Bojan Djordjic
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger, Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Videoton | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999 | Brommapojkarna | 6 | (0) |
| 1999–2005 | Manchester United | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → AGF (loan) | 25 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | → Red Star Belgrade (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Rangers | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Plymouth Argyle | 40 | (4) |
| 2008–2010 | AIK | 44 | (0) |
| 2010– | Videoton | 4 | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2001–2003 | Sweden U21 | 9 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:29, 17 May 2010 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 01:50, 25 July 2008 (UTC) | |||
Bojan Djordjic (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојан Ђорђић, transliterated as Bojan Đorđić; Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [ˈbɔjan ˈdʑordʑitɕ], born 6 February 1982 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia), is a Swedish football player of ethnic Serbian descent. He currently plays for Hungarian side Videoton. He is regularly employed by television networks as a football pundit.
Life and career
Born to Serbian professional footballer Ranko Đorđić, Djordjic started his career at IF Brommapojkarna before moving to Manchester United in 1999 as a youth player. Although considered a budding talent, he only made two appearances for United, but was awarded the prize "Jimmy Murphy's Young Player of the Year" at the age of 18.
He was loaned to Sheffield Wednesday, Aarhus GF and Red Star Belgrade, where he scored his first senior goal against Odense BK in the UEFA Cup 2003-04 before moving, on loan again, to Rangers in January 2005.He made his debut against Celtic in the Old Firm on the left side of Rangers midfield.He was part of the squad that won the League and League Cup that season. However, injuries limited his chances to establish himself in the first team at Ibrox and he moved to Plymouth Argyle on a free transfer at the end of the 2004-05 season. Other club interested in the winger was Stockholm-based side AIK, the club that Djordjic supports.[1]
On 24 August 2006, after spending just over a season at Plymouth, Djordjic was placed on the transfer list by manager Ian Holloway as a result of his sometimes lax attitude towards the team when playing and training. He was promised the opportunity to get back into the first team once his attitude improved.
Djordjic finally returned to the starting lineup after he scored 8 goals in 5 games for the reserves and after exactly a 13-month absence, on 18 November 2006, scoring in the 5th minute in a 1-1 away draw at Southend United. He was removed from the transfer list the following week, and went on to score in the next two consecutive games (Leeds United and Luton Town).
On 19 October 2007, Djordjic's contract was terminated by mutual consent due to lack of first-team opportunities.[2] On 13 November, it was officially announced he had signed a two-year deal with Swedish club AIK.[3] His first season for the club hasn’t been what he was hoping for with several injuries and on 13 September 2008 he was injured once again and missed the remaining eight matches of the season.[4] His first match for AIK was against Kalmar FF on 30 March 2008 in the first game of the 2008 season.[5]
During the 2009 transfer season, Djordjic was approached by Maccabi Haifa which offering him a contract, however Djordjic rejected saying that he wanted to stay with the club in his heart AIK. Scottish club Hearts has also made inquiries about the midfielders services in January 2010 after the midfielder won the first double in AIKs history. [6][7]
Due the start of the season of 2010, AIK was underperforming as defending champions. This led that club was struggling to avoid relegation. The coach Mikael Stahre left for Panionios GSS and lots of criticism where aimed at the teams bad performances. On the 28th of June media reported that the Hungarian club Videoton had bought both Djordjic and Martin Mutumba. [8] The director of the Hungarian club compared Djordjic with Roberto Baggio and Mutumba was compared with Ronaldinho.[9] The transfer led to many speculations in media, especially since AIK had appointed the Scottish manager Alex Miller only a couple of days before the transfer were made. The players claimed that it was Mr. Millers decision to let the players go, but the organization of AIK claimed that they got such a good offer that they couldn’t refuse to sell.[8]
Career statistics
- As of 19 October 2007
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other 1 | Total | |||||
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| IF Brommapojkarna | 1998–1999 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — |
| Total | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | |
| Manchester United | 1999-00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000-01 | 0 (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 (1) | — | |
| 2001-02 | — | — | — | — | 1 (0) | — | — | — | 1 (0) | — | |
| Total | 0 (1) | — | — | — | 1 (0) | — | — | — | 1 (1) | — | |
| Sheffield Wednesday (On Loan) |
2001-02 | 4 (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 (1) | — |
| Total | 4 (1) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 (1) | — | |
| Aarhus GF (On Loan) |
2002-03 | 23 (2) | — | — | — | 1 (0) | — | — | — | 24 (2) | — |
| Total | 23 (2) | — | — | — | 1 (0) | — | — | — | 24 (2) | — | |
| Crvena Zvezda (On Loan) |
2004-05 | 11 (7) | — | — | — | — | — | 4 (3) | 1 | 15 (10) | 1 |
| Total | 11 (7) | — | — | — | — | — | 4 (3) | 1 | 15 (10) | 1 | |
| Rangers |
2004-05 | 4 (0) | — | 1 (0) | — | — | — | — | — | 5 (0) | — |
| Total | 4 (0) | — | 1 (0) | — | — | — | — | — | 5 (0) | — | |
| Plymouth Argyle | 2005-06 | 9 (13) | 1 | 0 (1) | — | 1 (1) | — | — | — | 10 (15) | 1 |
| 2006-07 | 8 (9) | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 (9) | 3 | |
| 2007-08 | 1 | — | — | — | (1) | — | — | — | 1 (1) | — | |
| Total | 18 (22) | 4 | 0 (1) | — | 1 (2) | — | — | — | 19 (25) | 4 | |
| Career Total | 66 (33) | 4 | 1 (1) | — | 3 (2) | — | 4 (3) | 1 | 74 (39) | 5 | |
^1 UEFA Cup and Serbian Cup
Honours
Club
- Red Star Belgrade
- AIK
References
- ^ "Bojan: Om AIK vill ha mig ska jag tänka på det". Aftonbladet.se. 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ^ "Plymouth end Djordjic's contract". BBC News. 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ^ "Bojan Djordjic klar för AIK". Aftonbladet.se. 2007-11-13. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ^ Bojan Djordjic opererad
- ^ AIK närmast segern i underhållande match
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Foto: Joel Marklund. "Hearts vill ha Bojan Djordjic". Fotboll.expressen.se. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ^ a b "Chocken: Guldhjältarna lämnar mästarlaget | AIK | Allsvenskan | Sverige | Fotboll | Sportbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ^ "Jämför Mutumba och Bojan: med Ronaldinho och Baggio | AIK | Allsvenskan | Sverige | Fotboll | Sportbladet | Aftonbladet". Aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
External links
- Bojan Djordjic at aikfotboll.se
- Bojan Djordjic at Soccerbase
- Living people
- 1982 births
- Aarhus Gymnastikforening players
- AIK Fotboll players
- