Serbia striker Nikola Zigic is determined to prove himself on the biggest stage of all at the second time of asking.

The 6'8" frontman went to the 2006 finals with Serbia and Montenegro, but it is not a tournament he remembers with any great fondness.

He told www.fifa.com: "I have changed a lot. I went to Germany as player with no reputation or real experience to speak of. This is my World Cup, I think I can play a lead role and I want to show I'm a player that can do it in big games."