Predrag Raiković ( Serb. Predrag Raјkoviћ ; born October 31, 1995 in Negotin ) is a Serbian football player , goalkeeper of the Reims club and the national team of Serbia . European Youth Champion 2013, World Youth Champion 2015 , participant in the 2018 World Cup .
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| Nickname | Serbian Casillas [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Negotin , Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Growth | 191 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club |  Reims | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Content
Club career
Predrag started playing football at the age of seven at the Hajduk club from his hometown, Negotin. His first coach was his father Sasha, who was also a goalkeeper and played for the adult team “Hajduk” [3] [4] . In 2009, Raikovich moved to the youth team “ Yagodiny ”, where he spent four years.
On March 9, 2013, Predrag made his debut in the main team of Yagodina in a match against Belgrade Partizan [5] . In 2013, together with the team, he won the Serbia Cup , without having played a single game in the tournament.
In August 2013, he signed a four-year contract with the Crvena Zvezda club [6] .
On August 29, 2015, Raikovich transferred to the Israeli Maccabi club Tel Aviv for 3 million euros. He signed a five-year contract with the club with a salary of 400 thousand euros per year [7] .
June 22, 2019 Raikovich signed a four-year contract with the French club Reims [8] . About 3 million euros were paid for it. The player was also interested in “ Monaco ”, “ Rennes ” and “ Seville ” [9] .
Team Career
Predrag played for the youth teams of Serbia until the age of 16 and up to 17 years. In 2013, Raikovic was the main goalkeeper of the Serbian national team U19 at the Youth European Championship in Lithuania . Predrag spent four matches in the tournament, conceded three goals. He showed himself especially vividly in the semifinal match with the Portuguese national team , in which he defended his goal reliably in regular time and repelled two shots in the penalty shoot-out [10] . His team reached the final, where she won the French team [11] .
In May 2013, the coach of the Serbian national team, Sinisa Mikhailovich, invited 17-year-old Raikovic to the training camp with the national team [12] . Predrag's debut in the national team took place shortly after his performances at the European Youth Championship, on August 14, 2013. At the end of a friendly match with the Colombian national team, he replaced at the gates of Damir Kahriman [13] .
At the 2015 World Cup among youth teams, Raikovic was the main goalkeeper of the national team under 20 years old. Serbia reached the final and defeated the Brazilian national team in overtime there, becoming the first time in its history the world champion in this category. Raikovich was the captain of his team, and also received a prize for the best goalkeeper of the tournament [14] .
Raikovic was included in the application of the Serbian national team for the 2018 World Cup [15] . At the tournament he was a substitute goalkeeper and did not take part in matches.
Personal life
In August 2018, Predrag Raikovic married fashion model Ana Chakich. The best man at the wedding was his partner in the national team of Serbia, Sasha Zdelar [16] . In July 2019, the couple had a son, Rela [17] .
Statistics
Club statistics
- As of August 9, 2019
| Performance | League | Cups | Continent [K 1] | Total | ||||||
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| Club | League | Season | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals |
| Jagodina | I | 2012/13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | four | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | four | 0 | ||
| Crvena Star | I | 2013/14 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2015/16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | eight | 0 | ||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| Maccabi (Tel Aviv) | I | 2015/16 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| 2016/17 | 35 | 0 | eight | 0 | 14 | 0 | 57 | 0 | ||
| 2017/18 | 36 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 56 | 0 | ||
| 2018/19 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 0 | eight | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Total | 136 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 202 | 0 | ||
| Reims | I | 2019/20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total career | 175 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 243 | 0 | ||
- ↑ UEFA Champions League , UEFA Europa League .
