Milorad Peković

Milorad "Peko" Peković (Montenegrin and Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад "Пеко" Пековић; born 5 August 1977) is a Montenegrin retired international footballer.

Milorad Peković
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-08-05) 5 August 1977
Place of birth Nikšić, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1987–1992 FK Obilić
1992–1994 OFK Beograd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1999 OFK Beograd 77 (9)
1999–2001 FK Partizan 40 (3)
2001–2002 OFK Beograd 26 (3)
2002–2005 Eintracht Trier 84 (11)
2005–2010 Mainz 05 122 (1)
2010–2013 Greuther Fürth 76 (1)
2013–2014 Hansa Rostock 24 (1)
2014–2015 Eintracht Trier 23 (2)
National team
2007–2013 Montenegro 34 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born in Nikšić, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia (now Montenegro), he grew up in Serbia where he moved to as a young boy and started playing football within FK Obilić's youth ranks in 1987.[1] Significant were the two seasons he played for Serbian giants Partizan having played 99 games for the club and scoring 12 goals. Before finally coming to Germany he spent one season in another Belgrade club, the OFK Belgrade where he had already been playing between 1994 and 1999. His most successful spell was with 1. FSV Mainz 05, with whom he spent five seasons. In 2010, he joined SpVgg Greuther Fürth, with whom he played for two seasons including one in the Bundesliga.[2] In May 2013 he signed for F.C. Hansa Rostock before returning to former club Eintracht Trier a year later.

International career

Peković made his debut for Montenegro in a September 2007 friendly match against Sweden and has earned a total of 34 caps, scoring no goals.[3] His final international was an August 2013 friendly against Belarus.[4]

Private life

In June 2010, he married Maja Simonović. They have two daughters - Ema (born 2012) and Mia (born 2015).

Honours

Partizan Belgrade

Greuther Fürth

References
  1. "Milorad Pekovic" (in German). kleeblatt-chronik.de. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  2. "Pekovic, Milorad" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  3. "Montenegro - Record International Players". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
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