page_title: Zdravko Kuzmanović
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Zdravko Kuzmanović / International career
caption_attribution_description: Serbian national football team (from left: Danko Lazović, Milan "Lola" Smiljanić, Boško Janković, Slobodan Rajković, Saša Ilić, Antonio Rukavina, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Stefan Babović, Branislav Ivanović, Vladimir Stojković, and Ivica Dragutinović) before the friendly match against Ireland at Croke Park in Dublin.
context_page_description: Zdravko Kuzmanović is a Serbian footballer who plays as a defensive or central midfielder for FC Basel. He represented Serbia in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
context_section_description: In early 2007, Serbian FA began talks with him about the possibility of playing for the Serbian national team and he accepted the call up to the squad against Kazakhstan and Portugal in March 2007. He scored his first two goals for Serbia in the away game versus Belgium, but they weren't enough to get a point, since Serbia lost 3–2. Although Kuzmanović was born in Thun and played for Switzerland at youth level, he has decided to play for Serbia on the senior level, stating: "I'm Serbian and I want to give all for my country, it's a matter of what you feel in your heart and I must listen to it." 
  He played once at 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifying for Switzerland U21 thus being ineligible to play for Serbia at the same campaign, which Serbia lost to the Netherlands in the final. He also played a friendly versus France U21 in February 2007 before he accepted the call-up from Serbia.
  In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Kuzmanović was among twenty–three players named in the Serbia squad for the World Cup. Then in a match between Serbia and Ghana, Kuzmanović conceded a penalty by handling the ball. Ghana scored and won the match 1–0. Despite this, Kuzmanović went on to appear in two more World Cup matches, though Serbia was eliminated in the group stage.
caption: Kuzmanović (fifth right) in the Serbia squad
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