Dejan Milovanović
Milovanović with Lens in 2009
Personal information
Full name Dejan Milovanović
Date of birth (1984-01-21) 21 January 1984
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2008 Red Star Belgrade 272 (47)
2008–2011 Lens 67 (14)
2010–2011 → Red Star Belgrade (loan) 27 (7)
2011–2013 Panionios 53 (12)
2013–2014 Voždovac 29 (6)
Total 448 (86)
International career
2003–2007 Serbia U21 46 (15)
2008 Serbia 2 (0)
Medal record
Silver medal – second placeUEFA Under-21 Championship2004
Silver medal – second placeUEFA Under-21 Championship2007
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dejan Milovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Миловановић; born 21 January 1984) is a Serbian retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Personal life

He is the son of Đorđe Milovanović, a member of Red Star Belgrade in the late 1970s and early to mid 1980s. Dejan is also the cousin of former Serbian international Branislav Ivanović.[1]

Club career

Red Star Belgrade

Milovanović was a member of the talented 1984 generation, and was the first to become a first team player from that group. He made his debut for Red Star Belgrade on 17 November 2001 when he was 17. In that match Zvezda won against FK Zemun, the score finishing 2–0. He gathered the attention of the public on his debut, in a derby game against Partizan in which he worked his way past 3 players in fantastic style, scoring a goal that wrapped up the 3–0 victory.

Milovanović has played for the Red Star Belgrade first team since 2001 and he has been the captain of club since 2006. He was also team captain of the Serbian under-21 team who finished second at the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Netherlands. Milovanović played over 200 games for Red Star Belgrade and won three doubles.

Lens

On 4 July 2008, Milovanović officially signed a four-year contract with Lens for an undisclosed fee. Milovanović has been announced as one of the main new signings in the club's effort to return to the top French league. In the summer of 2010, RC Lens allowed Milovanović to return to his former club, Red Star, on a season long loan with an option for a permanent deal.

Voždovac

Milovanović signed with newly promoted Serbian side FK Voždovac in August 2013.[2]

International career

Milovanović was capped twice for Serbia in 2008. With Serbia U21 he played in three UEFA European Under-21 Championships, in 2004, 2006 and 2007. He has won two silver medals in these competitions. He was also part of the Serbia and Montenegro squad at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

He especially made a good impression in the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Netherlands, carrying the captain's armband, on the way to the finals; in the first match he scored a winning goal against Italy.

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Serbia League Serbian Cup Europe Total
2001–02Red Star BelgradeSuperLiga1823000212
2002–032615041352
2003–042103020260
2004–051803040250
2005–062325240324
2006–072335161345
2007–0826932503411
France League Coupe de France Europe Total
2008–09LensLigue 22420000242
2009–10Ligue 11602000180
Serbia League Serbian Cup Europe Total
2010–11Red Star Belgrade (loan)SuperLiga1833120234
Greece League Greek Cup Europe Total
2011–12PanioniosSuperleague1400000140
2012–1320000020
Serbia League Serbian Cup Europe Total
2013–14VoždovacSuperLiga2302000250
League Cup Continental Total
Total Serbia 1962032627225528
France 4022000422
Greece 1600000160
Career total 2522234627231330

Honours

Red Star Belgrade
Lens

References

  1. ↑ Blic (12 April 2009). "Bane ima dušu veliku kao Srem" (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Blic Sport: Liveblog: Transferi: Milan zove Kačara, Milovanović u Voždovcu, Kasiljas razmišlja i o Arsenalu (in Serbian) 21 August 2013
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