Dejan Čurović
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Čurović in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dejan Čurović | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Zemun, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Date of death | 11 August 2019 (aged 51) | ||
| Place of death | Belgrade, Serbia | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Zemun | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1993 | Zemun | 106+ | (39+) |
| 1993–1994 | Partizan | 32 | (19) |
| 1994–2000 | Vitesse | 109 | (41) |
| 2000–2003 | Groningen | 42 | (7) |
| Total | 289+ | (106+) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dejan Čurović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Чуровић, pronounced [dějan tʃûroʋitɕ]; 10 August 1968 – 11 August 2019) was a Serbian footballer who played as a striker.
A powerful forward, Čurović played with four clubs during his career, namely Zemun and Partizan in the former Yugoslavia, as well as Vitesse and Groningen in the Netherlands. He secured legendary status at Vitesse by scoring the last ever goal at the Nieuw Monnikenhuize and the opening goal at the GelreDome.