Dejan Petković
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| Petković | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dejan Petković | |
| Date of birth | September 10, 1972 | |
| Place of birth | Majdanpek, SFR Yugoslavia | |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1988-1989 | Majdanpek | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1989-1991 1991-1995 1995 1996 1997 1997-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2002 2003 2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2007 2007 2008 |
Radnički Niš Red Star Belgrade Real Madrid Sevilla FC Racing de Santander Vitória AC Venezia Flamengo Vasco da Gama Shanghai Shenhua Vasco da Gama Al-Ittihad Fluminense Goiás Santos Atlético Mineiro |
53 (34) 132 (38) 8 (1) 5 (0) 8 (1) 29 (16) 13 (1) 41 (17) 19 (2) 22 (7) 36 (18) 0 (0) 39 (11) 2 (0) 21 (1) |
| National team | ||
| 1995-1998 | FR Yugoslavia | 7 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Dejan Petković (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Петковић) (born 10 September 1972 in Majdanpek, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football player. In his native country he's known under the nickname Rambo. He has played 7 times for the Yugoslav national team, having scored 1 goal.
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[edit] Early career in Serbia
His playing career started in 1988 at Radnički Niš, then in 1991 he moved to Red Star Belgrade, with whom he played until 1994.
[edit] Spain
In 1995 he was signed by Spanish giants Real Madrid, where he was not able to succeed, being eventually loaned to Sevilla in 1996 and to Racing de Santander in 1997.
[edit] Arriving in Brazil
In 1997 he was signed by Vitória, starting then his well-succeeded Brazilian career. He stayed at this club until 1999 .
[edit] Brazil second time
1999 he moved to Venezia but failed to succeed, quickly returning to Brazil, where he joined Flamengo. At Flamengo his skills helped the club win 2 Campeonato Carioca titles, in 2000 and 2001. His free kick goal in the final in 2001 allowed Flamengo to win its third title in a row against arch-rivals Vasco. In 2002 he moved to Vasco, where he stayed until 2004. He played for a short time at Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua within this period. In 2004 and in 2005 he won the Brazilian Silver Ball as one of the best midfilders in the Brazilian National League. He left Vasco in 2004 and joined Al-Ittihad from Saudi Arabia in 2005 but didn't stay long as he failed to settle there.
[edit] Brazil third time
From December 2005, on he played at Fluminense from Rio de Janeiro. He plays at Santos after signing a short term deal from Goiás until the end of the 2007 season.
[edit] The skills
It has been said that, being him Brazilian, he would have made it to the national team. His failure to have been been picked many times to Serbia's national team is due to him playing in South America and being out of sight and mind. In 2006, for the World Cup in Germany, there was a campaign in Serbia to include him in the team, but nothing came of it and he was not picked. As Serb coach Ilija Petkovic thought he would disrupt the team's harmony, as he has a reputation of having a very loud personality. In 2006 while playing for Fluminense, he scored an Olympic goal against Grêmio. In the next game he scored another Olympic goal, but the ball hit the hand of a player from Fluminense and entered the goal; nonetheless the officials counted it as one.
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Petković to Santos
- Rambo Petković u Atletiko Mineiru, B92, March 26, 2008
- atletico.com.br
