Dejan Zukić

Dejan Zukić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Зукић; born 7 May 2001) is a Serbian footballer playing for Vojvodina. He usually operates as an attacking midfielder.[1]

Dejan Zukić
Personal information
Full name Dejan Zukić
Date of birth (2001-05-07) 7 May 2001
Place of birth Bački Jarak, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Vojvodina
Number 10
Youth career
Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Vojvodina 57 (6)
National team‡
2017 Serbia U16 6 (2)
2017–2018 Serbia U17 3 (0)
2018 Serbia U18 3 (0)
2019– Serbia U19 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 March 2020

Club career

Vojvodina

Originating from Bački Jarak, Zukić came through the Vojvodina youth academy.[2] On the tournament "Max sport cup" in 2014, Zukić promoted himself as the best scorer in his generation.[3]

Zukić joined the first team in summer 2017 at the age of 16, as the youngest member of the senior squad,[4] signing a scholarship contract until summer 2019 previously.[5] He was also elected among 13 players born 2001, which are licensed for the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga season.[6] He noted his first time in protocol for senior match, staying on the bench as an unused substitution in the 3rd fixture game against OFK Bačka.[7]

On 19 March 2019 Zukić signed his first professional contract, a three-year-deal with Vojvodina.[8]

Only 11 days later, Zukić made his first team debut, replacing Damjan Gojkov in 88th minute, and drawing a penalty kick only a minute later, in 3:1 away win against Dinamo Vranje.[9]

International career

Zukić was called into the national team selections since the age of 14.[10] Later he was also called in Serbian under-15 team squad in 2015.[11] Zukić made his debut for Serbia national under-16 football team in a match against Belarus on 2 April 2017.[12] Playing for the team, Zukić made 6 appearances and scored 2 goals, in matches against Bulgaria[13] and Estonia.[14]

Career statistics

Club
As of 5 February 2021[15]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vojvodina 2017–18[16] SuperLiga 0000——00
2018–19[17] 10100——101
2019–20[18] 27442——316
2020–21 20 1 2 1 1[19] 0 — 23 2
Total 576631 0—649
Career total 576631 0—649

Honours
Vojvodina

References
  1. "Vojvodina veruje u svoju decu". FK Vojvodina official website. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  2. "Intervju sa (dobrim) razlogom: Mirko Ivanić". fkvojvodina.com. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. "Proglašenje najboljih na II "Max sport cup-u"". sportskicentarfss.co.rs. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. "Zukić, Dejan". mojklub.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  5. "Zukic, Dejan". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  6. "Licencirani igrači za tekuću sezonu". FK Vojvodina official website. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  7. "Богдан Планић: Немам појма о мом одласку у Румунију". Dnevnik (in Serbian). 7 August 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  8. "Дејан Зукић потписао трогодишњи уговор/". Vojvodina (in Serbian). 19 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  9. "Динамо – Војводина 1:3". Vojvodina (in Serbian). 30 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  10. "Mlađe kategorije: Selektivno - trenažno okupljanje". Football Association of Serbia. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  11. "U-15: Provera protiv Mađarske". Football Association of Serbia. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  12. "Razvojni turnir UEFA, trijumf mladjih kadeta protiv Belorusije -2:1(0:0)". Football Association of Serbia. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  13. "Trijumf mlađih kadeta na Razvojnom turniru UEFA, savladana i Bugarska – 3:1(1:0)". Football Association of Serbia. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  14. "Tri meča i tri pobede za trijumf mlađih kadeta na Razvojnom turniru UEFA u Bugarskoj". Football Association of Serbia. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  15. Dejan Zukić at Soccerway
  16. "Zukić, Dejan 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  17. "Zukić, Dejan 2018–19 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  18. "Zukić, Dejan 2019–20 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  19. "UEFA Europa League third qualifying round".
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