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Dejan Antonić

Dejan Antonić
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Dejan Antonić
Personal information
Full name Dejan Antonić
Date of birth (1969-01-22) January 22, 1969 (age 48)
Place of birth Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
South China (Head Coach)
Youth career
1984–1989 Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 Spartak Subotica 14 (0)
1990–1992 Napredak Kruševac 59 (4)
1992–1994 Beveren (20)
1994–1995 Obilić
1995–1996 Persebaya Surabaya
1996–1997 Persita Tangerang
1997–1998 Persema Malang
1998–2000 Instant-Dict
2000–2002 Rangers (HKG)
2002–2003 Sun Hei
2003–2005 Kitchee
National team
1987 Yugoslavia U-21
2000 Hong Kong 2 (0)
Teams managed
2005–2008 Kitchee
2007–2009 Hong Kong National Team
2009 TSW Pegasus
2010 Shatin
2010–2011 Tai Chung
2011–2012 Tuen Mun
2012–2013 Arema Indonesia
2013 Pro Duta F.C.
2013–2015 Persipasi Bandung Raya
2016 Persib Bandung
2016– South China
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Dejan Antonić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Антонић, Chinese translated name: 狄恩) is the current Head Coach of South China. He is a former football player who was appointed as a head coach of a professional football team in Hong Kong, Kitchee SC during the year of 2005–2008. Antonić has also been appointed to coach the Hong Kong national team as preparation for the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers. He was appointed as a Deputy Team Manager and Youth Development Director for TSW Pegasus in Hong Kong. He is of Serbian nationality and was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). In season 2011–2012, Dejan was appointed as the head coach of Hong Kong First Division club - Tuen Mun but he left before the season is over. After left Tuen Mun, Antonic signed with Arema FC Indonesia. Coaching Arema FC for only 6 months and he was voted by the soccer news website, Goal.com, as "The Best Coach 2011–2012" of Indonesian Premier League as he brought Arema FC to go through to the quarter final of AFC Cup 2012 and make the country proud.

He signed a two-year contract with Persipasi Bandung Raya on 20 November 2013.

His son Stefan Antonić is 2016-2017 another Hong Kong football team Kitchee SC reserve team player.

He started his professional football playing in local club Red Star Belgrade.

In 1987, Antonić was called in the Yugoslavia squad training section, and was able to win a cap. Yugoslavia won the first title that time on final against East Germany through penalty shootout (PSO). And they are remembered as a Yugoslav' "zlatna generacija" (Golden Generation). His well-known team mates were : Robert Jarni, Igor Stimac, Zvonimir Boban, Robert Prosinecki, Predrag Mijatovic and Davor Suker. Later Antonić joined Red Star Belgrade but made no league appearance for them. His debut will be in the 1989–90 Yugoslav First League with FK Spartak Subotica. Next he played with FK Napredak Kruševac in the Yugoslav Second League. In 1995, he left Europe and joined Persebaya FC in Indonesia.


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