Dejan Antonić

Dejan Antonić
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-01-22) 22 January 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Foshan Nanshi (head coach)
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 (0)
1994–1995 Obilić
1995–1996 Persebaya Surabaya
1996–1997 Persita Tangerang
1997–1998 Persema Malang
1998–2001 Instant-Dict
2001–2002 Rangers
2002–2003 Sun Hei
2003–2005 Kitchee
Managerial career
2005–2008 Kitchee
2007–2009 Hong Kong
2009 Pegasus
2010 Shatin
2010–2011 Tai Chung
2011–2012 Tuen Mun
2012–2013 Arema Indonesia
2013 Pro Duta
2013–2015 Pelita Bandung Raya
2016 Persib Bandung
2016–2017 South China
2017 Rangers
2018–2019 Borneo
2019–2020 Madura United
2020–2021 PSS Sleman
2022 Barito Putera
2023 Jinan Xingzhou
2023–2024 Foshan Nanshi
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Gold medal – first place WYC Chile 1987 1987
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dejan Antonić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Антонић, Chinese: 狄恩; born 22 January 1969) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is the father of Stefan Antonić, who plays football professionally in Hong Kong.[1]

Club career

In Europe

Antonić started his professional football career at Red Star Belgrade. In 1987, he was called up to the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile[2] alongside the likes of Robert Jarni, Igor Štimac, Zvonimir Boban, Robert Prosinečki, Predrag Mijatović and Davor Šuker. After Yugoslavia won on penalties over East Germany, he returned to Red Star, but made no league appearances and left for Spartak Subotica in 1989.[3] Then, he played for FK Napredak Kruševac in the Yugoslav Second League,[3][4] as well as Belgian side Beveren.

Indonesia and Hong Kong

After leaving Europe in 1995, Antonić spent three years with three Indonesian clubs. He went to Hong Kong in 1998 to join Instant-Dict FC, became a well-known figure among fans and would then play for Rangers, Sun Hei and Kitchee before retiring in 2005. He also played at the 2003 Lunar New Year Cup, scoring a penalty against the Denmark League XI.

Coaching career

Antonić, a UEFA Pro License holder, was appointed by Kitchee as head coach immediately after his retirement 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. Kitchee also qualified for the 2008 AFC Cup.

Antonić 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.

Achievements with Kitchee FC

  • Winner of Hong Kong League Cup 2005-2006
  • Winner of the Senior Shield Cup 2005-2006
  • Winner of Hong Kong League Cup 2006-2007
  • Kitchee qualify for 2008 AFC Cup
  • Elected as Hong Kong "Coach of the Year 2005-2006“
  • Won the 2nd Place of Hong Kong League 2006-2007
  • Won the 2nd Place of Senior Shield Cup 2007-2008

Antonić was appointed to coach the Hong Kong national football team in preparation for the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers. And with Hong Kong National Team, he won the 31st Guangdong Cup 2008. He has been nominated as a consultant of the Hong Kong Law Society Football Team.

He 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.[5] Coaching Arema FC for only 6 months and he was voted by the soccer news website, Goal.com, as "The Best Coach 2011–2012" [6] of the Indonesian Premier League as he brought Arema FC to go through to the quarter-final of AFC Cup 2012[7] and make the country proud.[8]

Achievements with Arema Indonesia FC

  • Voted as “The Best Coach of Indonesian Premier League 2011-2012”

(http://www.goal.com/id-ID/news/2980/indonesian-premier-league/2012/07/28/3269769/spesial-pelatih-pemain-terbaik-indonesian-premier-league)

  • Voted as “Coach of The Month” (May 2012) by the AFC

Achievements with Pro Duta FC

  • Champion of the Indonesian Premier League 2012-2013
  • Champion of the Indonesian Premier League Super Cup 2012-2013
  • Voted as “Indonesian Coach of the Year” 2012-2013[9] On 9 September 2014, he got his contract extended until 2016.[10]

