Dejan (
Cyrillic
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: Дејан) is a
Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
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* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
masculine given name, derived from the Slavic verb ''dejati'', meaning "to act, to do". The name and the derived surname
Dejanović are common among
South Slavs
South Slavs are Slavic peoples who speak South Slavic languages and inhabit a contiguous region of Southeast Europe comprising the eastern Alps and the Balkan Peninsula. Geographically separated from the West Slavs and East Slavs by Austria, Hu ...
.
The name is first recorded in 1325 (1333) for a
voevod
Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the me ...
of king
Stefan Uroš.
Notable people
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Dejan (fl. 1346-66), Serbian magnate
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Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
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Dejan Dabović
Dejan Dabović (3 August 1944 – 6 December 2020) was a Yugoslav water polo player notable for winning a gold medal in Mexico City in 1968, with the Yugoslavian water polo team.
Dabović was born in Herceg Novi and died from COVID-19 in ...
(1944–2020), Yugoslav water polo player
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Dejan Damjanović
Dejan Damjanović ( sr-cyrl, Дејан Дамјановић, ; born 27 July 1981), also known mononymously as Dejan, is a Montenegrin professional footballer who plays as a forward for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee. He is regarded as ...
, Montenegrin footballer
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Dejan Dimitrovski, Macedonian footballer
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Dejan Gluščević
Dejan Gluščević (born June 21, 1967) is a Montenegrin former footballer and manager.
Playing career Club
Gluščević made his debut in professional football playing with FK Radnički Beograd in the 1990–91 Yugoslav Second League. He scor ...
(born 1967), Serbian footballer and manager
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Dejan Iliev
Dejan Iliev ( mk, Дејан Илиев; born 25 February 1995) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for AS Trenčín.
Career Early life
Iliev was born in Strumica, Macedonia and first played youth club football for ...
(born 1995), Macedonian footballer
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Dejan Janković
Dejan Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Јанковић; born 6 January 1986) is a Serbian football midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, br ...
, Serbian footballer
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Dejan Kelhar, Slovenian footballer
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Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer of Macedonian descent
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Dejan Lovren, Croatian footballer
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Dejan Medaković (1922–2008), Serbian art historian, writer and academician
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Dejan Meleg, Serbian footballer
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Dejan Savić, Serbian water polo player and coach
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Dejan Savićević, Montenegrin footballer
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Dejan Stanković
Dejan Stanković ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Станковић, , born 11 September 1978) is a Serbian professional manager and former player. He currently manages Italian club Sampdoria.
He captained the Serbia national team from 2007 until 201 ...
, Serbian footballer and manager
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Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer
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Dejan Stojanović, Serbian poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman and journalist
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Dejan Tomašević
Dejan Tomašević ( sr, Дејан Томашевић; born 6 May 1973) is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player.
An All-EuroLeague Team selection on two occasions, he played with Borac Čačak, Crvena zvezda, Partizan, ...
, Serbian basketball player
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Dejan Udovičić
Dejan Udovičić ( sr-cyrl, Дејан Удовичић; born 26 July 1970) is a Serbian professional water polo head coach. He was named head coach for Serbia in June 2006, after the dissolution of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. As a ...
, Serbian water polo coach
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Dejan Đedović
Dejan Đedović ( Serbian : Дејан Ђедовић, born 21 August 1973) is a Serbian futsal coach from Požega, Serbia.
Achievements
2011-2012 All Sports Beirut (Lebanon) Champion
2013-2014 Bank Of Beirut SC ( Lebanon ) Champion
2014-2015 ...
, Serbian futsal coach
Notes
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