Dejan Jakovic

Dejan Jakovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Јаковић,pronounced [dejan jakoʋitɕ]; born 16 July 1985) is a professional soccer player who plays as a centre-back for the Serbian White Eagles and Canadian national team.

Club Career

Red Star Belgrade

On 28 June 2008, soon to be twenty-three-year-old Jakovic joined Red Star Belgrade ahead of the 2008–09 season, after successfully completing a tryout with the team. He officially signed with the club on 30 June 2008.

Jakovic made three league starts at the beginning of the season under head coach Zdenek Zeman. However, following a coaching change on 6 September 2008, Dejan lost his spot in the team and failed to register a single league appearance following the appointment of new head coach Cedomir Janevski.

At the 2008-09 winter break, Red Star began looking at options to move Jakovic. In December 2008 it was reported he would be sent to FK Rad along with Marko Blazic, another player who started under Zeman but had played sparsely since Janevski took over, as part of a deal to bring defender Nemanja Pejcinovic to Red Star. However, by February 2009, no trade had been announced by the teams, and Jakovic was still on the list Red Star players that started preparations for second half of the season.

D.C. United

Jakovic signed for Major League Soccer side D.C. United on 27 February 2009. Jakovic scored his first goal for the club on 26 May 2012 against New England Revolution, the game ended in a 3–2 home victory. Jakovic signed a contract extension with D.C. United following the 2012 season.

Shimizu S-Pulse

Jakovic signed with Japanese club Shimizu S-Pulse on 14 January 2014. Jakovic was released by Shimizu S-Pulse on 5 February 2017.

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