Dejan Savić

Dejan Savić
Personal information
Born 24 April 1975 (1975-04-24) (age 40)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia

Dejan Savić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Савић) (born 24 April 1975) is former Yugoslavian and Serbian water polo player who played for the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the silver medal squad of Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Savić started training in Partizan Water Polo club at the age of 5 and he debuted for first team (seniors) at the age of 13, while still a pupil in elementary school. His last club was VK Crvena Zvezda. He was team captain. At the end of the 2010/11 season he retired from active playing. At international level, Savić represented FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia, in 444 matches and scoring 405 goals. He is the most capped player in Serbian water polo. Savić is now coach of VK Crvena Zvezda and selector of Serbia men's national water polo team as of autumn 2012.

Club career as a player

Clubs he played for

Club career as a coach

Crvena Zvezda

In 2011. after finishing his long playing career, Savić continued his job at Crvena Zvezda, but as a head coach.

National career

Dejan Savić made his debut in a time of sanctions for Yugoslavia in 1994. All-Star selection in a tournament in Italy. After that, he was almost without a break standard no. five player for the national team. The recorder for the number of played matches (444), a great scorer (405 goals), he was the figure included among the true legends of Serbian sports. During his career, from a player in charge of sifting the opposing networks he has turned into the strongest pillar of Serbia's defense in front of their goal. As powerful and imaginative, he was primarily a member of the team. Since 1997. Savić was in every competition part of the Yugoslav/Serbian water polo team which won a medal. Savić played his last match with the national team in China. In a duel with Montenegro, he was one of the most responsible players for the triumph of the Serbian national team and winning the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games.

Honours

As a player

Club

VK Partizan

CN Barcelona

CN Atlètic-Barceloneta

Rari Nantes Florentia

Pro Recco

Sintez Kazan

As a coach

Club

VK Crvena Zvezda

2012–13

Individual honours

It was announced on 1 June 2010 that Dejan Savić won the national sports award, which includes lifetime monthly fees. Savić was honored for winning a silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.[1]

References

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  1. "Savić dobio nacionalno priznanje". na dlanu. 16 June 2010.

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