Dejan Stanković
Dejan Stanković 2009
Dejan Stanković ( born September 11, 1978 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia ) is a former Serbian football player. From 2004 to 2013 he played for Inter Milan. He was captain and is in accordance with FIFA and UEFA rules record player of the Serbian national team, because games of Serbian, Serbian - Montenegrin and Yugoslav teams are summarized in their statistics.
- 2.1 International
- 2.2 National
- 2.3 Custom
Career
Clubs
Dejan Stanković comes from the youth department of FK Red Star Belgrade, where he went through all the youth teams. His debut in the senior team Red Star Belgrade he graduated in 1994 in the match against FK Budućnost Podgorica. He quickly became an integral part of the team. Before start of the season 1997/98 he was appointed at the age of 19 years to the team captain. He was the youngest captain in the club's history. His strengths were mainly in the passing game and free-kicks.
After four years in Belgrade moved Stanković 1998 for six years at Lazio and played there 137 league matches and scored 30 goals. With Rome in 2000 he was Italian champion, Cup Winners 'Cup once (2000) and won the 1999 European Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup. Due to the financial situation of the Association Stanković but was released for sale. The attempt by Juventus to oblige the players, however, failed because it was already agreed with Inter Milan. He eventually signed in January 2004 signed a contract with Inter.
In Inter Stanković played more than 300 games, scoring 40 duty goals, including a hat-trick 28 November 2010 against FC Parma. He also won numerous national titles, the Champions League and the Club World Cup, where he came on in the final two games.
On July 6, 2013, he announced to leave Inter Milan after ten years.
National
His career as a Yugoslav national team began on 22 April 1998 against South Korea. In the 3-1 win him get equal his first two international goals.
This was followed by participation in the 1998 World Cup in France. In the Euro 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands, he retired early from his team. Stanković was a regular player of Serbian and Montenegrin national team that qualified for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. He was in the squad for the World Cup and completed all three group games.
In early June 2010, he was appointed to the squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and played all three matches as captain of his team. At the same time he set a new record since he took the only player for three different teams in the World Cup: Yugoslavia, Serbia - Montenegro and Serbia.
On September 6, 2011, he made the European Championship qualifier against the Faroe his 100th game. As a result of failing to qualify for the 2012 European Stanković resigned on 12 October 2011 from the national team. One last time he played for the national team on October 11, 2013 in Novi Sad in the 2-0 victory in the Test match against the selection of Japan and triggered Savo Milošević as a national record national player from.
Achievements
Internationally
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1998/99
- UEFA Super Cup: 1999
- UEFA Champions League: 2009/10
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2010
National
- Yugoslavian Champion: 1995
- Yugoslav Cup winner: 1995, 1996, 1997
- Italian Champion: 1999/2000, 2005/06 * 2006/ 07, 2007/ 08, 2008/ 09, 2009/10
- Italian Cup Winners: 1999/2000, 2004/ 05, 2005/ 06, 2009/10, 2010/11
- Italian Super Cup winner: 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010
* Awarded as a result of the Italian football scandal 2005/2006
Individually
- Serbian Footballer of the Year: 2006, 2010
Others
Since 1 July 2000, Stanković with the Slovenian Ana Ačimovič, the sister of former Slovenian football player Milenko Ačimovič married. He is the father of three sons.