Dejan Koraksić

Dejan Koraksić
Koraksić in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-12-25) 25 December 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth Čačak, FR Yugoslavia[1]
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Serbian White Eagles
Youth career
BIP Čačak
Sloboda Čačak
2014 Bambi Kraljevo
2014–2015 Novi Pazar
2015–2016 Metalac Gornji Milanovac
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Sloboda Čačak 6 (0)
2014–2015 Novi Pazar 0 (0)
2016–2020 Metalac Gornji Milanovac 72 (2)
2020 → Novi Pazar (loan) 4 (0)
2020 Radnik Bijeljina 16 (0)
2020–2021 Blansko 7 (0)
2021–2022 Borac Čačak
2022 Smederevo 1924
2023– Serbian White Eagles
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dejan Koraksić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Кораксић; born 25 December 1997) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Canadian Soccer League club Serbian White Eagles FC.[2]

Club career

Early years

Born in Čačak,[1] Koraksić started his career with local club BIP. Later he moved to Sloboda Čačak where he made his debut as a senior, making 6 appearances during the 2013–14 Serbian League West season.[1] Koraksić also spent some period playing with the youth academy of Bambi Kraljevo before joining Novi Pazar where he appeared as a left-back for the club's youth team in the 2014–15 season.[3]

Metalac Gornji Milanovac

In the summer of 2015, Koraksić officially joined Metalac Gornji Milanovac.[4] The whole first season playing with the new club, he spent with the youth team, but was also licensed with the first team. After he overgrown the youth categories in 2016, Koraksić spent the summer pre-season with the first team and later started the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga season as a full senior player.[5] He made his professional debut for Metalac in a league game against Rad, played on 5 November 2016.[6]

In January 2020, he was loaned out to Novi Pazar for the remainder of the season.

Radnik Bijeljina

On 20 July 2020, Bosnian Premier League club Radnik Bijeljina announced the signing of Koraksić.[7] He made his official debut for Radnik in a league game against Sloboda Tuzla on 1 August 2020.[8] Only five months later, in December 2020, Koraksić left the club.[9]

Blansko

Following his departure from Bosnia, he secured a deal in the Czech Republic's National Football League with FK Blansko for the remainder of the season.[10][11] He made his debut for the club on March 13, 2021, against SK Líšeň.[12] In total, he would appear in 7 matches for Blansko.[13]

Serbia

After the conclusion of his tenure in the Czech Republic, he returned to Serbia to play in the country's third-tier league with Borac Cacak where he served as the team captain.[14] For the 2022 season, he signed with league rivals FK Smederevo 1924.[15][16][17]

Canada

In the summer of 2022, he played abroad in the Canadian Soccer League with the Serbian White Eagles.[2] He helped the Serbs in securing the regular-season title including a playoff berth.[18] The Serbs would finish the 2023 campaign as runners-up to Scarborough SC in the regular season.[19]

Koraksić returned for his third season and helped Serbia win the Royal CSL Cup against Scarborough.[20]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 November 2020.[21]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sloboda Čačak 2013–14 Serbian League West 6 0 — — — 6 0
Novi Pazar 2014–15 Serbian SuperLiga 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Metalac Gornji Milanovac 2015–16 Serbian SuperLiga 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
2017–18 Serbian First League 16 1 0 0 — — 16 1
2018–19 Serbian First League 33 1 1 0 — — 34 1
2019–20 Serbian First League 18 0 1 0 — — 19 0
Total 72 2 2 0 — — 74 2
Novi Pazar (loan) 2019–20 Serbian First League 4 0 — — — 4 0
Radnik Bijeljina 2020–21 Bosnian Premier League 16 0 0 0 — — 16 0
Career total 98 2 2 0 — — 100 2

Honours

Serbian White Eagles

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Koraksic, Dejan". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b Vujcic, Djuradj (16 November 2022). "Re-Cap of 2022 Signings". serbianwhiteeagles.ca. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Jovanović veruje u omladince Novog Pazara". radiostoplus.com (in Serbian). 12 March 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Stojković zatvorio prelazni rok". FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac official website (in Serbian). 1 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Vanić uigrava Metalac". sport.org.rs (in Serbian). 2 July 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  6. ^ "15.Kolo: Rad - Metalac". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). 5 November 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  7. ^ S. Mlaćo (20 July 2020). "FK Radnik potvrdio novo pojačanje" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  8. ^ M. Šljivak (1 August 2020). "Amar Beganović nevjerovatnim golom spasio FK Sloboda poraza protiv FK Radnik" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  9. ^ S. Mlaćo (15 December 2020). "Koraksić se razišao sa Radnikom" (in Bosnian). sportsport.ba. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  10. ^ Kunić, Esmir (22 May 2021). "Koraksić za N1: Volio bih nastaviti karijeru u BiH" [Koraksić for N1: I would like to continue my career in BiH]. N1 (in Bosnian). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  11. ^ Jovičić, Dejan (2 April 2021). "Radnik isplatio dugovanja dvojici fudbalera | Meridian Sport" [The worker paid the debts of two football players]. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Blansko bodovalo i ve druhém jarním zápase, s vedoucí Líšní uhrálo bezbrankovou remízu" [Blansko also scored points in the second spring match, playing to a goalless draw with leaders Líšní]. www.sklisen.com (in Czech). 13 March 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Serbia - D. Koraksić - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  14. ^ Milanović, Bojana (25 January 2022). "FK Borac 1926 počeo pripreme za prolećni deo sezone Srpske lige Zapad" [FK Borac 1926 started preparations for the spring season of the Serbian League West]. Info Press (in Serbian). Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  15. ^ "Devet novajlija u FK Smederevo" [Nine newcomers to FC Smederevo]. www.msport.rs. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  16. ^ "FK Smederevo, prelazni rok: Do sada devetorica došla, osmorica otišla" [FC Smederevo, transfer window: So far, nine have come, eight have left]. podunavlje.info (in Serbian). 26 July 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  17. ^ "PREDSTAVLJAMO SRPSKE FUDBALSKE ŠAMPIONE: FK Smederevo 1924!" [INTRODUCING SERBIAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS: FK Smederevo 1924!]. Republika.rs | Srpski telegraf (in Serbian). 8 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  18. ^ a b Adamson, Stan (29 September 2022). "The Two Sides to Serbian White Eagles". serbianwhiteeagles.ca. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  19. ^ "Брежанският мениджър К. Димитров изведе канадския "Скарбъро" до нова титла в редовния сезон" ["Brezhan manager K. Dimitrov led the Canadian "Scarborough" to a new title in the regular season"]. Вестник СТРУМА (in Bulgarian). 29 September 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  20. ^ a b Vujcic, Djuradj (9 June 2024). "Two Goals By Pavicevic for the Win and the Cup". serbianwhiteeagles.ca. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  21. ^ "D. Koraksić: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 29 November 2020.