Dejan Lekić

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Dejan Lekić
Дејан Лекић
Dejan Lekic Sporting.JPG
Lekić training with Sporting de Gijón in 2014
Personal information
Full name Dejan Lekić
Date of birth (1985-06-07) 7 June 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Kraljevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Las Rozas
Number 9
Youth career
2002–2003 Sloga Kraljevo
2003–2005 Popovići
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2005 Popovići 39 (14)
2005–2007 Metalac Kraljevo 39 (17)
2007–2009 Zemun 64 (34)
2009–2010 Red Star Belgrade 27 (12)
2010–2012 Osasuna 45 (6)
2012–2014 Gençlerbirliği 21 (3)
2013–2014 → Sporting Gijón (loan) 36 (12)
2014–2015 Eibar 18 (0)
2015 Atlético de Kolkata 6 (2)
2016 Girona 17 (5)
2016–2017 Mallorca 34 (7)
2017–2018 Reus 30 (8)
2018–2019 Cádiz 29 (4)
2020 Atlético Baleares 2 (0)
2021– Las Rozas 6 (0)
International career
2009–2012 Serbia 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 March 2021

Dejan Lekić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Лекић; born 7 June 1985) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Spanish club Las Rozas CF as a striker.

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Career

After appearing for Metalac Kraljevo and Zemun, Lekić joined Red Star Belgrade in the 2009 summer, after scoring 26 goals with Zemun in the 2008–09 campaign. He made his debut for the club on 16 July 2009, starting in a 1–0 away win against NK Rudar Velenje, for the season's UEFA Europa League.

On 6 August 2009, in a third qualifying round match against Dinamo Tbilisi, Lekić scored an own goal which gave Dinamo a two-goal margin, but later netted a hat-trick for Red Star as the club claimed their place in the play-offs. [1]

On 25 June 2010 Lekić signed a five-year deal with La Liga side CA Osasuna, for a € 2.6 million fee. [2] He made his debut in the competition on 29 August, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–0 home draw against UD Almería; [3] he scored his first goal on 23 January of the following year, in a 2–3 away loss against the same team.

On 13 January 2012, Lekić scored a first-half goal in a 1–2 home loss against FC Barcelona for the campaign's Copa del Rey. [4] Roughly a month later, also against the Catalans, he scored a brace in the surprising 3-2 home success. [5]

Lekic in action for Sporting de Gijon. Dejan Lekic.jpg
Lekić in action for Sporting de Gijón.

In July 2012, after two years playing in Spain, Lekić rescinded his link with the Navarrese outfit, [6] and signed for Turkish Gençlerbirliği. [7] In August 2013, he agreed a one-year loan to Sporting de Gijón, team of the Spanish Segunda División. [8] He eventually returned to his parent club, rescinding his link in August 2014. [9]

On 1 September 2014, Lekić signed a one-year deal with SD Eibar, newly promoted to the top level. After making only one start during the whole campaign and with his side ending in the relegation places, he left the club.

On 11 November 2015, Lekić signed a deal with Indian club Atlético de Kolkata midway through the second ISL season. [10]

On 30 December 2015 Lekić moved back to Spain, signing for Girona FC in the second tier. [11] On 11 August of the following year, he was transferred to fellow league team RCD Mallorca. [12]

On 1 September 2017, free agent Lekić signed for CF Reus Deportiu. [13] Roughly one year later, he moved to fellow second division side Cádiz CF on a one-year contract. [14] He left the club on 31 August 2019.

On 29 January 2020, he moved to CD Atlético Baleares. [15] After two appearances, he left the club on 1 August 2020.

International career

Lekić has been a member of the Serbian national team since 2009. [16]

Career statistics

As of 18 June 2016 [17]
Club performanceLeagueCupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SerbiaLeague Serbian Cup Europe Total
2009–10 Red Star SuperLiga 271232633617
SpainLeague Copa del Rey Europe Total
2010–11 Osasuna La Liga 2722100293
2011–12 1844200226
TurkeyLeague Turkish Cup Europe Total
2012–13 Gençlerbirliği Süper Lig 2132100234
SpainLeague Copa del Rey Europe Total
2013–14 Sporting Gijón Segunda División 361211003713
2014–15 Eibar La Liga1800000180
IndiaLeagueCupContinentalTotal
2015 Atlético de Kolkata Indian Super League 62000062
SpainLeague Copa del Rey Europe Total
2015–16 Girona Segunda División1750000175
LeagueCupContinentalTotal
TotalIndia62000062
Serbia271232633617
Spain9923740010827
Turkey2132100234
Career total153401276317150

Honours

Red Star

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References

  1. ↑ "Crvena Zvezda dig deep to advance". UEFA. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Lekic firma por Osasuna para las próximas cinco temporadas" [Lekic signs with Osasuna for the following five seasons] (in Spanish). Diario de Navarra. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 26 August 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Poca cosa para empezar" [Little to start with] (in Spanish). Marca. 29 August 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Messi enciende las antiniebla" [Messi turns fog lamps on] (in Spanish). Marca. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "¿Game over?" [Game over?] (in Spanish). Marca. 11 February 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "El Genclerbirligi presentó a Lekic" [Genclerbirligi presented Lekic] (in Spanish). Noticias de Navarra. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Gençlerbirliği'nin golcüsü La Liga'dan" (in Turkish). NTVSpor.net. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Lekic ya se entrena con sus nuevos compañeros: lucirá el dorsal 16" [Lekic already trains with his teammates: will wear the number 16] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón's official website. 28 August 2013. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Lekic obtiene liberdad" [Lekic gets freedom] (in Spanish). La Nueva España. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "ISL: Helder Postiga, Dejan Lekic Boost Atletico de Kolkata". NDTV. IANS. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "El Girona fitxa el davanter serbi Dejan Lekic" [Girona signs Serbian forward Dejan Lekic] (in Catalan). Girona's official website. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Dejan Lekic apuntala la delantera del Mallorca" [Dejan Lekic bolsters Mallorca's attack] (in Spanish). Marca. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "Dejan Lekic, nou jugador del CF Reus" [Dejan Lekic, new player of CF Reus] (in Catalan). CF Reus Deportiu. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  14. ↑ "Tras no poder ser inscrito por el Reus, Lekic jugará en el Cádiz" [After failing to be registered for Reus, Lekic will play at Cádiz] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  15. ↑ Lekic, un refuerzo de lujo para el ATB, ultimahora.es, 29 January 2020
  16. ↑ Career story at Reprezentacija.rs [ permanent dead link ]
  17. ↑ Dejan Lekić at Soccerway
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