Dejan Gluščević

Dejan Gluščević (born June 21, 1967) is a Montenegrin former footballer and football manager.

Dejan Gluščević
Personal information
Full name Dejan Gluščević
Date of birth (1967-06-21) 21 June 1967
Place of birth SFR Yugoslavia
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1985 Polimlje (3)
1985–1986 Zvezdara (12)
1986–1992 Red Star Belgrade (0)
1987–1988 → Zemun (loan) (3)
1988–1989 → Čukarički (loan) (6)
1989–1992 → Radnički Belgrade (loan) (28)
1992–1993 Proodeftiki (3)
1993–1994 Proleter Zrenjanin (3)
1994–1999 Pelita Jaya (21)
1995–1997 → Bandung Raya FC (loan) (54)
1999 Tanjong Pagar United (11)
2000 Montreal Impact 4 (2)
2001–2002 North York Astros 25 (11)
Teams managed
2002 North York Astros (player/coach)
2005 North York Astros
2006–2009 Red Star Belgrade (youth)
2009–2010 Rad Belgrade (youth)
2010–2016 Singapore U-15
2017 Vanuatu U-20
2021 Persija Jakarta
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Club

Gluščević made his debut in professional football playing with FK Radnički Beograd in the 1990–91 Yugoslav Second League. He scored an impressive 13 goals in 25 appearances.[1] The next year, due to the break-up of Yugoslavia, Radnički played in the 1991–92 Yugoslav First League and impressed again by scoring 15 goals in 28 appearances.[2] Gluscevic was transferred by Red Star Belgrade to Proodeftiki F.C. of the Beta Ethnic in 1992, but due to the club's financial constraints he went back to the Yugoslav First League's Proleter Zrenjanin FC and helped them to qualify for the Yugoslav Cup quarterfinals.

In 1994, he went to Indonesia to sign with Pelita Jaya FC and played in the AFC Champion's Cup tournament against Ilhwa Chuma from South Korea. After Pelita Jaya FC was eliminated from Champion's Cup, Dejan was loaned to Bandung Raya of the Liga Indonesia Premier Division, where he won the league title and finished as the league's top goalscorer with 30 goals.[3] After scoring a hat-trick in AFC Cup of Winners Cup In 1997, he returned to rivals Pelita Jaya.[4] to support "FA Primavera project" with young indonesian internationals. In 1999, after Indonesian League was stopped due to political issues, he went to Singapore to sign with Tanjong Pagar United FC of the S.League and as a team top scorer.

In 2000, he went to Canada to sign with the Montreal Impact of the USL A-League.[5] He appeared in four matches and recorded two goals.[6] After Montreal released him from his contract due to the club's financial constrains.[7] On May 23, 2001 the North York Astros of the Canadian Professional Soccer League signed Gluscevic[8][9] In 2002, North York appointed him head coach.[10] He managed to lead the club to the CPSL Championship finals against Ottawa Wizards, but were defeated by a score of 2-0.[11] In 2005, he returned to coach the Astros, and clinched them a postseason berth.[12] The league awarded him with the CPSL Coach of the Year award.[13]

Managerial career

In 2002, North York Astros appointed him as their new head coach .[10] Throughout the season he managed to lead the club to the CPSL Championship finals against Ottawa Wizards, but were defeated by a score of 2-0.[11] In 2005, he returned to coach the Astros, and clinched them a postseason berth.[12] As a result for his achievement the league awarded him with the CPSL Coach of the Year award.[13] During his tenure in Canada he was employed by the Ontario Soccer Association, where he achieved a silver medal with the Ontario U-15 team in 2002, and another silver medal in 2005 with the U-14 team.[14]

In 2005, he returned to Serbia to manage the youth sides of Red Star Belgrade, and Rad Belgrade. In 2010, he was hired by the Football Association of Singapore in order to coach the Singapore U-15 national team.[15][16] In 2017, he was appointed the manager for the Vanuatu national under-20 football team.[17] In 2018, he served as an assistant coach for FK Zemun in the Serbian SuperLiga.[18]


Honours

Player

Zemun

  • Serbian Republic League: 1987–88

Bandung Raya FC

Individual

Manager

Singapore U-15

References
  1. Stats from Yugoslav First and Second League at zerodic.com
  2. Tempo almanah 1991–1992 page 34 (in Serbian)
  3. "Google Translate". translate.google.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  4. "Google Translate". translate.google.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  5. Davidson, Neil. "Olympic Qualifying Schedule Determined". www.canoe.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  6. "Dejan Glusevic | SoccerStats.us". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  7. "Google Translate". translate.google.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  8. Ross, Matt. "North York Astros gear up for winning season". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. North York Mirror. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  9. "2001 - May 25 - Astros Announce Roster; Supra Wins Opener". 2003-01-04. Archived from the original on 2003-01-04. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  10. Laskaris, Sam. "CPSL May 7th, 2002 Astros preSeason story from the Mirror-Guardian". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Mirror-Guardian. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  11. Glover, Robin. "October 20, 2002 CPSL North York Astros vs Ottawa Wizards (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  12. Glover, Robin. "October 7, 2005 CPSL North York Astros vs Toronto Croatia (by Rocket Robin)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
  13. "October 10, 2005 CPSL Award Winners (from CPSL website)". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  14. "Gluscevic brings experience to Under-14s | The Football Association of Singapore". www.fas.org.sg. Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  15. "Jakarta Casual: Singapore turn to a familiar face". jakartacasual.blogspot.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  16. FIFA.com (1900-01-01). "Gluscevic and the big challenge facing a small island". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
  17. "Former Singapore NFA coach plotting for Vanuatu under-20's rise". FourFourTwo. 2017-05-16. Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  18. "title". www.fkzemun.rs. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
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