Dušan Kerkez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 May 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–1998 | FK Partizan[1] | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Jedinstvo Ub | ||
| 2000–2002 | Radnički Obrenovac | 26 | (1) |
| 2002–2004 | Leotar Trebinje | 26 | (6) |
| 2004–2005 | Zrinjski Mostar | 27 | (3) |
| 2005–2007 | NK Rijeka | 41 | (1) |
| 2007–2011 | AEL Limassol | 76 | (6) |
| 2011–2014 | Aris Limassol | 77 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2006 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 2009. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Dušan Kerkez (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Керекез, born 1 May 1976) is a Bosnian international footballer. He last played for Cypriot club Aris Limassol.
Club career
Kerkez began his football career in Serbia at FK Partizan from 1997 to 1998, but did not manage any first team appearances under head coach Ljubiša Tumbaković.
He would continue playing in the Serbian football league system for lower league teams such as Jedinstvo Ub and Radnički Obrenovac until 2002.
At the age of 26 he got noticed and signed by Herzegovinian club FK Leotar Trebinje, helping them win the domestic league title.
After two years in FK Leotar, Kerkez was signed by HŠK Zrinjski Mostar, the oldest football club in Boznia and Herzegovina. Kerkez's participation in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina would not go unnoticed and around the same time was called up to join his national football team.
In 2005, Kerkez left the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for Croatian club NK Rijeka in the Prva HNL, the top Croatian football league. His participation in this team would last until 2007 when he joined the squad of AEL Limassol, from the Cypriot First Division, where has currently had 65 appearances and scored 4 goals.
International
Kerkez was part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team, earning his first call-up in 2004 along with team-mate Ninoslav Milenković.[2]
Career statistics
| International appearances and goals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Goal | Competition |
| 1. | 18 February 2004 | Skopje, Republic of Macedonia |  Macedonia | 0–1 | 0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 8 September 2004 | Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Spain | 1–1 | 0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3. | 4 June 2005 | Serravalle, San Marino |  San Marino | 3–1 | 0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 6 September 2006 | Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina |  Hungary | 1–3 | 0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
References
- ↑ Partizan stats from Partizan official website
- ↑ "Sliškovic selects new names". UEFA.com. 2004-02-11. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
External links
- Dušan Kerkez at National-Football-Teams.com
- Dušan Kerkez – FIFA competition record
- Profile at AEL
- Profile at World Football
- Profile at 1HNL.net (Croatian)
- Profile at jelenfootball (Serbian)
- Profile at BIHFA (Bosnian)
- Kerkez interview; sportnet.hr, 30 March 2010 (Croatian)