Živko Lukić

Živko Lukić

Personal information
Date of birth	1943/1944
Place of birth	Belgrade, German-occupied Serbia
Date of death	2015 (aged 70–72)
Place of death	Železnik, Belgrade, Serbia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1961–1963	Partizan
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1963–1964	Rijeka
1965–1966	Maribor
0000–1969	Osijek
1970–1971	Paris Saint-Germain	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Živko Lukić (Serbian Cyrillic: Живко Лукић; 1943/1944 – 2015) was a Serbian footballer who played as a midfielder. He is known for being the first foreign player in Paris Saint-Germain history, making his way onto the team in a deceptive manner.

Career

Lukić was a youth player for Partizan from 1961 to 1963. He made one appearance for the reserve team of the club on 6 June 1963, coming off the bench in a friendly against German club SV Merbeck. In the space of seven years, from 1963 to 1970, Lukić went on to play for Rijeka, Maribor, and Osijek, while at the same time training to become a dentist.

In 1970, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) was formed with the merging of Paris FC and Stade Saint-Germain; Lukić took advantage of the ambitious but not particularly organized project in Paris to hoax his way into the team. He tricked the entire PSG staff into believing that he had been an important player for Partizan in the past, and that he was the brother of Rennes player Ilija Lukić. Up to this point, Lukić's plan was succeeding; he even received a welcome from the well-known magazine France Football several days before his debut for PSG.

On 29 August 1970, Lukić played in his first and only game with Paris Saint-Germain, coming on as a substitute in a 3–2 Division 2 win over Quevilly. "His mission was to neutralise our opponent's key player, Horlaville, whom we feared the most. And Lukić... he clung to him like an octopus to a rock! But Horlaville would quickly dribble past him once, then again, then make a pass, while my unfortunate Lukić would inevitably end up on his behind!" wrote former PSG president Guy Crescent in his 1992 autobiography.

Lukić only played a total of 53 minutes for PSG, and his deception was revealed after his appearance in a match. Despite his identity hoax, he was able to obtain a medal at the end of the season, as the Parisian club gained promotion to the Division 1 in 1971.

Personal life and death

After his football days, Lukić lived the rest of his life running a dental clinic in Železnik. The clinic closed in 2012. He died in 2015.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Paris Saint-Germain	1970–71	Division 2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			1	0	0	0	1	0

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

• Division 2: 1970–71

External links

• Živko Lukić at WorldFootball.net