Dejan Koraksić ( sr-cyr, Дејан Кораксић; born 25 December 1997) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a left-back for

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club Serbian White Eagles FC.

Club career

Early years

Born in

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, Koraksić started his career with local club BIP. Later he moved to Sloboda Čačak where he made his debut as a senior, making 6 appearances during the 2013–14

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season. Koraksić also spent some period playing with the youth academy of Bambi Kraljevo before joining Novi Pazar where he appeared as a left-back for the club's youth team in the 2014–15 season.

Metalac Gornji Milanovac

In the summer of 2015, Koraksić officially joined

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. The whole first season playing with the new club, he spent with the youth team, but was also licensed with the first team. After he overgrown the youth categories in 2016, Koraksić spent the summer pre-season with the first team and later started the

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season as a full senior player. He made his professional debut for Metalac in a league game against

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, played on 5 November 2016. In January 2020, he was loaned out to Novi Pazar for the remainder of the season.

Radnik Bijeljina

On 20 July 2020,

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club

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announced the signing of Koraksić. He made his official debut for Radnik in a league game against

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on 1 August 2020. Only five months later, in December 2020, Koraksić left the club.

Blansko

Following his departure from Bosnia, he secured a deal in the Czech Republic's National Football League with

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for the remainder of the season. He made his debut for the club on March 13, 2021, against

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. In total, he would appear in 7 matches for Blansko.

Serbia

After the conclusion of his tenure in the Czech Republic, he returned to Serbia to play in the country's third-tier league with

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where he served as the team captain. For the 2022 season, he signed with league rivals

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Canada

In the summer of 2022, he played abroad in the

with the

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. He helped the Serbs in securing the regular-season title including a playoff berth.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koraksic, Dejan 1997 births Living people Footballers from Čačak Serbian men's footballers Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian First League players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players FK Novi Pazar players FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac players FK Radnik Bijeljina players FK Blansko players FK Borac Čačak players FK Smederevo 1924 players Serbian White Eagles FC players Canadian Soccer League (1998–present) players Men's association football fullbacks Czech National Football League players Serbian League players