Dejan Milovanović

Dejan Milovanović

Milovanović with RC Lens in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	21 January 1984
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Free agent
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2001–2008	Red Star Belgrade	154	(17)
2008–2012	RC Lens	50	(4)
2010–2011	→ Red Star Belgrade (loan)	23	(5)
2011–2012	→ Panionios (loan)	23	(2)
2013–2014	Voždovac	18	(0)
National team^‡
2003–2007	Serbia U21
2008–	Serbia	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 April 2014. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 January 2010

Dejan Milovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Миловановић; born 21 January 1984) is a Serbian footballer.

Personal

He is the son of Đorđe Milovanović, a member of the late 1970s and early 1980s Red Star team. Dejan is also the cousin of Serbian international Branislav Ivanović, who plays for English side Chelsea.^[1]

Club career

Red Star Belgrade

Milovanović was a member of the talented '84 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 Crvena Zvezda 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 Football Championship in the Netherlands. Milovanović has played 209 games for Red Star Belgrade. He has won three double cups with Red Star Belgrade.

Racing Club de 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

He has not played an official game for Serbia's a team yet, but he has left a deep trail in the U-21 selection. With U-21 team of Serbia he played on three UEFA U-21 Championships, in 2004, 2005 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. He especially made a good impression on the European U-21 Championship in Netherlands 2007, carrying the captain's armband, on the way to the finals; in the first match he scored a winning goal against Italy. He also played in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

Career statistics

As of 17 April 2014

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Serbia			League		Serbian Cup		Europe		Total
2001–02	Red Star	SuperLiga	25	2	2	0	0	0	27	2
2002–03			28	3	3	0	2	1	33	4
2003–04			26	4	4	1	2	0	32	5
2004–05			26	5	3	1	3	0	32	6
2005–06			25	5	4	2	3	0	32	7
2006–07			29	6	5	2	6	1	40	9
2007–08			28	9	3	1	5	0	36	10
France			League		Coupe de France		Europe		Total
2008–09	Lens	Ligue 2	24	2	3	0	0	0	27	2
2009–10		Ligue 1	21	2	2	0	0	0	23	2
Serbia			League		Serbian Cup		Europe		Total
2010–11	Red Star (loan)	SuperLiga	20	4	3	1	2	0	23	5
Greece			League		Greek Cup		Europe		Total
2011–12	Panionios (loan)	Superleague	18	2	0	0	0	0	18	2
2012–13			5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Serbia			League		Serbian Cup		Europe		Total
2013–14	Voždovac	SuperLiga	17	0	1	0	0	0	18	0
			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Total	Serbia		207	38	27	8	23	2	257	48
	France		45	4	5	0	0	0	50	4
	Greece		23	2	0	0	0	0	23	2
Career total			275	44	32	8	23	2	330	54

Honours

Red Star

• First League of Serbia and Montenegro: 2003–04, 2005–06
• Serbian Superliga: 2006–07
• Serbia and Montenegro Cup: 2002, 2004, 2006
• Serbian Cup: 2007

RC Lens

• Ligue 2: 2008–09

References

1. Blic (2009-04-12). "Bane ima dušu veliku kao Srem" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2013-06-08.
2. Blic Sport: Liveblog: Transferi: Milan zove Kačara, Milovanović u Voždovcu, Kasiljas razmišlja i o Arsenalu (Serbian) 21 August 2013

External links

• Dejan Milovanović's profile at Serbian national team page
• Dejan Milovanović – French League Stats at LFP.fr (French)
• FootballDatabase provides Dejan Milovanović's profile and stats
• Dejan Milovanović Stats at Utakmica.rs