Full name Srdan Dekanovic Years Team Position Goalkeeper 1995 Zemun Height 1.85 m | Playing position Role Soccer player Name Srdjan Djekanovic | |
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Date of birth (1983-01-08) 8 January 1983 (age 32) Education University of British Columbia | ||
Place of birth Belgrade, Yugoslavia | ||
Srdjan Djekanovic (Serbian: Срђан Ђекановић/Srđan Đekanović; born 8 January 1983) is a Serbian-born Canadian retired professional soccer player. He was also an international for Canada.
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Djekanovic runs the Primo Sports Soccer Academy and is the first player to play for all three Canadian professional teams.
Early career in Europe
Djekanovic's professional career has included stops at Zemun, Zmaj, Radnički Obrenovac, and Železničar Beograd in Serbia from 2001–2004.
North America
Djekanovic played two seasons of college soccer for the University of British Columbia, with whom he won the CIS National Championships in 2005. At the same time he played for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, with whom he also won the USL First Division Championship in 2006.
On 2 June 2007, Djekanovic made his first ever MLS start in goal in a match versus the Colorado Rapids. He recorded his first victory as his Toronto FC won 2–1, and he earned his first clean sheet on 17 June 2007 in a 4–0 Toronto FC win over FC Dallas. Toronto FC finished the 2007 season with the team record 6–17–7, while the team record with Djekanovic starting was 2–3–2, with 1.28 goals against average, both by far being the team best. Djekanovic also played in 10 reserve team games during the 2007 season while with Toronto FC, not allowing a goal in his last 6 games played with the reserves.
Following the 2007 MLS season, he returned to UBC and backstopped them to yet another national championship. On 28 February 2008, Djekanovic was signed to his former team, the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. On 13 August 2008, Djekanovic was released by the Whitecaps. After leaving the Whitecaps, Djekanovic had been linked with a move to Houston Dynamo of the MLS.
He returned to the UBC Thunderbirds for a short period of time in September 2008. On 9 January 2009 he signed with Montreal Impact.
He is the first player in Canadian soccer history to play for Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Montreal Impact and Toronto FC.
International
Despite being born in Yugoslavia, Djekanovic is a naturalized Canadian citizen. He made three appearances for the Canadian U20 national team in 2003. He was called up to the senior side to face Jamaica on 31 January 2010 but remained on the bench.
Teaching
In 2013, Djekanovic taught as a TOC at Alderson Elementary (Coquitlam, BC). Also taught briefly at Ridgeview Elementary (West Vancouver, BC).