Dejan Ognjanović (

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: Дејан Огњановић; born 21 June 1978) is a Montenegrin former professional

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who played as a defender. On the international level, he represented

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most notably at the 2001

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as well as

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from 2008 to 2010.

Club career

Partizan

Partizan made a move for Ognjanović shortly after his

debut for the Yugoslavia national team in the summer transfer window of 2001. He immediately became a standard defender in Partizan's starting XI under coach

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. Partizan would win the First League of Yugoslavia in

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and

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with Ognjanović. Ognjanović's 2003–2004 season with Partizan was especially significant, as it was his first opportunity to be mentored by a foreign coach,

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, who had been hired by Partizan before the end of the 2003 season. Matthäus would take Partizan to their first UEFA Champions League in many years in 2003-04 season, and Ognjanović would feature in the group stage that season, in the away loss (by a score of 1–0) against

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and the home game tie (1-1) against

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Estoril

Ognjanović's first spell with Estoril began in the summer of 2004 when Partizan loaned him out to the Portuguese side on a one-year loan. In one of his first trainings with Estoril, Ognjanović suffered a catastrophic ankle injury which took him out of football until 2005. Amazingly, Estoril still pursued Ognjanović two years later, and would sign him permanently in 2006.

Łódź

Ognjanović then was transferred Polish side ŁKS Łódź in the 2008 summer transfer window, for a fee of approximately €16,000. He would play a full season with the Polish side, amassing 26 league appearances for the club.

Smederevo

After playing for ŁKS Łódź, Ognjanović came back to Serbian football after four years and signed with

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in the winter 2009-10 transfer window. On 27 February 2010, Ognjanović made his debut with Smederevo and scored a goal in a 2–1 victory against FK Rad. After 18 months with Smederevo, he was loaned out to Albanian Superliga side Kastrioti Krujë where he spent one season, but would come back to FK Smederevo in the summer 2012 transfer window for which he played until December 2012.

Sutjeska

Ognjanović signed with Sutjeska Nikšić in January 2013, in a move that surprised the Montenegrin press due to the rivalry between Ognjanović's former club Budućnost and Sutjeska. Ognjanović won two Montenegrin national titles with Sutjeska, in

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International career

Ognjanović made two appearances with Yugoslavia's national team in the 2001

, in a pair of losses to

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and

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. Seven years later, Ognjanović began to play for the newly independent

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, for which he made a total of five appearances up to 2010. His final international was a March 2010

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against

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Honours

;Partizan *

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: 2001–02, 2002–03 ;Sutjeska *

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: 2012–13, 2013–14

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ognjanovic, Dejan 1978 births Living people Footballers from Kotor Men's association football defenders Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's international footballers Montenegrin men's footballers Montenegro men's international footballers Dual internationalists (men's football) FK Bokelj players FK Budućnost Podgorica players FK Partizan players G.D. Estoril Praia players FK Obilić players ŁKS Łódź players FK Smederevo 1924 players KS Kastrioti players FK Sutjeska Nikšić players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Serbian SuperLiga players Kategoria Superiore players Montenegrin First League players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Montenegrin expatriate men's footballers Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Albania Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Albania