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]
 Koraksić in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 December 1997[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 | ||
| 2022– | Serbian White Eagles | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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
- Canadian Soccer League Regular Season: 2022[18]
References
External links
- Dejan Koraksić at FootballDatabase.eu