Dejan Čurović
 Čurović in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dejan Čurović | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Zemun, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 11 August 2019 (aged 51) | ||
| Place of death | Belgrade, Serbia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | Zemun | 106 | (39) |
| 1993–1994 | Partizan | 32 | (19) |
| 1994–2000 | Vitesse | 109 | (41) |
| 2000–2003 | Groningen | 42 | (7) |
| Total | 289 | (106) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Dejan Čurović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Чуровић, pronounced [dějan tʃûroʋitɕ]; 10 August 1968 – 11 August 2019) was a Serbian professional footballer who played as a striker.
He represented four clubs during his active career, playing with Zemun and Partizan in the former Yugoslavia, as well as with Vitesse and Groningen in the Netherlands.
Playing career[]
Čurović started out at his local club Zemun. He was a member of the team that won the Yugoslav Second League in 1990. In his debut season in the Yugoslav First League, Čurović scored 11 goals from 27 appearances, as the club finished in 13th place.
In the summer of 1993, Čurović was transferred to Partizan. He was the club's second-highest scorer in the 1993–94 season, behind Savo Milošević, as the club won the double.
After a successful year at Partizan, Čurović moved abroad and signed with Dutch club Vitesse. In 1998, the GelreDome replaced the Nieuw Monnikenhuize. The first goal in the new stadium was scored by Čurović. Also, he scored the last goal in the old stadium. Čurović spent the next six seasons in Arnhem, scoring 47 goals in all competitions. In the summer of 2000, Čurović switched to fellow Eredivisie club Groningen. He spent three years at the club, before retiring from the game.
Post-playing career[]
From 2003 to 2008, he was a director in FK Zemun. In July 2011, he became the director of football of the newly-promoted Serbian club FK Inđija.[1]
Death[]
Čurović died of leukemia on 11 August 2019, the day after his 51st birthday.[2]
Statistics[]
| Club | Season | League | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | ||
| Zemun | 1989–90 | 19 | 3 |
| 1990–91 | 27 | 11 | |
| 1991–92 | 31 | 12 | |
| Vitesse | 1994–95 | 11 | 4 |
| 1995–96 | 28 | 8 | |
| 1996–97 | 22 | 6 | |
| 1997–98 | 27 | 17 | |
| 1998–99 | 11 | 5 | |
| 1999–00 | 10 | 1 | |
Honours[]
- Zemun
- Partizan
References[]
- ^ "Tandem direktora FK Inđija". savezsportova.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-08-12.
- ^ "ŠOK! Čuveni golgeter Partizana preminuo u 51. godini (VIDEO)". kurir.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-08-11.
External links[]
- Vitesse profile
- Dejan Čurović at FootballDatabase.eu
- 1968 births
- 2019 deaths
- People from Zemun
- Footballers from Belgrade
- Association football forwards
- Eredivisie players
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- FC Groningen players
- First League of Serbia and Montenegro players
- FK Partizan players
- FK Zemun players
- SBV Vitesse players
- Serbia and Montenegro expatriate footballers
- Serbia and Montenegro footballers
- Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Serbian footballers
- Yugoslav First League players
- Deaths from leukemia