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Dejan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Стефановић), (born 28 October 1974 in Vranje, Serbia) is a Serbian football player who plays for Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville He is a central defender who can also play at full back. ==Football career== While growing up, Stefanović supported Milan and idolized defender Franco Baresi, which inspired him to become a footballer. Stefanović began his career in his home town with Dinamo Vranje before being signed by Red Star Belgrade. Whilst at the club he made his international debut for FR Yugoslavia, aged 20, against Hong Kong in January 1995.〔(Dejan Stefanovic Profile )〕 For the second part of the 1995/96 season, English club Sheffield Wednesday signed both Stefanović and compatriot, striker Darko Kovačević. Stefanović cost the English club £2 million. However, Stefanović struggled to break into the Wednesday side with Emerson Thome and Des Walker among those ahead of him in the pecking order. In 1998/99, after playing 72 games for the club, Stefanović was released on a free transfer, signing for A.C. Perugia. However, the move did not work out and before long he returned to Serbia with OFK Belgrade. Stefanović moved to his third club of the 1999/2000 season when transferring to Vitesse Arnhem of the Netherlands. He quickly became a first team regular, and spent four years at the club, becoming captain during that time. At Vitesse he played the six UEFA Cup-matches on his resume. At the start of the 2003/04 season, he returned to England with Premiership newcomers Portsmouth for £1.85million. He established himself as a first choice defender during the club's first season in the top-flight, and was a regular in the 2004/05 campaign, winning the fans' player of the season award. He was made Portsmouth captain by Alain Perrin in the 2005/2006 season, although a dip in form and a habit of speaking out to the press earned him the ire of some supporters. Indeed, he confessed to "not giving 100%" under Perrin due to disliking the French coach, comments criticised as highly unprofessional by some fans. Stefanović's influence on chairman (and fellow Serbian) Milan Mandarić is said to have been an important factor in the dismissal of Perrin and the re-appointment of Harry Redknapp and he was an important member of the side that survived at Wigan in the penultimate game of the season. Stefanović was converted to a left back at the start of 2006/07 and was a mainstay of the defence that performed so well for Portsmouth during the season. However, the arrivals of Hermann Hreiðarsson and Sylvain Distin during the summer of 2007 cast his position as a first team regular into doubt and he was replaced as captain by Sol Campbell for the 2007/08 season. In August 2007 Rangers revealed an interest in signing Stefanović but he signed for Fulham. Having spent less than a year at Craven Cottage, he moved to Norwich City on 18 July 2008, agreeing a two-year deal. After twelve starts for the Canaries in which he picked up one red card, Stefanović ruptured his cruciate knee ligaments and didn't play again for Norwich City in the 2008/2009 season. In August 2009, it was reported that Stefanović was in negotiations to leave Norwich, with the player wishing to return to the south of England. On 1 September 2009, his contract was terminated by mutual consent. Stefanovic retired in late 2009 due to a knee injury but still lives in the Portsmouth area and has admitted his dreams of managing Portsmouth Football Club one day. On 7 October 2010 Stefanovic joined Havant & Waterlooville as a player-coach. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dejan Stefanović」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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