Dejan Stanković
Serbian football manager (born 1978)
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- Dejan Stanković (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Станковић , Serbian pronunciation: [dějan stǎŋkoʋitɕ] , born 11 September 1978) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player.
- He is currently the head coach of Serbian Super League team Red Star Belgrade.
- He spent more than five years with the latter club before joining Inter Milan, where he remained until his retirement in 2013.
- Club career Red Star Belgrade Stanković grew up in Zemun, a municipality of Belgrade.
- Stanković began playing football for FK Teleoptik, based in his neighbourhood of Zemun.
Dejan Stanković (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Станковић, Serbian pronunciation: [dějan stǎŋkoʋitɕ], born 11 September 1978) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He captained the Serbia national team from 2007 until 2011, when he announced his retirement from international football. He is currently the head coach of Serbian Super League team Red Star Belgrade.
Stanković began his career at Red Star Belgrade before joining Lazio in 1998. He spent more than five years with the latter club before joining Inter Milan, where he remained until his retirement in 2013. Stanković is the only man to represent three differently named nations at FIFA World Cups – Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.
Club career
Red Star Belgrade
Stanković grew up in Zemun, a municipality of Belgrade. Both of his parents, Borislav and Dragica, have strong football backgrounds. Stanković began playing football for FK Teleoptik, based in his neighbourhood of Zemun. When spotted by Red Star cadet squad coach Branko Radović, however, 14-year-old Dejan transferred to Red Star Belgrade's youth system. Stanković then passed every age category at his hometown club. In the youth teams, he was coached by Vladimir Petrović, playing alongside future professionals Nikola Lazetić and Nenad Lalatović.
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