Achievements with Pelita Bandung Raya FC

  • Voted as “The Coach of the Month” in February 2014
  • Voted as “The Coach of the Month” in August 2014
  • Voted as “The Coach of the Month” in October 2014
  • Voted as “Coach of the Year”, Indonesian Super League 2014-2015 by PSSI
  • Voted as “Coach of the Year”, Indonesian Super League by Goal.com
  • Voted as “Coach of the Year”, Indonesian Super League by ESPN
  • Pelita Bandung Raya FC was voted as “Team of the Year, Indonesian Super League 2014-2015”
  • Pelita Bandung Raya FC won the Runner-up in Bali Island Cup 2014-2015

Achievements with Persib Bandung FC

  • Won the 2nd Place of Bhayangkara Cup 2016

Antonić returned to management on 31 October 2016, signing a 1.5 year contract at South China as manager.[11] 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.[12]

On 4 July 2017, Hong Kong Rangers Director Philip Lee announced that Antonić would be the club's new manager.[12]

On 28 March 2018, Borneo announced that Antonić would be the club's new head coach after sacked their previous head coach[13]

Personal life

Antonić married an Indonesian woman, Venna Tikoalu, on 3 July 1999. Their son Stefan was born on 6 February 2001 in Hong Kong.[11] Antonić has a daughter who is living in Serbia.

Career statistics

Managerial

As of match played 5 November 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
Kitchee 1 July 2005 31 December 2007 64 38 14 12 059.38
Hong Kong 14 October 2008 30 June 2009 4 2 0 2 050.00
Pegasus 1 July 2009 30 November 2009 5 3 1 1 060.00
Shatin 1 January 2010 30 June 2010 12 2 7 3 016.67
Taichung 1 July 2010 30 April 2011 20 3 3 14 015.00
Tuen Mun 1 August 2011 29 November 2011 10 4 3 3 040.00
Persib 20 January 2016 11 June 2016 6 1 4 1 016.67
South China 31 October 2016 30 June 2017 20 12 0 8 060.00
Rangers 1 July 2017 3 December 2017 9 3 1 5 033.33
Borneo 28 March 2018 4 January 2019 33 14 5 14 042.42
Madura United 13 January 2019 23 August 2019 26 13 7 6 050.00
PSS Sleman 26 February 2020 19 December 2021 28 9 9 10 032.14
Barito Putera 22 April 2022 25 August 2022 10 2 3 5 020.00
Jinan Xingzhou 1 August 2023 5 November 2023 9 3 3 3 033.33
Foshan Nanshi 30 November 2023 present 0 0 0 0 !—
Total 256 109 60 87 042.58

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 China Guangdong 1–3
2 4 January 2009 2009 Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup Hong Kong China Guangdong 4–1

Honours

Player

Sun Hei

Yugoslavia U-20

Manager

Kitchee

PSS Sleman

References

  1. ^ "【港超聯】冠忠南區簽入名將狄恩之子 Double史提芬迎接復賽". HK01. 6 June 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Yugoslavia Squad in FIFA U-20 World Cup, Chile 1987" FIFA.com
  3. ^ a b Yugoslav First and Second League stats at B92
  4. ^ Tempo almanah 1991/1992 page 42
  5. ^ 若首名晉級或鬥印尼勁旅[permanent dead link‍] The Sun. 26 April 2012 (in Chinese)
  6. ^ "The Best Coach of Indonesian Premier League 2011–2012" Goal.com. 28 July 2012.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Arema massive win over Navibank Saigon" Goal.com. 9 May 2012.
  9. ^ "Dejan Antonic Latih PBR Dua Musim" (in Indonesian). tribunnews.com. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  10. ^ "PBR Perpanjang Kontrak Dejan" (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  11. ^ a b "狄恩教南華 簽約一年半 最快11月下旬領軍". HK01. Retrieved 31 October 2016. (in Chinese)
  12. ^ a b "約滿南華有工開！ 狄恩改教標準流浪". Apple Daily. Retrieved 4 July 2017. (in Chinese)
  13. ^ "RESMI: Borneo FC Tunjuk Dejan Antonic Sebagai Pelatih | Goal.com" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  14. ^ Donny, Afroni (24 April 2021). "Tekuk PSM Makassar, PSS Sleman Rebut Peringkat Tiga Piala Menpora". goal.com. Goal. Archived from the original on 24 April 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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