Vladimir Stojković

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Personal information
Vladimir Stojković
Full name	Vladimir Stojković
Date of birth	July 29, 1983 (age 23)
Place of birth	Loznica, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	195cm
Playing position	goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	FC Nantes
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-00 2000-03 2003 2003-05 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007	FK Loznica Red Star Belgrade FK Leotar (loan) FK Zemun Red Star Belgrade FC Nantes Vitesse (loan)
National team²
2006-	Serbia	6 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 January 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Vladimir Stojković (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Стојковић; born July 28, 1983 in Loznica, Serbia, by then SFRY) is a Serbian football player. He plays the position of goalkeeper for Vitesse and the Serbia national football team.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Teams and clubs
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Club career

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.

However, with Dišljenković switching to Ukrainian side FC Metalurh Donetsk in 2005, Stojković returned to Belgrade and impressed as Red Star won the league and cup double. He truly came into his own during 2005/06 season.

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. 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] International career

Stojković was a reserve goalkeeper in the squad that reached the final of the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Germany.

He was named as a member of the Serbia and Montenegro national football team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Before the World Cup he captained Serbia and Montenegro u-21 squad 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.

Stojković was the first goalkeeper for the newly independent Serbia national football team, and is currently the first team goalkeeper for the team.

[edit] Teams and clubs

Serbia national football team
- debut against Czech Republic, August 16, 2006
2003-2005: FK Zemun
2005-2006: FK Crvena Zvezda
2006-present: Nantes
2007: Vitesse (On loan)

[edit] References

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

[edit] External links

Vladimir Stojković profile at JadranSport

FC Nantes Atlantique - Current Squad
1 Barthez \| 3 Signorino \| 4 Cetto \| 5 Pierre \| 6 Faé \| 7 Norbert \| 8 Da Rocha \| 9 Oliech \| 11 Capoue \| 13 Diallo \| 14 Sadiou \| 15 Savinaud \| 16 Heurtebis \| 17 Cubilier \| 19 Zaïri \| 20 El Mourabet \| 23 Ca \| 24 Guillon \| 25 Rossi \| 26 Das Neves \| 28 Pieroni \| 28 Keserü \| 29 Dimitrijević \| 30 Briant \| 31 Payet \| 33 Mété \| 34 Diop \| 40 N'Dy Assembe \| Coach: Der Zakarian

	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