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Which team did the player Richairo Zivkovic belong to from 2016 to 2017?
Richairo Zivkovic Richairo Juliano Zivkovic ( born 5 September 1996 ) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chinese Super League club Changchun Yatai . Club career . FC Groningen . Born in Assen , Zivkovic began playing football at FVV from Foxhol . He was noticed early on due to his agility and speed , and at the age of 11 he left for the youth academy of FC Groningen where he progressed . He brought more attention to himself due to his performance for the reserves team , and by the end of 2012 he signed a three-year contract with the club . On 2 December 2012 , Zivkovic came on as an 84th-minute substitute in the first teams 2–0 win over Heracles Almelo , making him the youngest debutant in the history of the club . On 3 August 2013 , the first match day of the 2013–14 Eredivisie season , he scored his first regular season goal for the club , thereby relieving Arjen Robben as the youngest to have ever scored for Groningen . His talent did not go unnoticed , with 11 top football clubs enquiring about him by November 2013 , including the likes of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona . Ajax . On 17 March 2014 , Zivkovic agreed to sign for Ajax , taking a three-year contract starting 1 July 2014 . FC Groningen also received Ajax forward Danny Hoesen , as well as a percentage of Zivkovics transfer fee should Ajax sell the player before the expiration of his contract , hereby following in the footsteps of Luis Suárez who had transferred from Groningen to Ajax before him . On 5 June 2014 , Zivkovic made his debut for Ajax in a friendly match against Wacker Innsbruck concluding the clubs pre-season training camp in Austria . He scored the final goal in the 46th minute of the 5–1 victory . He made his competitive debut for the reserves team Jong Ajax in the Eerste Divisie season opener , a North Holland derby match which resulted in a 3–0 win at home against SC Telstar . He scored his first goal for the reserves in his second appearance from a penalty kick in the 55th minute against Fortuna Sittard , which resulted in a 2–0 win . He made his third appearance for the reserves team in another North Holland derby match against neighbouring FC Volendam . The game ended in a 5–0 loss at home . Zivkovic was sent off receiving a red card in the 59th minute following the ejection of Ajax goalkeeper Peter Leeuwenburgh in the 35th minute of the match . On 28 October 2014 , Zivkovic made his regular season debut in the first team , playing in the third round KNVB Cup away match against SV Urk . Coming on as 46th-minute substitute for Arkadiusz Milik , he scored the final goal in the 89th minute of the 4–0 victory . Scoring on his debut for the first team , Zivkovic became the 50th Ajax player to do so since the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands . Willem II ( loan ) . On 22 June 2015 , Zivkovic was sent on loan at Willem II , together with Lesly de Sa and Ruben Ligeon . On 1 July 2015 , he scored the first four goals in a friendly game against Jong Brabant which ended 0–12 . Lesley de Sa also added a goal in that game . However , he already returned to Ajax in February 2016 , as his loan at Willem II did not turn out to be a success . FC Utrecht ( loan ) . Zivkovic started the 2016-17 season with Jong Ajax for which he scored three times in two matches . Especially after the arrival of Bertrand Traoré at Ajax , his prospects for playing time with the first team of Ajax decreased . On 16 August 2016 , he was sent on loan to FC Utrecht until the end of the season . KV Oostende . On 16 June 2017 , Zivkovic signed for Belgian Pro League club KV Oostende on a four-year contract . The transfer fee was not announced , however FC Groningen would receive 10% of the amount received by Ajax in the transfer . Changchun Yatai . Zivkovic moved to Chinese side Changchun Yatai in February 2019 . Sheffield United ( loan ) . Zivkovic signed for Premier League club Sheffield United on a six-month loan on 31 January 2020 , with the deal including an option to buy . International career . Following his first Eredivisie goal earlier in the month , Zivkovic was called up to the Netherlands under-19 team on 22 August 2013 . He has also represented the Netherlands at under-20 and under-21 level . Personal life . Zivkovic carries the last name of his mother Mira , who is originally from Serbia . His father , who left the family when Zivkovic was little , was from Curaçao . In addition to Dutch , he speaks Serbian . As a young child he would visit his relatives in Serbia every summer . Through his parents he is eligible to represent Serbia ( and also Montenegro ) , Curaçao or the Netherlands , as of yet he has not represented either nation at the senior level , but he has appeared in the Dutch youth national team system . External links . - Voetbal International profile