Dejan Stefanovic

Dejan Stefanovic (born October 28, 1974 in Nis, Serbia and Montenegro) is a Serbian football player who currently plays for Portsmouth F.C..

Stefanovic began his career in his home town with FK Radnicki before being signed by Red Star Belgrade (Crvena Zvezda). Whilst at the club he made his international debut for Serbia & Montengro, aged 20, against Hong Kong in January 1995.

For the 1995/96 season English club Sheffield Wednesday F.C. signed both Stefanovic, and compatriot, striker Darko Kovacevic. Stefanovic cost the English club £2 million.

However, Stefanovic struggled to break into the Wednesday side with Emerson Thome and Des Walker among those ahead of him in the pecking order.

In 1998/99, after playing 72 games for the club, Stefanovic was released on a free transfer, signing for A.C. Perugia. But it didn't work out and before long he returned to Serbia with OFK Belgrade.

Stefanovic moved to his third club of the 1999/2000 season when transferring Vitesse Arnhem of the Netherlands. He quickly became a first team regular, and spent four years at the club, becoming captain during that time.

At the start of the 2003/04 season, he returned to England with Premiership newcomers Portsmouth for a then club record of £1.85million. He established himself as a first choice defender during the club's first season in the top-flight, and has been a regular in the current 2004/05 campaign.