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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.

Dejan Čurović

Čurović in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Dejan Čurović
Date of birth	(1968-08-10)10 August 1968
Place of birth	Zemun, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death	11 August 2019(2019-08-11) (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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

• Yugoslav Second League: 1989–90

Partizan

• First League of FR Yugoslavia: 1993–94
• FR Yugoslavia Cup: 1993–94

References

External links

• Vitesse profile
• Dejan Čurović at FootballDatabase.eu

На других языках

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Dejan Čurović (in serbo: Дејан Чуровић?; Zemun, 10 agosto 1968 – Belgrado, 11 agosto 2019) è stato un calciatore serbo, di ruolo attaccante.

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