Darko Kovačević

Darko Kovačević (born 18 November 1973) is a former Serbian football player. He has played for the Serbian national team.

Darko Kovačević

Kovačević with Olympiacos in 2008
Personal information
Date of birth	18 November 1973 (aged 52)
Place of birth	Kovin, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Radnički Kovin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1992–1994	Proleter Zrenjanin	63	(25)
1994–1995	Red Star Belgrade	47	(37)
1995–1996	Sheffield Wednesday	16	(4)
1996–1999	Real Sociedad	98	(41)
1999–2001	Juventus	47	(11)
2001	Lazio	7	(0)
2001–2007	Real Sociedad	163	(51)
2007–2009	Olympiacos	41	(21)
Total		482	(190)
National team
1994–2004	Serbia and Montenegro	59	(10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Proleter Zrenjanin	First League of FR Yugoslavia	1992–93	32	6			—		—		32	6
		1993–94	31	19			—		—		31	19
	Total		63	25			—		—		63	25
Red Star Belgrade	First League of FR Yugoslavia	1994–95	31	24			—		—		31	24
		1995–96	16	13			2	0	—		18	13
	Total		47	37			2	0	—		49	37
Sheffield Wednesday	Premier League	1995–96	16	4	1	0	0	0	—		17	4
Real Sociedad	La Liga	1996–97	35	8	1	1	—		—		36	9
		1997–98	33	17	4	3	—		—		37	20
		1998–99	30	16	1	0	6	8	—		37	24
	Total		98	41	6	4	6	8	—		110	53
Juventus	Serie A	1999–2000	26	6	4	3	14	11	—		44	20
		2000–01	21	5	2	0	4	1	—		27	6
	Total		47	11	6	3	18	12	—		71	26
Lazio	Serie A	2001–02	7	0	1	0	3	0	—		11	0
Real Sociedad	La Liga	2001–02	19	8	0	0	—		—		19	8
		2002–03	36	20	1	0	—		—		37	20
		2003–04	36	8	0	0	7	2	—		43	10
		2004–05	30	8	2	1	—		—		32	9
		2005–06	9	4	0	0	—		—		9	4
		2006–07	33	3	1	0	—		—		34	3
	Total		163	51	4	1	7	2	—		174	54
Olympiacos	Supeleague Greece	2007–08	27	17	4	4	8	3	—		39	24
		2008–09	14	4	1	1	6	2	—		21	7
	Total		41	21	5	5	14	5	—		60	31
Career total			482	190	23	13	50	27	—		555	230

International

• Includes caps for FR Yugoslavia (1994–2002) and Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2004)

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
FR Yugoslavia	1994	1	0
	1995	6	3
	1996	4	0
	1997	4	0
	1998	11	1
	1999	6	1
	2000	8	1
	2001	4	0
	2002	7	3
Serbia and Montenegro
	2003	7	1
	2004	1	0
Total		59	10

Scores and results list FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kovačević goal.

List of international goals scored by Darko Kovačević

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 February 1995	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Korea Republic	1–0	1–0	1995 Lunar New Year Cup
2	8 April 1995	Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Mexico	Mexico	1–0	4–1	Friendly
3				2–0
4	29 May 1998	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia	Nigeria	3–0	3–0
5	8 June 1999	Toumba Stadium, Thessaloniki, Greece	Malta	3–1	4–1	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
6	25 May 2000	Workers' Stadium, Beijing, China	China PR	2–0	2–0	Friendly
7	19 May 2002	Central Dynamo Stadium, Moscow, Russia	Russia	1–1	1–1	2002 LG Cup
8	21 August 2002	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–0	2–0	Friendly
9	16 October 2002	Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia	Finland	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
10	27 March 2003	Mladost Stadium, Kruševac, Serbia and Montenegro	Bulgaria	1–1	1–2	Friendly

Honours

Red Star Belgrade

• Yugoslav League: 1994–95
• Yugoslav Cup: 1994–95, 1995–96

Juventus

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999

Olympiakos

• Greek Super League: 2007–08, 2008–09
• Greek Cup: 2007–08, 2008–09
• Greek Super Cup: 2007

Individual

• UEFA Cup Top Goal Scorer: 1998–99 (8 goals), 1999–2000 (10 goals)
• Super League Greece Best Foreign Player: 2007–08

Other websites

• Darko Kovačević – FIFA competition record
• Darko Kovačević at National-Football-Teams.com
• Gate7 Tribute at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-01-20)