Dejan Kerkez

Dejan Kerkez
Personal information
Full name Dejan Kerkez
Date of birth (1996-01-20) 20 January 1996
Place of birth Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Centre-back
Club information
Current team
Spartak Subotica
Number 5
Youth career
ČSK Čelarevo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 ČSK Čelarevo 66 (0)
2016– Spartak Subotica 9 (1)
2016–2017ČSK Čelarevo (loan) 12 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 July 2017.

Dejan Kerkez (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Керкез; born 20 January 1996) is a Serbian football defender, playing for Spartak Subotica.[1]

Club career

ČSK Čelarevo

Born in Novi Sad,[2] Kerkez passed youth categories of ČSK Čelarevo and joined the first team at the age of 16. He made his first senior appearances during the 2013–14 season in the Serbian League Vojvodina. Playing for the team, Kerkez made 36 league and one cup match[3] in a period between 2013 and 2015[2] and became the youngest captain in club history, promoting in the Serbian First League in summer 2015 under menager Dragan Ivanović.[4] In 2015, he was also on trial at Eredivisie side Heerenveen.[5] During the 2015–16 season, Kerkez made all 30 league matches, and also appeared in final match of the Vojvodina region cup.[6] Shortly after he signed with Spartak, Kerkez returned to ČSK Čelarevo on one-year dual registration.[7] Kerkez scored his first goal for the team in 26 fixture match of 2016–17 Serbian First League season, against Proleter Novi Sad.[8]

Spartak Subotica

In June 2016, Kerkez signed a three-year professional contract with Serbian SuperLiga side Spartak Subotica.[9] He made debut for new club in a cup match against Voždovac, played on 26 October 2016, under coach Andrey Chernyshov.[10] He also made his Serbian SuperLiga debut replacing Đorđe Ivanović in 19 fixture match of the 2016–17 season against Novi Pazar.[11] Kerkez scored his first senior goal in the first SuperLiga he started on the field, in 23 fixture match of the same season, against Javor Ivanjica.[12] Kerkez started the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga season as a member of the first squad under coach Aleksandar Veselinović, pairing with Nemanja Ćalasan in defensive line.[13] They also formed the youngest tandem of centre backs at the beginning of season in domestic league.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 July 2017[13]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
ČSK Čelarevo 2013–14[2] League Vojvodina 100100
2014–15[2] 2601[lower-alpha 1]0270
2015–16[2] First League 300001[lower-alpha 2]0310
2016–17 (loan)[2] 12110131
Total 7812010811
Spartak Subotica 2016–17 SuperLiga 711081
2017–18 2020
Total 9110101
Career total 8723010912
  1. Including preliminary round match against Inđija[3]
  2. Including final round of the Vojvodina cup against Dolina Padina[6]

Honours

ČSK Čelarevo

References

  1. "Kerkez, Dejan". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kerkez, Dejan". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 "ČSK Pivara - Inđija 0:2 (0:1)". FK Inđija official website (in Serbian). 3 September 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Успех по рецепту Драгана Ивановића". Dnevnik (in Serbian). 12 June 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  5. "Дејан Керкез, фудбалер ЧСК Пиваре, на проби у Херенвену". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 25 March 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  6. 1 2 "ЧСК одбранио пехар". Dnevnik (in Serbian). 9 August 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  7. ""FUDBAL" 33/16 - page 2437" (PDF). Football Association of Serbia (in Serbian). 17 August 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  8. "ЧСК – Пролетер 1:0 (1:0) (ФОТО)". backapalankainfo.com (in Serbian). 7 May 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  9. "Predstavljena prva pojačanja". FK Spartak Subotica official website (in Serbian). 17 June 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  10. "Eliminisani iz Kupa Srbije". FK Spartak Subotica official website (in Serbian). 26 October 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  11. "Mudrinski doneo pobedu". FK Spartak Subotica official website (in Serbian). 5 December 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  12. "Vredna pobeda". FK Spartak Subotica official website (in Serbian). 26 February 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  13. 1 2 Dejan Kerkez at Soccerway
  14. "Суботичани у сјајном расположењу пред Партизан: На победу!". Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 3 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
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