Dejan Stankovic biography: Serbian Footballer

Dejan Stankovic biography

Serbian Soccer - Footballer

Dejan Stankovic

born September 11, 1978

Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia

Belgrade is the capital and the largest city of Serbia.
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position: Attacking Midfield

career

Youth clubs
Red Star Belgrade

Club App (Gls)
Red Star Belgrade 85 (30)
Lazio 137 (22)
Inter Milan 99 (15)

National team Serbia 67

Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as May 5, 2007.
National team caps and goals correct as March 12, 2007.

Inter Milan Honors
Coppa Italia; 2004/05
Supercoppa TIM 2005
Coppa Italia, 2005/06
Scudetto 2005/06
Supercoppa TIM 2006
Scudetto 2006/2007

Serbian football player.

He grew up in Zemun, a suburb of Belgrade. Both his parents, Borislav and Dragica, had strong soccer backgrounds.

Stankovic currently plays as a midfielder for Internazionale in Milan. Previous club teams included Red Star Belgrade and Lazio of Rome. "Deki" made his international debut, for FR Yugoslavia, against South Korea on April 22, 1998.

He is the current captain of the Serbian national football team.

Playing career

Red Star Belgrade
Dejan initially made his name with Red Star Belgrade, (hometown club) for which he played in every age category. First opportunity for senior team action came in the 94/95 season, and he used it to bag a first goal against FK Buducnost Podgorica. He soon became a first team regular and fan favourite.

In those years, Red Star was under an international ban because of a UN embargo imposed on FR Yugoslavia, meaning the team could not compete in European competition. The ban was finally lifted in the 1996/97 season, and Dejan played a huge part in a memorable 2 leg victory over FC Kaiserslautern in Cup Winners' Cup. Next season, he was picked to be the squad captain, the youngest ever in the club's history.

S.S. Lazio
In summer of 1998, he transferred for £7.5 million to SS Lazio where he scored on his Serie A debut versus Piacenza in September 1998. In those years, Lazio had an all star squad, loaded in every position, so it was no small feat that young Dejan was able to hold down a regular first team place alongside midfield mates like Pavel Nedved, Juan Sebastián Verón, Iván de la Peña, Roberto Mancini. He put in 5 and a half memorable seasons in the biancoceleste part of Rome, before moving on to Inter in January 2004. At his time in Lazio, He has won almost every title there is:

Internazionale Milano
Since most of the big name teams in Italian football knew the financially strapped SS Lazio would have to sell Dejan sooner or later, they were jockeying for his services for quite some time before the transfer occurred. Juventus FC was very interested and came close to Dejan's signature, but he picked Internazionale instead, perhaps preferring to be reunited with his former teammate and coach at Lazio, Roberto Mancini. In early February 2004 Stankovic played a first match for Inter, Serie A clash against AC Siena.

On May 7, 2006, again versus Siena in Seria A, he played his 100th match in an Inter jersey.

Stankovic was in good form in the 2006-7 Serie A campaign, scoring some decisive goals. His strike against Catania and his memorable goal against bitter city rivals AC Milan have enhanced his already great reputation with the hardcore ultras of Inter. His emotion on the field can't be compared to any player currently playing for Inter, with a tear in his eye after decisive matches, no wonder he is adored by Inter fans.

According to the official ratings of the Gazetta dello sport Stankovic has been selected as the man of the match no fewer than 5 times thus far in this years Serie A and has also been prominent in decisive games in the UEFA Champions League.

Stankovic renewed his contract on February 2, 2007, keeping him in Inter til 2010.

Misspell

Dejn Stankovik Dejon Stakovic Deyjan Stannkovic Stankovic Stanko

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