Dejan Antonić
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dejan Antonić | ||
Date of birth | January 22, 1969 | ||
Place of birth | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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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.