Dejan Stefanović
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Dejan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Стефановић; born 28 October 1974) is a Serbian former professional footballer, who is the president of the Slovenian footballers and sportsmen union.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1974-10-28) 28 October 1974 (age 49) | ||
Place of birth | Vranje, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Yumco Vranje | |||
Dinamo Vranje | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1995 | Red Star Belgrade | 60 | (10) |
1992 | → Radnički Belgrade (loan) | 5 | (0) |
1995–1999 | Sheffield Wednesday | 65 | (4) |
1999–2003 | Vitesse | 94 | (4) |
2003–2007 | Portsmouth | 112 | (3) |
2007–2008 | Fulham | 13 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Norwich City | 12 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Havant & Waterlooville | 0 | (0) |
Total | 361 | (21) | |
International career | |||
1995–2003 | Serbia and Montenegro | 23 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
As a player he was a defender who notably played in the Premier League for Sheffield Wednesday, Portsmouth and Fulham. He also played for Red Star Belgrade, Radnički Belgrade and Vitesse. He finished his professional career in 2009 whilst with Norwich City, although he briefly signed for non-league club Havant & Waterlooville a year later.
Stefanovic was capped a combined 23 times by Yugoslavia and successor nation Serbia and Montenegro. He was part of Yugoslavia's squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup