- Antonio Rukavina
Football player infobox
playername = Antonio Rukavina
fullname = Antonio Rukavina
height = Height|m=1.77
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|1|26
cityofbirth =Belgrade
countryofbirth =SFR Yugoslavia
currentclub =Borussia Dortmund
clubnumber = 14
position = Right back
youthyears =
youthclubs =FK Bežanija
years = 2002–2007
2007–2008
2008–
clubs =FK Bežanija FK Partizan Borussia Dortmund
caps(goals) = 124 (26)
036 0(4)
017 0(0)
nationalyears = 2006-2007
2006–
nationalteam = Serbia U-21
Serbia
nationalcaps(goals) =
13 (0)
pcupdate =May 28 ,2008
ntupdate =September 14 ,2008 Antonio Rukavina (
Serbian Cyrillic : Антонио Рукавина; bornJanuary 26 ,1984 inBelgrade ,Serbia ,Yugoslavia [ [http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=8491&pn=Antonio_Rukavina Antonio Rukavina timeline and stats] by FootballDatabase.com.] ) is aSerbia n football player. Rukavina is currently playing forBorussia Dortmund as a defender. Rukavina joined Partizan in January 2007 after an impressive spell withFK Bežanija , and eventually became team captain. He is a prominent member of the Serbian national team after being called up from the U-21 team. On the 5th of January 2008, Rukavina was transferred toGerman Bundesliga sideBorussia Dortmund for a fee of €2.5m.Due to his surname being common in Croatia, there were media speculations that leaders of
Hrvatski nogometni savez (Croatian Football Federation)Vlatko Marković and Zorislav Srebrić would engage him to play for theCroatian national football team , but three days later, Rukavina in his statement removed all those speculations. [hr icon [http://www.jutarnji.hr/clanak/art-2006,12,27,rukavine_rh_srb,56087.jl Jutarnji list] Zemunski Hrvat zvijezda prijelaznog roka u Srbiji, Dec 26, 2006 ] [hr icon [http://www.jutarnji.hr/clanak/art-2006,12,29,,56310.jl Jutarnji list] Antonio Rukavina: Nemam namjere igrati za Hrvatsku, Dec 29, 2006] Antonio himself denied this for Serbian newspaper Kurir, saying that he is Serbian, and intends to play only for the country of his birth. [sr icon [http://arhiva.kurir-info.co.yu/arhiva/2006/decembar/29/SP-02-29122006.shtml Kurir] Antonio Rukavina: Srbin 100% , Dec 29, 2006]Trivia
His nickname is Toni.
References
External links
* [http://www.beliorlovi.net/antonio-rukavina.html Antonio Rukavina's profile and stats]
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