Zivko Zivkovic

Zivko Zivkovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Живко Живковић; born 14 April 1989) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Greek club PAOK.

Internationally, Zivkovic represented his country at every level from under-17 to under-21.

Club Career

Partizan

After starting out with his hometown club Sloboda Uzice, Zivkovic joined the youth system of Partizan in 2005. He was subsequently promoted to their first team in the spring of 2007, before signing his first professional contract with the club on 1 June 2007, on a five-year deal. Zivkovic initially played for Teleoptik, before returning to Partizan. He made his competitive debut for the club in a 5–1 home league win over OFK Beograd, on 8 December 2007, coming on as a substitute for the injured Darko Bozovic.

In the summer of 2008, in order to gain more playing time and experience, Zivkovic was sent on loan to Metalac Gornji Milanovac. He immediately became the first-choice goalkeeper in his first season at the club, as they got promoted to the Serbian SuperLiga. In the following season, the club's first in the top flight, Zivkovic missed only one out of 30 games, helping his team avoid relegation.

In the summer of 2010, Zivkovic returned to Partizan, being projected as a backup goalkeeper to Radisa Ilic. He dropped out of the 18-man squad after Vladimir Stojkovic joined the club in late August 2010. Eventually, Zivkovic made one league and one cup appearance in the 2010–11 season. He was again loaned to Metalac Gornji Milanovac in the summer of 2011, making 13 league appearances in the 2011–12 season.

After leaving Gornji Milanovac for the second time, Zivkovic started the 2012–13 campaign at Teleoptik, before being promoted back to Partizan in October 2012, as a replacement for the injured Vladimir Stojkovic. He recorded one league appearance until the end of the season, as the club won its sixth consecutive championship title. In the following season, Zivkovic made his debut in UEFA

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