Dejan Meleg

Dejan Meleg
Personal information
Full nameDejan Meleg
Date of birth1 October 1994
Place of birthBački Jarak, FR Yugoslavia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
Ajax
Youth career
Vojvodina
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2012–2013Vojvodina7(0)
2013–Ajax0(0)
2013–→ Jong Ajax27(12)
2014–2015→ SC Cambuur (loan)10(1)
National team‡
2010–2011Serbia U1718(9)
2011–2013Serbia U195(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:18, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Dejan Meleg (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Мелег, born 1 October 1994 in Bački Jarak) is a Serbian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Eredivisie club Ajax.

Club career

Vojvodina

Meleg made his professional debut with FK Vojvodina in a 0-3 loss against FK Partizan on September 29, 2012 at the age of 17. He was invited by Ajax to pass medical tests in Amsterdam as a precondition to signing with the Dutch powerhouse; the transfer, however, was up in the air as of December 19, 2012 since FK Vojvodina's president Ratko Butorović had a rift with the Swiss agency which has a certain share in Meleg's professional contract.[1]

Ajax

On January 16, 2013, Dutch media began reporting an agreement had been reached between Ajax and FK Vojvodina and Meleg signing a contract until 2016.[2] Just a week later, on January 23, 2013, it was finally announced by FK Vojvodina that Meleg signed for Ajax.[3] He made his debut for Ajax on 29 June 2013 in a 2013–14 pre-season friendly encounter against SDC Putten. Meleg scored the opening goal in the 17' minute to help Ajax to a 1–4 victory at the Sportpark Puttereng in Putten.[4]

Starting the 2013/14 season, left footed Dejan Meleg was enlisted with the reserves team Jong Ajax, who were newly promoted to the Dutch Eerste Divisie the second tier of professional football in the Netherlands. He made his debut on 16 August 2013 in a 1–0 loss to MVV Maastricht. On 3 September 2013 he scored both his first and second professional goal in the Netherlands playing for Jong Ajax against Jong PSV in a 4–2 away win.[5]

SC Cambuur

On 10 July 2014, it was announced that Meleg would be sent on loan to SC Cambuur until the end of the season.[6] He made his Eredivisie debut on 9 August 2014 in a 1–1 draw against FC Twente at home.[7] He made his first appearance in the Dutch Cup on 24 September 2014 in a 4–0 away win against FC Den Bosch. On 6 March 2015 it was announced that Meleg's loan spell was terminated with immediate effect, seeing Meleg return to Amsterdam, having fallen out of favor in Leeuwarden.[8]

International career

Dejan Meleg has represented Serbia on various youth levels and currently plays for Serbia U19. He played for the Serbia U19 side that won the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.[9]

Career statistics

Club performance

As of 2015-03-06[10]
Club performance League Cup Continental1 Other2 Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Serbia League Lav Kup Europe Other Total
2012–13VojvodinaSuperLiga70------70
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
2013–14Jong AjaxEerste Divisie2712------2712
2014–15SC Cambuur (loan)Eredivisie10110----111
Total Serbia 70------70
Netherlands 371310----381
Career total 441410----4414

1 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.

2 Includes Johan Cruijff Shield and Play-off matches.

Honours

International

Serbia under-19

References