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Zdravko Kuzmanović
Здравко Кузмановић
Personal information
Full name Zdravko Kuzmanović
Date of birth (1987-09-22) 22 September 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Thun, Switzerland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 VfB Stuttgart
Number 8
Youth career
1994–2001 Dürrenast
2001–2003 Young Boys
2003–2005 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Basel 34 (4)
2007–2009 Fiorentina 70 (3)
2009– VfB Stuttgart 84 (17)
International career‡
2006–2007 Switzerland U21 4 (0)
2007– Serbia 45 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:39, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:24, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Zdravko Kuzmanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Здравко Кузмановић, born 22 September 1987) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a midfielder for VfB Stuttgart in the German Bundesliga.

Early life

Born in Thun, Switzerland to a family of Bosnian Serbs expats (his father hails from a small village called Skugrić near Modriča, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia), Kuzmanović continued the family tradition as both his father Ljubo and his grandfather played football for the lower league football in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the local club in Gradačac – FK Zvijezda.[1] Kuzmanović's father also played professionally in Berlin, before eventually ending his career at FC Thun of Switzerland, and continuing to live in the country.

Club career

Kuzmanović started his professional career at Basel. He was promoted to first team in 2005–06 season and also played for Basel II at 1. Liga that season. Following his good performance is reported from the site of UEFA as one of the most interesting young people in Europe and was awarded with the Swiss Golden Player Award for season 2006.

Zdravko Kuzmanović warming up during training

A.F.C. Fiorentina

In early 2007 Kuzmanović is approached from Palermo, but the negotiations with the Rosanero stops abruptly.On 30 January 2007, at the age of 19, he signed a 4½ year contract with ACF Fiorentina after learning that Donadel would be away for about two months because of a calf injury happened right before the derby against Livorno, decides to engage the player on the penultimate day for the winter session of the transfer market.[2] The President Zamparini and sporting director Foschi of Palermo, Fiorentina accused of misconduct by stating that the sports director purple Corvino would have resulted from "the Jackal". Corvino responds best chicken jackal confirming the correctness of his work.

Later will be the same Kuzmanović to reveal the backstory of his failure to move to Palermo: " I did not like Zamparini. Were he and the tall and bald [Foschi, ed] [...] over a girl for the translation. They gave me only five minutes, said they had to return to Italy. The contract was not good but how did I make decisions quickly? I said are important or not? If they are you can not do everything in five minutes. They did not answer, shut it there: take the plane, I'm going home. Then one day my agent called and said you want to Fiorentina, is a great club and point at you seriously. I said yes immediately, c'mon, c'mon."[3]

On 4 March 2007 he played his first Serie A match for Fiorentina against Torino F.C.[4] He went on to become an integral first team player for Fiorentina, notching up over 70 Serie A appearances and featuring in their successful European Competition runs.

In his first season in purple totals 4 appearances, including one from the owner away to Parma . Scored his first goal in Serie A on 17 February 2008 in the 2-1 win at home against Catania . On March 6 the following also marks his first goal in the UEFA Cup from 2007 to 2008 with the shirt of Fiorentina at home against the ' Everton during the first leg quarter-final, scoring the momentary 1-0. On 5 October 2008 comes the second goal in Serie A, on a free kick after an assist by Riccardo Montolivo, in the race won at home ChievoVerona 2-0. On 7 December 2008 scored the third goal in the league, on an assist from Adrian Mutu, that the momentary 3-0 over Torino .

VfB Stuttgart

On 31 August 2009 on the transfer deadline, Kuzmanović signed a four year contract with VfB Stuttgart worth £7million.[5] Following his move, Kuzmanović eagerly anticipating plying his trade in the Bundesliga.[6] On 12 September 2009, Kuzmanović set to make debut for Stuttgart against Hamburger SV[7] and eventually did as Stuttgart lost 3–1. On 21 November 2009, Kuzmanović scored his first goal for Stuttgart in a 1–1 draw against Hertha BSC.[8] Kuzmanović made his Champions League debut for Stuttgart in a 1–3 defeat at home to Sevilla on 20 October 2009 and later scored his first Champions League goal in the return leg when Sevilla and Stuttgart played a 1–1 draw. Throughout his two seasons with Stuttgart Kuzmanović caught the interest of Italian clubs Juventus and Lazio, but the Serb said he was happy playing for the German side.[9]

International career

In early 2007, Serbian FA began talks with him about the possibility of playing for the Serbian national team[10] and he accepted call up to squad against Kazakhstan and Portugal in March 2007. He scored his first two goals for Serbia in the away game versus Belgium, but they weren't enough to get a point, since Serbia lost 3–2. Although Kuzmanović was born in Thun and played for Switzerland at youth level, he has decided to play for Serbia on the senior level, stating: "I'm Serbian and I want to give all for my country, it's a matter of what you feel in your heart and I must listen to it." In the 2010 FIFA World Cup match between Serbia and Ghana, Kuzmanović conceded a penalty by handling the ball, one that Ghana scored and was the only goal in the match which Ghana won.[11]

He played once at 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifying for Switzerland U21[12] thus ineligible to play for Serbia at the same campaign, which Serbia lost to the Netherlands in the final. He also played a friendly verse France U21 in February 2007, before accepted the call-up from Serbia.[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 May 2012

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International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1. 22 August 2007 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Belgium 2–1 3–2 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
2. 22 August 2007 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Belgium 3–2 3–2 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
3. 10 October 2009 Red Star Stadium, Beograd, Serbia  Romania 3–0 5–0 FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
4. 3 March 2010 Stade 5 Juillet 1962, Algiers, Algeria  Algeria 0–2 0–3 Friendly
5. 6 September 2011 Stadion FK Partizan, Belgrade, Serbia  Faroe Islands 3–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
6. 28 February 2012 Tsirion Stadium, Limassol, Cyprus  Armenia 0–1 0–2 Friendly

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References

  1. ^ "Zdravko Kuzmanović igrat će za Srbiju" (in Bosnian). Sportin. 13 March 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2001.
  2. ^ "Acquisito Zdravko Kuzmanovic" (in Italian). ACF Fiorentina official website. Archived from the original on 2 February 2007.
  3. ^ "Kuzmanovic: "Voglio vincere a Firenze e diventare come Ballack"" (in Italian). Fiorentina Official Website. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 12 March 2007.
  5. ^ "VfB sign Zdravko Kuzmanovic". vfb.de. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Stuttgart secure Kuzmanović". Sky Sports. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  7. ^ "New Signing Zdravko Kuzmanovic Set To Make Stuttgart Debut". Goals.com. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
  8. ^ "VBF Stuttgart 1–1 Hertha BSC". Stuttgart official website. 21 November 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  9. ^ "Kuzmanovic happy at Stuttgart". Sky Sport. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  10. ^ "Terzić ga želi u timu Srbije" (in Serbian). Kurir. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
  11. ^ "Clemente calls on new recruits". UEFA. 18 March 2007. Archived from the original on 18 March 2007.
  12. ^ "Dzemaili leaves Switzerland on brink". UEFA. 1 September 2006. Retrieved 1 September 2009. [dead link]
  13. ^ "Les Bleuets s'imposent (4–0)" (in French). FFF. 7 February 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2009.


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