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2010 FIFA World Cup Group D
Group D of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 13 June and ended on 23 June 2010. The group consisted of Germany, Australia, Serbia and Ghana. Along with Group G, it was considered to be a group of death. Standings *Germany advanced to play England (runners-up of Group C) in the round of 16. *Ghana advanced to play United States (winners of Group C) in the round of 16. Matches ''All times local (UTC+2)'' Serbia vs Ghana Germany vs Australia Germany vs Serbia Serbia went ahead in the 38th minute with a goal from winger Milan Jovanović. In the 59th minute, Serbia centre-back Nemanja Vidić was booked for a handball in the penalty box, but the ensuing penalty kick from Lukas Podolski was saved by goalkeeper Vladimir Stojković. This was Germany first loss in the group stage of a world since Group E in 1986 Ghana vs Australia Ghana vs Germany Australia vs Serbia See also * Australia at the FIFA World Cup * Germany at the FIFA World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national Association football, football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The FIFA World Cup hosts#2010 FIFA World Cup, bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations. In 2004, the international football federation, FIFA, selected South Africa over Egypt and Morocco to become the first African nation to host the finals. The matches were played in #Venues, 10 stadiums in nine host cities around the country, with the opening and final played at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg. Thirty-two teams were selected for participation via a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, worldwide qualification tournament that began in August 2007. In the #Group stage, first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in Round-robin tournament, round-robin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandar Luković
Aleksandar Luković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Луковић; born 23 October 1982) is a Serbian football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the manager of Serbia national under-19 football team. He appeared in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Club career Early career Luković started his career at hometown club Sloga Kraljevo. In 2002, he was signed by Crvena Zvezda. He played his first UEFA Cup match on 15 August 2002 after he substituted Nemanja Vidić at second half. Crvena Zvezda won 2–0 to FC Kairat. Udinese In mid-2006, after signing a pre-contract with Udinese, Luković was on loan to Ascoli from Red Star Belgrade in order for the club to "borrow" the non-EU registration quota of Ascoli for Udinese. He was "loaned" to Udinese from Ascoli in January transfer window. On 27 January 2007, he played his first Serie A match for Udinese against Torino. He was signed permanently in mid-2007 by Udinese from Red Star. Zenit Saint Petersburg On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radomir Antić
Radomir Antić ( sr-Cyrl, Радомир Антић, ; 22 November 1948 – 6 April 2020) was a Serbian professional football manager and player. Following a 17-year playing career as a defender, most of which he spent playing at Partizan, with whom he won the Yugoslav First League, Antić moved into coaching. He was one of only two men to have managed both Barcelona and Real Madrid, long-time bitter rivals (the other one is Enrique Fernández Viola). With Atlético Madrid, Antić won the double, conquering both La Liga and the Copa del Rey in the 1995–96 season. He is the only man to have coached Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid. Early life Antić was born in Žitište to a Serb family (father Jovo Antić from the area near Šipovo and mother Milka Brkić from the Grmeč region) that had settled in the small Banat town shortly before his birth. Born as the second son in the family, Radomir had an older brother Dragomir, two years his senior. The newborn was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neven Subotić
Neven Subotić (Serbian Cyrillic: Heвeн Cубoтић, ; born 10 December 1988) is a former professional association football, footballer who played as a centre-back. Subotić made his professional debut in 2007 for 1. FSV Mainz 05. In the following year, he signed with Borussia Dortmund, where he spent the majority of his career, winning two Bundesliga titles. After leaving Dortmund in 2017, he had a series of spells at clubs in Germany, France, and Turkey, before signing for SC Rheindorf Altach in January 2021. Born to Bosnian Serb parents, Subotić lived in Germany and the United States during his youth and played for the latter nation at United States men's national under-17 soccer team, under-17 and United States men's national under-20 soccer team, under-20 levels. At the senior level, he elected to represent Serbia national football team, Serbia, making his full international debut in 2009 and appearing at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Early life Born in Banja Luka, Sociali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danko Lazović
Danko Lazović ( sr-Cyrl, Данко Лазовић, , ; born 17 May 1983) is a Serbian football administrator and former player who played as a forward. He represented the Serbia national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Early and personal life Danko Lazović was born on 17 May 1983 in Kragujevac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia, to a ethnic Serb father (Tomislav Lazović) and ethnic Hungarian mother (Gordana Lazović), His current second wife is the Hungarian fitness model Orsi Kocsis. Club career Partizan Lazović started playing football at a small football school in Kragujevac, before joining Partizan at the age of 13. In his first senior season, Lazović made eight league appearances for Partizan, and also played for Teleoptik on loan. Lazović made his European debut in the UEFA Cup qualifiers against Santa Coloma on 23 August 2001. He won the domestic title with Partizan twice in a row, in 2001–02 and 2002–03. Feyenoord After an impressive form at Partizan, La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdravko Kuzmanović
