Dejan Petković

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Personal information
Petković
Full name	Dejan Petković
Date of birth	September 10, 1972 (age 34)
Place of birth	Majdanpek, Serbia
Height	170cm
Nickname	Rambo
Playing position	Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Goiás
Youth clubs
1988-1989	Majdanpek
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989-1991 1991-1994 1995 1996 1997 1997-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2002 2003 2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2007	Radnički Niš Red Star Belgrade Real Madrid Sevilla FC Racing de Santander Vitória AC Venezia Flamengo Vasco da Gama Shanghai Shenhua Vasco da Gama Al-Ittihad Fluminense Goiás	53 (34) 132 (38) 8 (1) 5 (0) 8 (1) 29 (16) 13 (1) 41 (17) 19 (2) 22 (7) 36 (18) 0 (0) 39 (11) ? (?)
National team
1995-1998	Yugoslavia	7 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

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.

He is now at Goiás for 2007 season.