Team Matches
- As of August 9, 2019
| Matches Predrag Raikovic for the national team of Serbia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | date | Opponent | Score | Etc. goals | Competition |
| one | August 14, 2013 | Colombia | 0: 1 | one | Friendly match |
| 2 | September 7, 2015 | France | 1: 2 | 2 | Friendly match |
| 3 | May 31, 2016 | Israel | 3: 1 | one | Friendly match |
| four | September 5, 2016 | Ireland | 2: 2 | 2 | 2018 World Cup Qualifiers |
| five | November 15, 2016 | Ukraine | 0: 2 | one | Friendly match |
| 6 | September 2, 2017 | Moldova | 3-0 | 0 | 2018 World Cup Qualifiers |
| 7 | November 10, 2017 | China | 2-0 | 0 | Friendly match |
| eight | June 9, 2018 | Bolivia | 5: 1 | 0 | Friendly match |
| 9 | October 14, 2018 | Romania | 0: 0 | 0 | UEFA Nations League 2018/19 |
| ten | November 17, 2018 | Montenegro | 2: 1 | one | UEFA Nations League 2018/19 |
| eleven | November 20, 2018 | Lithuania | 4: 1 | one | UEFA Nations League 2018/19 |
Total: matches played: 11 / goals conceded: 9 / dry matches: 4; wins: 6, draws: 2, defeats: 3.
Achievements
"Jagodina"
- Serbia Cup Winner: 2012/13
"Red Star"
- Champion of Serbia : 2013/14
Maccabi
- Champion of Israel : 2018/19
- Toto Cup Winner (2): 2017/18 , 2018/19
Serbia national team (U19)
- European Youth Champion (U19) : 2013
Serbia national team (under 20)
- World Youth Champion (U20) : 2015
Personal
- The best young athlete in Serbia: 2013 [18]
- Included in the UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2013
- The best goalkeeper of the World Youth Championship: 2015 [14]
- Included in the national team season of the championship of Serbia: 2014/15 [19]
Notes
- ↑ Titov, Sergey. Donnarumma, Raikovich and other talented goalkeepers U20 . Championship (December 21, 2015). Date accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ Transfermarkt.com - 2000.
- ↑ PREDRAG RAJKOVIĆ, GOLMAN FUDBALSKE REPREZENTACIJE SRBIJENEGOTINAC NA KROVU EVROPE (Serbian) . Novine Zavicaj (August 22, 2013). Date accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ Magazine by Negotinu with Predrag Rákoviћ: Zvezdin haduk Raјko (Serb.) . Sports Journal (January 2, 2015). Date accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ FK Jagodina - FK Partizan Belgrade, Mar 9, 2013 - Linglong Tire Super liga Srbije - Match sheet . Transfermarkt. Date accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ Gogiћ and Raјkoviћova nova poјacha (Serb.) . FC Crvena Star (August 28, 2013). Date accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ Vidojević, Mihajlo. Zvanično - Rajko je izraelski rekorder! (Bosn.) . Sportske.net (May 29, 2015). Date accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ Transferts: Predrag Rajkovic (Maccabi Tel-Aviv) au Stade de Reims (French) . France Football (22 juin 2019). Date accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ Ligue 1 2019-20: The five best signings of the French transfer window . Yahoo! Sports (9 August 2019). Date accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ "Zapamtite Rajkovića i Mitrovića" (Serbian) . B92 (August 2, 2013). Date accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ Serbia savor maiden triumph . UEFA. Date accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ Mladi Golman from Negotin was called up at the location “A” representation (Serb.) . Negotin (May 24, 2013). Date accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ Srbija izgubila od Kolumbije - 1: 0 (Serb.) . B92 (August 14, 2013). Date accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ 1 2 Rajković najbolji golman Svetskog prvenstva! (Serb.) . RTS (June 20, 2015). Date accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ World Cup 2018: All the confirmed squads for this summer's finals in Russia . BBC (4 June 2018). Date accessed August 9, 2019.
- ↑ RAJKOVIĆ SE ZAKLEO NA VEČNU LJUBAV: Golman reprezentacije Srbije rekao sudbonosno DA Ani Cakić (Serbian) . Kurir (August 6, 2018). Date accessed August 10, 2019.
- ↑ SREĆNE VESTI Porodila se supruga našeg golmana, dečak ima KRATKO IME, čestitke stižu sa svih strana (Serbian) . Blic.rs (July 24, 2019). Date accessed August 10, 2019.
- ↑ Bekrić i Rajković najbolji u Srbiji (Serbian) . RTS (December 25, 2013). Date accessed August 10, 2019.
- ↑ Izabrano najboljih jedanaest (Serb.) . Sindikat fudbalera (May 26, 2015). Date accessed August 10, 2019.