Dejan Antonić (, ; born 22 January 1969) is a Serbian

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manager and former player. He is the father of footballer Stefan Antonić, who has played for

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in the 2020–21 season.

Early career

He started his professional football playing in local club

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

. In 1987, Antonić was called in the Yugoslavia squad training section, and was able to win a cap.

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won the first title that time on final against

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through penalty shootout ( PSO). And they are remembered as a Yugoslav' "''zlatna generacija''" ( Golden Generation). His well-known team mates were :

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and

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. Later Antonić joined

but made no league appearance for them. His debut will be in the

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with

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.Yugoslav First and Second League stats
at

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Next he played with

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in the

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. In 1995, he left

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and joined Persebaya FC in

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Career in Hong Kong

As a player

Instant-Dict

In 1998–99, Antonić joined

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club

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and played more as a defender than a midfielder. His debut was the semi-final match against

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. 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

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national team in

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. Dejan played very well in the season and was awarded "The Most Fair Player" and being nominated in

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several times. In 2000–01, he assisted Instant-Dict FC to win

Sun Hei

In early 2000, he joined

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and won three championships, including

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and

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As a coach

Antonić, a

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holder, was appointed by

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as head coach in 2005 and successfully led the team to two trophies in the league on his first year of duty, winning the

and

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Cup. He led the team to defend their

in 2006, during his second year of duty. He managed Kitchee towards qualification for

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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 went through to Asian Football Championship 2008 qualification * 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 * Kitchee FC friendly games against: - Shanghai Shenhua FC (Kitchee was the winner of Canon Cup) - Hong Kong Selection vs Barcelona FC He was elected as the 2006 Hong Kong Coach of The Year and also appointed to be a coach of

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for the annual

. 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 been nominated as a consultant of the Hong Kong Law Society Football Team.

Achievements with Hong Kong National Team

* Won the 1st place of Guangdong Cup 2008 * Won the game against India 2-1 * Won the game against Macau 9-1 Antonić left his post as head coach of

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in the middle of the

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as their manager. Coaching Arema FC for only 6 months and he was voted by the soccer news website, Goal.com, as "The Best Coach 2011–2012" of the

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as he brought Arema FC to go through to the quarter final of

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and make the country proud.

Achievements with Arema Indonesia FC

* Won against Kitchee FC in the knockout stage of AFC Cup 2012, and went through to the quarter final round * 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 “The Coach of The Month” (May 2012) by the AFC After left Arema FC, Antonic was appointed to be head coach of Pro Duta FC and continued shining.

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 “The Coach of the Year” 2012-2013 Finished his contract with Pro Duta FC, Antonic signed a two-year contract with

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on 20 November 2013. On 9 September 2014, he got his contract extended until 2016.

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 Antonic joined Persib Bandung FC after he finished his contract with Pelita Bandung Raya.

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

as manager. 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. On 4 July 2017,

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Director Philip Lee announced that Antonić would be the club's new manager. On 28 March 2018,

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announced that Antonić would be the club's new head coach after sacked their previous head coach After left Borneo FC, Antonic signed with Madura United FC.

Achievements with Madura United FC

* Elected as Best Coach for two weeks in a row

Personal life

Antonić married his

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fiancee, Venna Tikoalu, on 3 July 1999. Venna gave birth to son Stefan on 6 February 2001 in Hong Kong. Antonić has another older daughter who is living and studying in

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Games of Hong Kong team coached by Dejan Antonić and Goran Paulić

International games of Hong Kong

Non-international games of Hong Kong

Honours

Player

Sun Hei *

: 2002–03 *

: 2002–03 Yugoslavia U-20 *

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Manager

Kitchee *

: 2005–06 *

: 2005–06, 2006–07 PSS Sleman * Menpora Cup third place:

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References

External links

GoalGoalGoal.com

TSW Pegasus FC Official website

Kitchee SC Official website

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