Dejan Karan ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Каран; hu, Karan Dejan; born 13 August 1988) is a Serbian former footballer with Hungarian nationality who played as a

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Club career

Early career

Karan played for Serbian SuperLiga clubs Vojvodina,

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and

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from

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. From 10 July 2013, he signed for Kecskemét from

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, where he stayed two years until 31 July 2015.

Tirana

On 25 August 2015, Karan signed with the most successful club of

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, on a one-year deal with an option to renew it for another year. During his presentation, he said that his compatriot Ivan Gvozdenović had told to him "many good words for the club" and that he has heard that Tirana is the best Albanian club in history. He was given the number 5.

Diósgyőr

Karan signed his first contract with Diósgyőr on 10 July 2016 and this is his second time that he play in Hungary. One and a half seasons in Diósgyőr was enough to become standard player in this team and 17 January 2018, Karan signed new two years contract with this Hungarian football club. Karan after two and half years got Hungarian nationality. At the start of his four seasons in this club he became also captain of this team. Second time, Karan extended his contract 20 December 2019 for a new two years. Karan retired from playing at the end of the 2021–22 season.

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at Utakmica.rs 1988 births Living people Footballers from Novi Sad Serbian men's footballers Serbia men's youth international footballers Serbia men's under-21 international footballers Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Albania Hungarian men's footballers Hungarian expatriate men's footballers Hungarian expatriate sportspeople in Albania Hungarian people of Serbian descent Naturalized citizens of Hungary Men's association football central defenders Serbian SuperLiga players FK Vojvodina players FK Proleter Novi Sad players FK Palić players RFK Novi Sad 1921 players FK Javor Ivanjica players FK Voždovac players Montenegrin First League players OFK Titograd players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Nemzeti Bajnokság II players Kecskeméti TE players Diósgyőri VTK players Kategoria Superiore players KF Tirana players {{Hungary-footy-defender-stub