Dejan Garača (born July 21, 1991) is a Swedish

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player who plays as a

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for

Nordic United FC Nordic United FC is a Swedish football club located in Södertälje. Background Nordic United FC was founded in 2004 as Assyriska FF Babylon. Changes in identity have been the norm in recent years with the club being known as Södertälje FC, A ...

Club career

Born in

Örebro Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...

, Garača played for

BK Forward Bollklubben Forward, commonly known as BK Forward, is a football team from Örebro, Sweden. They play in Div 2 Norra Götaland. The club plays in a small multipurpose stadium called Trängens IP. The base of the club is in the western end of dow ...

before he joined

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening (), commonly known simply as Malmö FF or MFF, is a Swedish professional football club based in Malmö, Scania. They compete in the Allsvenskan, the top division of Swedish football, and play home matches at the Eleda S ...

in 2008. During his time at the club he acted as third choice goalkeeper behind Johan Dahlin and Dušan Melichárek. He therefore went on two loan periods to

IFK Malmö Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Malmö, more commonly known as IFK Malmö, is a Swedish sports club with several departments, located in Malmö. The club was founded on 23 April 1899. The football department of IFK Malmö is one of the oldest footb ...

and

IF Limhamn Bunkeflo IF Limhamn Bunkeflo may refer to * IF Limhamn Bunkeflo (men's) *IF Limhamn Bunkeflo (women's) IF Limhamn Bunkeflo 07, commonly known as LB07, is a football club based in Malmö, Sweden. It is the biggest football club from the Scania region. T ...

. Garača was capped three times for Malmö FF in matches where both Dahlin and Melichárek were injured. Malmö FF chose not to offer Garača a new contract after the

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season. On 25 February 2017 Dejan joined Lithuanian

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side Utenis. He became main goalkeeper of the team, appearing in the first 10 league games, but after arrival of new head coach David Campaña was replaced by club's veteran Pavelas Leusas. Utenis released him on 30 June 2017.

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Malmö FF profile
* * 1991 births Living people Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's youth international footballers Swedish people of Serbian descent BK Forward players Malmö FF players IF Limhamn Bunkeflo (men) players Syrianska FC players FK Utenis Utena players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Ettan Fotboll players Division 2 (Swedish football) players A Lyga players Swedish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Örebro Nordic United FC players 21st-century Swedish sportsmen {{Sweden-footy-goalkeeper-stub