Dejan Petković

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Petković
Personal information
Full name Dejan Petković
Date of birth September 10, 1972
Place of birth Majdanpek, Serbia
Height 170cm
Position Attacking-Midfield
Club information
Current club Fluminense
Youth clubs
1988-1989 Majdanpek
Professional clubs*
Years Club Apps (goals)
1989-1990
1990-1991
1991-1992
1992-1993
1993-1994
1994-1995
1995-1996
1995-1996
1995-1996
1996-1997
1996-1997
1996-1997
1998
1999-2000
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2004-2005
2005
2006
Radnički Niš
Radnički Niš
Crvena Zvezda
Crvena Zvezda
Crvena Zvezda
Crvena Zvezda
Crvena Zvezda
Sevilla
Real Madrid
Real Madrid
Racing
Vitória
Vitória
Venezia
Flamengo
Flamengo
Vasco
Shenhua
Vasco
Al-Ittihad
Fluminense
Fluminense
17 (7)
36 (27)
23 (10)
30 (5)
29 (10)
36 (8)
14 (5)
8 (1)
3 (0)
2 (0)
8 (1)
8 (2)
21 (14)
13 (1)
20 (13)
21 (4)
19 (2)
22 (7)
36 (18)
0 (0)
20 (6)
19 (5)
National team
1995
1998
Serbia
Serbia
6 (1)
1 (0)

* Professional club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.


Dejan Petković (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Петковић) (born 10 September 1972 in Majdanpek, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football player. In his native country he's known under the nickname Rambo.

He has played 7 times for the Yugoslav national team, having scored 1 goal.

His playing career started in 1988 at Radnički Niš, then in 1991 he moved to Red Star Belgrade, with whom he played until 1994.

In 1995 he was signed by Spanish giants Real Madrid, where he was not able to succeed, being eventually loaned to Sevilla in 1996 and to Racing de Santander in 1997.

In 1997 he was signed by Vitória, starting then his well-succeeded Brazilian career. He stayed at this club until 1999 when he moved to Venezia but failed to succeed, quickly returning to Brazil, where he joined Flamengo.

At Flamengo his skills helped the club win 2 Campeonato Carioca titles, in 2000 and 2001. His free kick goal in the final in 2001 allowed Flamengo to win its third title in a row against arch-rivals Vasco.

In 2002 he moved to Vasco, where he stayed until 2004, having played for a short time at Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua within this period.

He left Vasco in 2004 and joined Al-Ittihad from Saudi Arabia in 2005 but didn`t stay long as he failed to settle there.

In 2004 and in 2005 he won the Brazilian Silver Ball as one of the best midfilders in the Brazilian National League

As of December 2005 he is playing at Fluminense from Rio de Janeiro.

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