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Vanja Džaferović
Vanja Džaferović
Born	19 March 1983 (age 41); Bosanski Brod, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupation(s)	Actor, former professional footballer
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Spouse	Evgeniya Džaferović (m. 2012)
Children	2
Position(s)
Position(s)	Centre back
Youth career
	Inter Zaprešić
	NK Zagreb
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2005	Segesta
2005–2007	Beroe Stara Zagora
2008–2010	Lokomotiv Sofia
2010	Ethnikos Achna
2011–2012	Beroe Stara Zagora
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2012

Vanja Džaferović (born 19 March 1983) is a Croatian actor, TV personality and former footballer.^[2]

Early life

Džaferović was born in Bosanski Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and moved with his family in his childhood to Croatia due to the Bosnian War.^[3]^[4]

Career

Football career

Džaferović began his career in the local NK Inter Zaprešić.^[5] In June 2002, he transferred to HNK Segesta from Croatian town Sisak.^{[citation needed]}

In July 2005 he signed for Beroe Stara Zagora in the Bulgarian A PFG, for an undisclosed fee. On 7 August 2005, he made his league debut in a 3–1 away loss against Vihren Sandanski. Džaferović scored his first ever goal for Beroe on 18 March 2006 against Litex Lovech; Beroe won 3–1. On 26 October 2006, Beroe manager Ilian Iliev chose Vanja as his club captain.^[6]

In 2008 Džaferović signed with Lokomotiv Sofia. He remained at Lokomotiv until July 2010 when he joined Ethnikos Achna after his contract expired, but he never played for the Cyprus team.^[7] The following month, he suffered a severe injury and was ruled out for nine months.^[8]

Džaferović was out of contract with Ethnikos when he was signed by the Beroe manager Ilian Iliev on 15 December 2010.^[9] Džaferović's first appearance back at Beroe was as a substitute against Akademik Sofia on 8 May 2011. Unfortunately, he sustained another injury during his time with Beroe and eventually did not return to football. Džaferović has made 129 appearances in the A PFG, being in the "top 20 club" for foreign players in the top flight of Bulgarian football.^[10]

TV career

In 2014 Džaferović won the 5th season of the Bulgarian version of the popular reality show Survivor.^[11] In 2015 he finished as runner-up in the all-star spin-off of Big Brother – Big Brother All Stars.^[12] He also joined Your Face Sounds Familiar in 2017 as a contender.

In 2020 he got TV series debut in a main role, joining the Bulgarian TV Series Strawberry Moon, where he plays the role of Alex, a firefighter.^[13]^[14]

Personal life

Džaferović is married to Evgeniya, a TV personality and participant of Survivor BG: Pearl Islands. In 2012 he completed some paperwork to allow him to stay in Bulgaria.^[15]

Career statistics

As of 27 October 2011

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Beroe Stara Zagora	2005–06	24	1	2	0	—		26	1
	2006–07	27	5	2	0	—		29	5
	2007–08	13	2	1	0	—		14	2
	Total	64	8	5	0	0	0	69	8
Lokomotiv Sofia	2007–08	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2008–09	25	0	1	0	2	0	28	0
	2009–10	13	0	0	0	—		13	0
	Total	43	0	1	0	2	0	46	0
Ethnikos Achna	2010–11	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Ethnikos Achna	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Beroe Stara Zagora	2010–11	4	0	0	0	—		4	0
	2011–12	11	5	0	0	—		11	5
	Total	15	5	0	0	0	0	15	5
Career total		121	13	6	0	2	0	129	13

Filmography

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Survivor: Cambodia	Himself – participant	Season 5
2015	Big Brother All Stars	Himself – participant	Season 4
2017	Your Face Sounds Familiar	Himself – performer	Season 5
2018–2019	The Farm: Bulgaria	Guest presenter
2020	Strawberry Moon	Alex Dragić	Recruiting role: 12 Episodes