{"id":867134,"date":"2025-07-11T10:37:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dv4.paokfc.gr\/uncategorized-en\/20250711-xronia-polla-andrija\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T11:22:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T08:22:42","slug":"20250711-xronia-polla-andrija","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dv4.paokfc.gr\/en\/news\/20250711-xronia-polla-andrija\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Andrija!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A. Zivkovic<\/strong>\u00a0was born in\u00a0<strong>Nis, Serbia<\/strong>, on\u00a0<strong>July 11, 1996<\/strong>. He joined the academies of his local side\u00a0<strong>Nacional<\/strong>\u00a0and with his performances he managed to impress the scouts from the country\u2019s major clubs.\u00a0<strong>Partizan<\/strong>\u00a0signed him in 2009, initially for their development squad.<\/p>\n<p>He made his debut with the first team on\u00a0<strong>April 28, 2013<\/strong>\u00a0against\u00a0<strong>Novi Pazar<\/strong>. In August of the same year he signed his first professional contract, while two days later he found the net for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>He immediately found a role in the team, became a key player and went so far as to wear the captain\u2019s armband and become the youngest captain in the history of the club.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the young player was a major cog in\u00a0<strong>Serbia\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Under-20<\/strong>\u00a0team that won the\u00a0<strong>2015 World Cup<\/strong>, while earlier he had managed to become the youngest player to play for the country\u2019s senior men\u2019s national team when\u00a0<strong>Sinisa Mihajlovic<\/strong>\u00a0gave him the opportunity in a friendly game against\u00a0<strong>Japan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With\u00a0<strong>Partizan,<\/strong>\u00a0up until\u00a0<strong>February 2016<\/strong>\u00a0he made 93 appearances, scoring 24 goals, and contributing 13 assists, while also winning\u00a0<strong>two league championships<\/strong>\u00a0and a\u00a0<strong>Serbian Cup<\/strong>\u00a0in the process.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<strong>July 2016<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Benfica<\/strong>\u00a0came calling and acquired his services. 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