Dejan Antonić
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File:Le Vinh - AFC Cup. Navibank SG - Arema Indonesia.jpg Dejan Antonić | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dejan Antonić | ||
| Date of birth | 22 January 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hong Kong Rangers (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1989 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1990 | Spartak Subotica | 14 | (0) |
| 1990–1992 | Napredak Kruševac | 59 | (4) |
| 1992–1994 | Beveren | (20) | |
| 1994–1995 | Obilić | ||
| 1995–1996 | Persebaya Surabaya | ||
| 1996–1997 | Persita Tangerang | ||
| 1997–1998 | Persema Malang | ||
| 1998/99mid–2000/01 | Instant-Dict | ||
| 2000–2002 | Hong Kong Rangers | ||
| 2002–2003 | Sun Hei | ||
| 2003–2005 | Kitchee | ||
| International career | |||
| 1987 | Yugoslavia U-21 | ||
| 2000 | Hong Kong | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Kitchee | ||
| 2007–2009 | Hong Kong National Team | ||
| 2009 | TSW Pegasus | ||
| 2010 | Shatin | ||
| 2010–2011 | Tai Chung | ||
| 2011–2012 | Tuen Mun | ||
| 2012–2013 | Arema Indonesia | ||
| 2013 | Pro Duta F.C. | ||
| 2013–2015 | Persipasi Bandung Raya | ||
| 2016 | Persib Bandung | ||
| 2016–2017 | South China | ||
| 2017- | Hong Kong Rangers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dejan Antonić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Антонић, Chinese: 狄恩; born 22 January, 1969) is a former football player and current manager of Hong Kong Rangers.
His is the father of footballer Stefan Antonić, who is currently with the Kitchee reserve team.
Early career
He started his professional football playing in local club Red Star Belgrade.
In 1987, Antonić was called in the Yugoslavia squad[1] training section, and was able to win a cap. Yugoslavia won the first title that time on final against East Germany through penalty shootout (PSO). And they are remembered as a Yugoslav' "zlatna generacija" (Golden Generation). His well-known team mates were : Robert Jarni, Igor Stimac, Zvonimir Boban, Robert Prosinecki, Predrag Mijatovic and Davor Suker. Later Antonić joined Red Star Belgrade but made no league appearance for them. His debut will be in the 1989–90 Yugoslav First League with FK Spartak Subotica.[2] Next he played with FK Napredak Kruševac in the Yugoslav Second League.[2][3] In 1995, he left Europe and joined Persebaya FC in Indonesia.
Career in Hong Kong
As a player
Instant-Dict
In 1998–99, Antonić joined Hong Kong First Division club Instant-Dict FC and played more as a defender than a midfielder. His debut was the semi-final match against South China in Hong Kong FA Cup. He was included in Hong Kong XI to compete in 2003 Carlsberg Cup and was elected as a Hong Kong XI as well. Dejan scored a goal by penalty in the match against Denmark national team in Carlsberg Cup. Dejan played very well in the season and was awarded "The Most Fair Player" and being nominated in Hong Kong Footballer Awards several times. In 2000–01, he assisted Instant-Dict FC to win Hong Kong FA Cup.
Sun Hei
In early 2000, he joined Sun Hei and won three championships, including Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield, Hong Kong FA Cup and Hong Kong League Cup.
As a coach
Antonić, a UEFA Pro License holder, was appointed by Kitchee as head coach in 2005 and successfully led the team to two trophies in the league on his first year of duty, winning the Hong Kong League Cup and Hong Kong Senior Shield Cup. He led the team to defend their Hong Kong League Cup in 2006, during his second year of duty. He managed Kitchee towards qualification for 2008 AFC Cup.
He was elected as the 2006 Hong Kong Coach of The Year and also appointed to be a coach of Hong Kong League XI for the annual Carlsberg Cup.
After leaving Kitchee, expansion club TSW Pegasus appointed Antonić as their new Deputy Team Manager & Youth Development.
