Dejan Pandurevic (/Дејан Пандуревић, born 17 January 1997) is an Australian professional

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player who plays as a

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for

Manly United Manly United Football Club is an Australian football club based in the northern beaches area of Sydney. The club competes in the National Premier Leagues NSW and their home ground is Cromer Park, in the suburb of Dee Why, approximately 15 minute ...

. Born in

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, Pandurevic played youth football with the

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before making his senior debut for

in 2014. He returned to Manly after a short time with

Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Gosford, on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It competes in the A-League Men, under licence from the Australian Professional Leagues (APL). The Ma ...

, before moving to Serbia with

FK Zemun Fudbalski klub Zemun (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Земун) is a Serbian professional football club based in Zemun, Belgrade, that competes in the Serbian League Belgrade. History Immediately after the end of the Second Wo ...

in 2018. He has represented Australia under-20.

Early life

Pandurevic is an Australian of Serbian descent.MUFC profile: Dejan Pandurevic
at Manly United FC official website, 12-5-2016, retrieved 21-4-2018

Club career

In 2014, aged 17, Pandurevic was selected as the Australian representative at the

in England. In December 2014, after returning to Australia, Pandurevic went to

on trial. He signed with the Mariners one month later, following in the footsteps of fellow Nike Academy Graduate

Tom Rogic Tomas Petar Rogic ( ; sr-Cyrl, Томас Петар Рогић, ; born 16 December 1992) is an Australian professional footballer who most recently played as an attacking midfielder for West Bromwich Albion and the Australia national team. ...

. Pandurevic left the club in May 2015 after his contract was not renewed. Pandurevic then returned to

, where he played 43 games and scored 19 goals in the

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and

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seasons. Pandurevic signed with

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n club

during the winter-break of 2017–18 season. He debuted on 21 April 2018 in a Serbian super league game against Javor.

International career

Pandurevic was called to for the qualifying games of

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for the

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against the Philippines, Laos and Japan played in October 2015. He scored the 6th goal when he entered as a substitute in the game against the Philippines which ended as an extensive 6–0 win. Then he was called again to be part of the young socceroos training camp held in July 2016. Pandurevic scored twice in their ASEAN Football Federation Under-19 Championship game against Myanmar.Young Socceroos secure emphatic win over Myanmar
at theworldgame.sbs.com.au, 15-9-2016, retrieved 21-4-2018

Honours

International

;Australia U20 *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pandurevic, Dejan 1997 births Living people Soccer players from Sydney Australian people of Serbian descent Australian soccer players Association football midfielders Manly United FC players Central Coast Mariners FC players FK Zemun players Serbian SuperLiga players National Premier Leagues players Expatriate footballers in Serbia Nike Academy players