Dejan Zukić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Зукић; born 7 May 2001) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Wolfsberger AC. He usually operates as an attacking midfielder.[1]

Dejan Zukić
Personal information
Full name Dejan Zukić
Date of birth (2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Bački Jarak, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Wolfsberger AC
Youth career
Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2024 Vojvodina 170 (23)
2024– Wolfsberger AC 6 (3)
International career
2017 Serbia U16 6 (2)
2017–2018 Serbia U17 3 (0)
2018 Serbia U18 3 (0)
2019–2020 Serbia U19 5 (1)
2021 Serbia U21 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024

Club career

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Vojvodina

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Originating from Bački Jarak, Zukić came through the Vojvodina youth academy.[2] On the tournament "Max sport cup" in 2014, Zukić promoted himself as the best scorer in his generation.[3]

Zukić joined the first team in summer 2017 at the age of 16, as the youngest member of the senior squad,[4] signing a scholarship contract until summer 2019 previously.[5] He was among the 13 players born in 2001, which were registered for the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga season.[6] He noted his first time in protocol for senior match, staying on the bench as an unused substitution in the 3rd fixture game against OFK Bačka.[7]

On 19 March 2019 Zukić signed his first professional contract, a three-year deal with Vojvodina.[8]

Only 11 days later, Zukić made his first team debut, replacing Damjan Gojkov in 88th minute, and drawing a penalty kick only a minute later, in 3:1 away win against Dinamo Vranje.[9]

On 7 August 2023, Zukić extended his contract with Vojvodina until June 2026.[10]

International career

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Zukić was called into the national team selections since the age of 14.[11] Later he was also called in Serbian under-15 team squad in 2015.[12] Zukić made his debut for Serbia national under-16 football team in a match against Belarus on 2 April 2017.[13] Playing for the team, Zukić made 6 appearances and scored 2 goals, in matches against Bulgaria[14] and Estonia.[15]

Career statistics

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As of 25 May 2024[16]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vojvodina 2017–18[17] SuperLiga 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19[18] 10 1 0 0 10 1
2019–20[19] 27 4 4 2 31 6
2020–21[20] 36 4 3 1 1 0 40 5
2021–22[21] 28 3 4 3 4 0 36 6
2022–23[22] 32 3 4 0 36 3
2023–24[23] 37 8 5 2 2 2 44 12
Total 170 23 20 8 7 2 197 33
Career total 170 23 20 8 7 2 197 33

Honours

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Vojvodina

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Vojvodina veruje u svoju decu". FK Vojvodina official website. 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Intervju sa (dobrim) razlogom: Mirko Ivanić". fkvojvodina.com. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Proglašenje najboljih na II "Max sport cup-u"". sportskicentarfss.co.rs. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Zukić, Dejan". mojklub.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Zukic, Dejan". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Licencirani igrači za tekuću sezonu". FK Vojvodina official website. 17 August 2017. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Богдан Планић: Немам појма о мом одласку у Румунију". Dnevnik (in Serbian). 7 August 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Дејан Зукић потписао трогодишњи уговор/". Vojvodina (in Serbian). 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Динамо – Војводина 1:3". Vojvodina (in Serbian). 30 March 2019. Archived from the original on 8 February 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Зукић потписао нови уговор са Војводином!". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 7 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Mlađe kategorije: Selektivno - trenažno okupljanje". Football Association of Serbia. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  12. ^ "U-15: Provera protiv Mađarske". Football Association of Serbia. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Razvojni turnir UEFA, trijumf mladjih kadeta protiv Belorusije -2:1(0:0)". Football Association of Serbia. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Trijumf mlađih kadeta na Razvojnom turniru UEFA, savladana i Bugarska – 3:1(1:0)". Football Association of Serbia. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Tri meča i tri pobede za trijumf mlađih kadeta na Razvojnom turniru UEFA u Bugarskoj". Football Association of Serbia. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  16. ^ Dejan Zukić at Soccerway
  17. ^ "Zukić, Dejan 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  18. ^ "Zukić, Dejan 2018–19 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  19. ^ "Zukić, Dejan 2019–20 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  20. ^ "Zukić, Dejan 2020–21 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Zukić, Dejan 2021–22 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  22. ^ "Zukić, Dejan 2022–23 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  23. ^ "Zukić, Dejan 2023–24 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  24. ^ "Najbolji igrač 24. kola Mozzart Bet Super lige Srbije – Dejan Zukić". superliga.rs (in Serbian). Serbian SuperLiga. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
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