Antonić has been appointed to coach the Hong Kong National Team as preparation for the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers. And with Hong Kong National Team, he won the 31st Guangdong Cup 2008. He has recently been nominated as a consultant of the Hong Kong Law Society Football Team.
Antonić left his post as head coach of Tuen Mun in the middle of the 2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League season and joined Arema FC as their manager.[4] Coaching Arema FC for only 6 months and he was voted by the soccer news website, Goal.com, as "The Best Coach 2011–2012" [5] of the Indonesian Premier League as he brought Arema FC to go through to the quarter final of AFC Cup 2012 [6] and make the country proud.[7]
He signed a two-year contract with Pelita Bandung Raya on 20 November 2013.[8] On 9 September 2014, he got his contract extended until 2016.[9]
Antonić returned to management on 31 October 2016, signing a 1.5 year contract at South China to replace Ricardo Rambo as manager.[10] The club managed to finish 4th in the league and reached the finals of the 2016-17 Hong Kong FA Cup. Following South China's decision to voluntarily relegate, the contracts of the entire coaching staff were terminated.[11]
On 4 July 2017, Hong Kong Rangers Director Philip Lee announced that Antonić would be the club's new manager, pending the signing of his contract.[12]
Personal life
Antonić married his Indonesian fiancee, Venna Tikoalu. Venna gave birth to their son Stefan Antonić on 6 February 2001 in Hong Kong. The couple currently reside in the Tung Chung area of Hong Kong.[13]
Antonić has another older daughter who is living and studying in Serbia.
Games of Hong Kong team coached by Dejan Antonić and Goran Paulić
International games of Hong Kong
| # | Date | Type of Match | Location | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 November 2008 | Friendly | Macau |  Macau
|
9–1 |
| 2 | 14 January 2009 | Friendly | Hong Kong |  India
|
2–1 |
| 3 | 21 January 2009 | 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Hong Kong |  Bahrain
|
1–3 |
| 4 | 28 January 2009 | 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification | Sana'a, Yemen |  Yemen
|
0–1 |
Non-international games of Hong Kong
| # | Date | Type of Match | Location | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 January 2009 | 2009 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup | Guangzhou, China |  Guangdong
|
1–3 |
| 2 | 4 January 2009 | 2009 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup | Hong Kong | Guangdong
|
4–1 |
Managerial statistics
- As of 1 May 2016
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Pelita Bandung Raya | 
|
20 November 2013 | November 2015 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 41.38 |
| Persib Bandung |
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20 January 2016 | 11 June 2016 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 16.67 |
| Total | 35 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 37.14 | |||
References
- ^ "Yugoslavia Squad in FIFA U-20 World Cup, Chile 1987" FIFA.com
- ^ a b Yugoslav First and Second League stats at B92
- ^ Tempo almanah 1991/1992 page 42
- ^ 若首名晉級或鬥印尼勁旅 The Sun. 26 April 2012 Template:Zh-hk icon
- ^ "The Best Coach of Indonesian Premier League 2011–2012" Goal.com. 28 July 2012.
- ^ "The Serbian head tactician, Dejan Antonic, has successfully led Arema Indonesia to the quarter-finals of the AFC Cup for the first time in the club's history" Goal.com. 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Arema massive win over Navibank Saigon" Goal.com. 9 May 2012.
- ^ "Dejan Antonic Latih PBR Dua Musim" (in Indonesian). tribunnews.com. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "PBR Perpanjang Kontrak Dejan" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "狄恩教南華 簽約一年半 最快11月下旬領軍". HK01. Retrieved 31 October 2016. Template:Zh-hk icon
- ^ "約滿南華有工開！ 狄恩改教標準流浪". Apple Daily. Retrieved 4 July 2017. Template:Zh-hk icon
- ^ "約滿南華有工開！ 狄恩改教標準流浪". Apple Daily. Retrieved 4 July 2017. Template:Zh-hk icon
- ^ "狄恩教南華 簽約一年半 最快11月下旬領軍". HK01. Retrieved 31 October 2016. Template:Zh-hk icon
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