chosen by new manager Michael Appleton. On 31 January 2013, however, his contract was terminated with immediate effect by mutual consent, with the player having played 21 games across all competitions. Shortly before this happened, there were reports he would move to APOEL FC of the Cypriot First Division, but no deal was reached. Karpaty Lviv On 28 February 2013, Vukčević signed a contract with Ukrainian Premier League club FC Karpaty Lviv until 30 June with the option to extend. His first appearance occurred three days later, when he played eight minutes in a 2–0 away win over SC Tavriya Simferopol. Vukčević left in April 2013 by mutual consent, citing personal reasons. Later years On 10 August 2013, Vukčević joined Serbian SuperLiga's FK Vojvodina. In the following years he failed to settle at any club or country, representing Levadiakos FC (Super League Greece), Enosis Neon Paralimni FC (Cypriot top level) and G.D. Chaves (Portuguese top tier). On 30 March 2018, 32-year-old Vukčević announced his retirement. International career Youth Vukčević was part of the FR Yugoslavia under-17 squad at the 2002 UEFA European Championship. At age 18, he was selected by head coach Vladimir Petrović to be part of the Serbia and Montenegro under-21 team at the 2004 European Championships, scoring for the eventual runners-up in a 1–2 group stage loss to Italy and also converting his penalty shootout attempt in the semi-finals against Sweden. He participated in the Summer Olympic Games also that year, and was subsequently honoured with the Golden Badge Award for the Best Young Athlete of the Year in Serbia and Montenegro by DSL Sport. Vukčević also played for the under-21 side in the 2006 European Championship. After a 0–1 defeat against Germany in the group phase opener, manager Dragan Okuka dropped him from the first team. Senior Vukčević began earning call-ups to the Serbia and Montenegro senior team from Ilija Petković. His debut came on 11 July 2004 against Slovakia at the age of 18, when he replaced Saša Ilić late into the 2–0 win for the Kirin Cup. On 4 June 2005, Vukčević was given his competitive debut, when he came in for Ognjen Koroman for the last eight minutes of the 0–0 home draw to Belgium for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. His last appearance for Serbia and Montenegro occurred four days later, when he featured the entire 1–1 friendly draw with Italy