Dejan "Švaba" Đurđević (; born 4 July 1967) is a Serbian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

manager and former player. He is the manager of

Kolubara The Kolubara ( sr-cyr, Колубара, ) is a long river in western Serbia; it is an eastern, right tributary to the Sava river. General overview Kolubara is formed by the two small rivers Obnica and Jablanica. ''Obnica'' is the river in W ...

Playing career

Born in

Lazarevac Lazarevac ( sr-cyr, Лазаревац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. , the town has a total population of 25,526 inhabitants, while the municipal area has a total of 58,622 inhabitants. Its name stems from the name of medieval Ser ...

, Đurđević started out at his local club

, before moving to

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburma, ...

in the 1989–90 season. He later moved abroad to Sweden and joined

Vasalunds IF Vasalunds IF is a Swedish football club based in Solna, Stockholm. The club is affiliated with Stockholms Fotbollförbund. History Vasalund was formed in 1934 and play in the Swedish Third Division: Division 1 Norra. In 2002 the club merged with ...

. In 1998, Đurđević returned to

, spending the next two seasons at the club.

Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Đurđević started working in the youth system at

. He subsequently took charge of the Serbia U17s and led the team to the

2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The final tournament of the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 26th UEFA European Under-17 Championship, UEFA's premier football tournament for players under the age of 17. The tournament was held in Turkey from 4 to 16 May 2008. Pla ...

. In December 2008, Đurđević was appointed manager of Čukarički. In June 2009, Đurđević became manager of

. He left the club after two and a half years and moved abroad to Uzbekistan, being appointed manager at

Pakhtakor Tashkent FC Pakhtakor Tashkent ( uz, Paxtakor futbol klubi) is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in the capital city Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor literally means "cotton-grower" in Englis ...

in December 2011. In October 2012, Đurđević took charge at Radnički Kragujevac. He was released by the club in April 2013, following poor results. In June 2014, Đurđević returned to

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