Dejan Rusmir ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Русмир; born January 28, 1980) is a
Serbian retired
footballer.
Career
Serbia
Rusmir began his career in the youth ranks of
Radnički Jugopetrol. After impressing with Radnički, Rusmir moved to top Serbian club
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
** AK Partizan, athletics
**Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
**Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
** FK Partizan, association fo ...
. While with Partizan, Rusmir was part of the squads that captured the
2001–02 and
2002–03 First League titles. In 2003, he left Partizan and moved to
Rad
RAD or Rad may refer to:
People
* Robert Anthony Rad Dougall (born 1951), South African former racing driver
* Rad Hourani, Canadian fashion designer and artist
* Nickname of Leonardus Rad Kortenhorst (1886–1963), Dutch politician
* Radley R ...
where he remained for three years.
Romania
In 2006, Rusmir signed with newly promoted
Romanian
Liga I side
Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and quickly established himself as the club's attacking midfielder. In his two seasons with the club, Rusmir appeared in 53
Liga I matches and scored 10 goals. For the
2008–09 Liga I
The 2008–09 Liga I was the ninety-first season of Liga I, the top-level association football, football league of Romania. Season began on 26 July 2008 and ended on 10 June 2009. Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, CFR Cluj were the defending champions. ...
season Rusmir joined
Farul Constanța and appeared in 27 league matches, scoring 5 goals, however he was unable to help Farul avoid relegation to
Liga II. For the 2009–10 season, Rusmir remained with Farul and played in
Liga II appearing in 10 league matches and scoring 1 goal.
United States
In February 2011, Rusmir went on trial with
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...
's
Columbus Crew. He was included on the Crew's roster heading into the team's 2011
CONCACAF Champions League
The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF. The tournament is contested by clubs from North Ameri ...
quarterfinal series against
Real Salt Lake., and formally signed with the team on March 9, 2011. He played his first league game with the Crew on March 19, 2011 in the 2011 MLS season opener against
D.C. United. Rusmir was released by Columbus on November 23, 2011.
Cyprus
In January 2012, Rusmir signed for
Cypriot First Division club
Olympiakos Nicosia for 6 months.
References
External links
Columbus Crew Profile*
*
fcfarul.ro
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1980 births
Living people
Footballers from Belgrade
Serbian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
FK Radnički Beograd players
FK Partizan players
FK Rad players
CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players
FCV Farul Constanța players
Columbus Crew players
Olympiakos Nicosia players
FK Hajduk Kula players
FK Novi Pazar players
Liga I players
Major League Soccer players
Serbian SuperLiga players
Cypriot First Division players
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Romania
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
FK Partizan non-playing staff