Dejan Petković
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dejan Petković | ||
| Date of birth | 10 September 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Majdanpek, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987 | Majdanpek | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 | Radnički Niš | 53 | (34) |
| 1992–1995 | Red Star Belgrade | 132 | (38) |
| 1995–1997 | Real Madrid | 5 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Sevilla (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 1997 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 1997–1999 | Vitória | 29 | (16) |
| 1999 | Venezia | 13 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Flamengo | 44 | (18) |
| 2002–2003 | Vasco da Gama | 19 | (2) |
| 2003 | Shanghai Shenhua | 22 | (7) |
| 2004 | Vasco da Gama | 36 | (18) |
| 2004–2005 | Al-Ittihad | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Fluminense | 39 | (11) |
| 2007 | Goiás | 2 | (0) |
| 2007 | Santos | 21 | (1) |
| 2008 | Atlético Mineiro | 27 | (4) |
| 2009–2011 | Flamengo | 53 | (13) |
| Total | 508 | (165) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1995–1998 | FR Yugoslavia | 6 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2014 | Atlético Paranaense U23 | ||
| 2015 | Criciúma | ||
| 2016 | Sampaio Corrêa | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 June 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2015 |
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Dejan Petković (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Петковић, pronounced [dɛ̂jan pɛ̂tkɔv̞it͡ɕ]; born 10 September 1972) is a retired Serbian football player. In his native country he is widely known under the nickname Rambo while in Brazil he is known as Pet. He played six times for the FR Yugoslavia, scoring one goal. Petković played for seven Brazilian clubs in his career, and was made an honorary consul of Serbia in Brazil.
Born to father Dobrivoje (traffic technician from Niš) and mother Milena (construction technician from Petrovac na Mlavi) who met in the small mining town of Majdanpek where they both arrived in search of work, young Dejan immediately took to football.
Petković's playing career started in 1988 at Radnički Niš. In the same year, he met his future wife Violeta. He became the youngest player ever to play an official match in the history of old Yugoslav First League, debuting on 25 September 1988 when he was 16 years and 15 days old, against Željezničar Sarajevo thus beating Mitar Mrkela's record by 1 day. Radnički ended up winning 4–0 in that match. Petković's age record has since been broken by Slavko Perović and Danijel Aleksić. Petković still helps his first club, which has since then declined.
In July 1992, Petković was bought by Red Star Belgrade. Though not even 20 years of age, he arrived with a reputation as a skilled technical playmaker. As established Yugoslav internationals such as Dejan Savićević, Darko Pančev, Vladimir Jugović, and Siniša Mihajlović left the club during the same summer, Petković was given a first-team run straight away by new head coach Milan Živadinović, appearing in 30 league matches and scoring 5 goals in his first season in Belgrade.
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