Zdravko Kuzmanović ( sr-Cyrl, Здравко Кузмановић, ; born 22 September 1987) is a former Serbian footballer who played as a defensive or central midfielder. He last played for FC Basel. He represented Serbia in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Early life Born in Thun, Switzerland to a family of Bosnian Serb expats (his father hails from the Skugrić village near Modriča), Kuzmanović continued the family tradition as both his father Ljubo and his grandfather played football for the lower league in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the local club in Gradačac – FK Zvijezda where he started his football career. 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 Basel Kuzmanović started his professional career at Basel, having played in the academy for Dürrenast and Young Boys before moving to Basel. He was promoted to first team in 2005–06 season a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Žigić
Nikola Žigić ( sr-cyr, Никола Жигић, ; born 25 September 1980) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Žigić was born in Bačka Topola, in what was then SFR Yugoslavia. He began playing football as a youngster with AIK Bačka Topola, and scored 68 goals from 76 first-team matches over a three-year period in the third tier of Yugoslav football. Military service took him to Bar in 2001, where he was able to continue his goalscoring career with the local second-level club Mornar. A brief spell back in the third tier with Kolubara preceded his turning professional with First League side Red Star Belgrade in January 2003. He spent time on loan at third-tier Spartak Subotica before making his Red Star debut later that year. Despite suggestions that his height, of , made him better suited to sports other than football, Žigić ended the season as First League top scorer, domestic player of the year, league champion and scorer of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Pantelić
Marko Pantelić ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Пантелић, ; born 15 September 1978) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He represented Serbia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Club career Early years As Pantelić was coming up through the Red Star Belgrade youth system, he was offered a job Thessaloniki and went there alone in Greece. Pantelić was still only 16 years old when he signed a professional contract with Iraklis Thessaloniki. At 18, he accepted an offer in France to play for Paris Saint-Germain and soon found himself training and playing alongside stars like Raí, Marco Simone and Leonardo. After shining in PSG he moved on to Lausanne for a season, scoring 8 goals in 21 Swiss league matches. Next stop was Spain at Celta Vigo. During this time, he was sent out on loan to Sturm Graz in Austria. Obilić, Smederevo and Red Star In the summer of 2002, after a two-year absence from professional football, Pantelić returned home to Serbia, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Jovanović (footballer, Born 1981)
Milan Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Јовановић; born 18 April 1981) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a forward or winger. He began his career with FK Vojvodina and had brief spells at Shakhtar Donetsk and Lokomotiv Moscow before joining Standard Liège, where he was named Belgian Pro League player of the year in 2008 and Belgian Golden Shoe the following year. In 2010–11, he spent the season at Liverpool before returning to Belgium afterwards to spend the rest of his career at Anderlecht. Jovanović earned 44 caps for the Serbia national team from his debut in 2007, and scored 11 international goals. Coach Radomir Antić created a wing-tandem with Jovanović and Miloš Krasić which is remembered as the best wing-partnership in the modern history of the Serbia national team. He represented Serbia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He is commonly referred to by his nickname Lane. Early life Son of Stamenko and Gordana, Jovanović wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miloš Krasić
Miloš Krasić ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Красић; born 1 November 1984) is a Serbian former professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger. He played for the Serbia national football team, Serbia national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and at one point in his career, he was named by ''FourFourTwo'' as one of the 100 best players in the world. Early years Krasić was born on 1 November 1984 in Mitrovica, Kosovo, Titova Mitrovica, Socialist Republic of Serbia, SR Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia, to Serbs, Serbian parents Veljko and Zorica. After starting out with the hometown side FK Rudar, Krasić was noticed by FK Vojvodina in 1998 and he made a switch northwards at age 13. He spent the next four-and-a-half seasons in Novi Sad, where he further raised his level and became the team captain. Club career CSKA Moscow Vojvodina and PFC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow were in negotiations over Krasić's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dejan Stanković
Dejan Stanković ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Станковић, , born 11 September 1978) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He captained the Serbia national team from 2007 until 2011, when he announced his retirement from international football. He is the manager of Russian team Spartak Moscow. Stanković began his career at Red Star Belgrade before joining Lazio in 1998. He spent more than five years with the latter club before joining Inter Milan, where he remained until his retirement in 2013. Stanković is the only man to represent three differently named nations at FIFA World Cups – Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia. Club career Red Star Belgrade Stanković grew up in Zemun, a municipality of Belgrade. Both of his parents, Borislav and Dragica, have strong football backgrounds. Stanković began playing football for FK Teleoptik, based in his neighbourhood of Zemun. When spotted by Red Star cadet squad coach Branko Radović, however, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
