Dejan Kerkez

Dejan Kerkez (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Керкез; born 20 January 1996) is a Serbian footballer, who plays as a defender for Mafra on loan from Maritimo.

Club Career

CSK Celarevo

Born in Novi Sad, Kerkez passed youth categories of CSK Celarevo and joined the first team at the age of 16. He made his first senior appearances during the 2013–14 season in the Serbian League Vojvodina. Playing for the team, Kerkez made 36 league and one cup match in a period between 2013 and 2015 and became the youngest captain in club history, promoting in the Serbian First League in summer 2015 under manager Dragan Ivanovic. In 2015, he was also on trial at Eredivisie side Heerenveen. During the 2015–16 season, Kerkez made all 30 league matches, and also appeared in final match of the Vojvodina region cup. Shortly after he signed with Spartak, Kerkez returned to CSK Celarevo on one-year dual registration. He scored his first goal for the team in 26 fixture match of 2016–17 Serbian First League season, against Proleter Novi Sad.

Spartak Subotica

In June 2016, Kerkez signed a three-year professional contract with Serbian SuperLiga side Spartak Subotica. He made debut for new club in a cup match against Vozdovac, played on 26 October 2016, under coach Andrey Chernyshov. He also made his Serbian SuperLiga debut replacing Dorde Ivanovic in 19 fixture match of the 2016–17 season against Novi Pazar. Kerkez scored his first senior goal in the first SuperLiga he started on the field, in 23 fixture match of the same season, against Javor Ivanjica. Kerkez started the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga season as a member of the first squad under coach Aleksandar Veselinovic, pairing with Nemanja Calasan in defensive line. They also formed the youngest tandem of centre backs at the beginning of season in domestic league. Later, after Dorde Ivanovic left the club in the mid-season, Kerkez was named as a vice-captain behind club captain Vladimir Torbica. Kerkez scored his second g