Nikola Lazetić

Nikola Lazetić

Personal information
Full name	Nikola Lazetić
Date of birth	9 February 1978 (1978-02-09) (age 33)
Place of birth	Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Vojvodina
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995–1997	Red Star Belgrade	15	(0)
1997	Budućnost Valjevo	8	(2)
1998	Železnik	4	(1)
1998–1999	Vojvodina	24	(4)
1999–2000	Obilić	35	(9)
2000–2002	Fenerbahçe	46	(6)
2002–2003	Como	0	(0)
2002	→ Chievo (loan)	11	(0)
2003	→ Lazio (loan)	5	(0)
2003–2005	Genoa	39	(1)
2003–2004	→ Siena (loan)	31	(2)
2005	Livorno	16	(0)
2006–2008	Torino	57	(0)
2008–2010	Red Star Belgrade	41	(3)
2010–	Vojvodina	19	(2)
National team
1998–2004	Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro	25	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 January 2010. † Appearances (Goals).

Nikola Lazetić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Лазетић) (born 9 February 1978 in Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for Serbian club FK Vojvodina.

Football career

Lazetić started playing competitive football at the age of 15 for his hometwon team FK Trepča.

Immediately spoted as a talented youngster he moved on to bigger teams and cities throughout Serbia such as Valjevo's FK Budućnost then played for Vojvodina and Obilić.

Lazetić went to Turkey's Fenerbahçe in June 2000 for DM6 million. In the first season, he made regular appearances in the first team, but he just made 16 appearances in the second season. He played his last match on 17 March 2002 against Malatyaspor.

Lazetić was signed by Como in summer 2002 on a free transfer.^[1] However, he was loaned to Chievo and made his Serie A debut on 29 September 2003 against Internazionale.^[2] In January 2003, he was loaned to S.S. Lazio.^[3]

In the summer of 2003, he was signed by Genoa, but was immediately loaned to AC Siena. Lazetić returned to Genoa in the summer of 2004, where he played his first ever Serie B season.

He helped the club to win the Serie B Champions, but Genoa's involvement in the Serie A scandal saw Genoa stripped of the title and relegated to Serie C1.

On 30 August 2005, he was sold to Livorno. But on 11 January 2006, he was signed by Torino FC, which he helped the club to win promotion to Serie A again.

In 2008, he returned to his first club, Red Star Belgrade, where he captained the team for two years, and won two cups with them: Chicago Sister Cities Cup and Serbian Cup.

As of season 2010-11, Lazetić is in his second spell at Vojvodina.

Honours and awards

Club

Fenerbahçe

• Turkish Super League: 1

2000–01

Red Star Belgrade

• Serbian Cup: 1

2009–10

Individual

• Serbian SuperLiga Team of the Season (1): 2009–10 (with Red Star)

References

1. ^ "Lazetic signing for Como". UEFA.com. 2002-06-22. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=26009.html. 
2. ^ "Lazetic checks in at Chievo". UEFA.com. 2002-09-10. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=33037.html. 
3. ^ "Lazetic fills Lazio void". UEFA.com. 2003-01-31. http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=51883.html. 

External links

• Nikola Lazetić at reprezentacija.rs.
• Nikola Lazetić at National-Football-Teams.com.
• Nikola Lazetić at Srbijafudbal.
• Nikola Lazetić at tff.org.
• Nikola Lazetić Stats at Utakmica.rs

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Name	Lazetic, Nikola
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Date of birth	9 February 1978
Place of birth	Kosovska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
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