Dejan Stefanović

Dejan Stefanović
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-10-28) 28 October 1974
Place of birth Vranje, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Yumco Vranje
Dinamo Vranje
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Red Star Belgrade 60 (10)
1992Radnički Belgrade (loan) 5 (0)
1995–1999 Sheffield Wednesday 65 (4)
1999–2003 Vitesse 94 (4)
2003–2007 Portsmouth 112 (3)
2007–2008 Fulham 13 (0)
2008–2009 Norwich City 12 (0)
2010–2011 Havant & Waterlooville 0 (0)
Total 361 (21)
International career
1995–2003 Serbia and Montenegro 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dejan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Стефановић; born 28 October 1974) is a Serbian former professional footballer, who is the president of the Slovenian footballers and sportsmen union.

As a player he was a defender who notably played in the Premier League for Sheffield Wednesday, Portsmouth and Fulham. He also played for Red Star Belgrade, Radnički Belgrade and Vitesse. He finished his professional career in 2009 whilst with Norwich City, although he briefly signed for non-league club Havant & Waterlooville a year later.

Stefanovic was capped a combined 23 times by Yugoslavia and successor nation Serbia and Montenegro. He was part of Yugoslavia's squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup