 3, 2007, he played his first Eredivisie match for Vitesse against Excelsior Rotterdam [2]

[edit] Sporting CP

On July 11th, 2007 he signed a 5-year contract with Portuguese giants Sporting CP. Stojković started out well, but got injured towards the end of the half-season. After recovering, he's still to reclaim his place in the team.

[edit] International career

[edit] Youth level

Stojković was a backup goalkeeper to Nikola Milojević in the Serbia-Montenegro squad that reached the final of the 2004 European Under-21 Championship in Germany. He didn't see a single minute of action.

Gradually, simultaneous to his Red Star breakthrough, Stojković got more opportunities and soon became an irreplaceable member of the national youth squad. Finally, in May 2006, he captained the Serbia-Montenegro u-21 team during 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Portugal in the absence of the suspended Danko Lazović. The team reached the semi-finals of the tournament.

[edit] Senior level

Stojković was named as member of the Serbia-Montenegro team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He didn't get any playing time, spending all three matches as Dragoslav Jevrić's backup.

After the arrival of Javier Clemente as head coach in summer 2006, Stojković became the first choice goalkeeper for the newly independent Serbia. As of August 2007, he is still firmly holding on to that spot.

[edit] Teams and clubs

[edit] References

  1. ^ Stojkovic signs for Vitesse by JadranSport
  2. ^ Tactical Formation. Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.

[edit] External links

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Sporting Clube de Portugal – current squad

1 Rui Patrício • 2 Pedro Silva • 4 Polga • 6 A. Silva • 7 Izmailov • 8 Ronny • 9 Purović • 10 Vukčević • 11 Derlei • 13 Tonel • 16 Tiago • 18 Grimi • 20 Yannick • 21 P. Farnerud • 22 Rodrigo Tiuí • 23 Hélder Postiga • 24 M. Veloso • 25 Pereirinha • 26 Gladstone • 28 Moutinho • 30 Romagnoli • 31 Liédson • 34 Stojković • 44 Renato • 58 Paéz • 78 Abel • 88 Celsinho • -- Rochemback • Manager: P. Bento
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Serbia and Montenegro squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Jevrić • 2 Ergić • 3 Dragutinović • 4 Duljaj • 5 Vidić • 6 Gavrančić • 7 Koroman • 8 Kežman • 9 Milošević • 10 Stanković • 11 P. Đorđević • 12 Kovačević • 13 Basta • 14 N. Đorđević • 15 Dudić • 16 D. Petković • 17 Nađ • 18 Vukić • 19 Žigić • 20 Krstajić • 21 Ljuboja • 22 Ilić • 23 Stojković • Coach: I. Petković
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