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

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

manager and former player. He is the caretaker manager of

China national football team The China national football team ( zh, s=中国国家足球队, t=中國國家足球隊, p=Zhōngguó guójiā zúqiú duì), recognised as China PR by FIFA, represents China in men's international association football and is governed by the Ch ...

and the manager of China U-20.

Playing career

Born in

Lazarevac Lazarevac ( sr-cyr, Лазаревац, ) is a municipality of the city of Belgrade. , the town has a total population of 27,635 inhabitants, while the municipal area has a total of 55,146 inhabitants. Its name stems from the name of medieval Ser ...

, Đurđević started out at his local club

Kolubara The Kolubara ( sr-cyr, Колубара, ) is a long river in western Serbia; it is an eastern, right tributary to the Sava river. Due to the many long tributaries creating a branchy system within the river's drainage basin, the short Kolubara ...

, before moving to

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

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: Ettan Norra. In 2002 the club merged with Es ...

. 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 Pakhtakor Football Club () is an Uzbek professional association football, football club, based in the capital city of Tashkent, that competes in the Uzbekistan Super League. Pakhtakor is often considered the most successful football club in Uzbek ...

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

. On 24 February 2023, Đurđević was appointed as new head coach of China U-23. On 27 June 2025, following the leaving of head coach

Branko Ivanković Branko Ivanković (; born 28 February 1954) is a Croatian association football, football manager (association football), manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was most recently the head coach of the China national football team ...

Chinese Football Association The Chinese Football Association (), abbreviated as CFA (), is the governing body for association football, beach soccer and futsal in the People's Republic of China (Mainland China). The CFA organizes the men's and women's national teams an ...

appointed Đurđević as the caretaker manager of

, to attend the upcoming

2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship The 2025 EAFF E-1 Football Championship will be an association football tournament organized by the East Asian Football Federation. It will be the tenth edition of the men's tournament of the EAFF E-1 Football Championship, the men's football cham ...

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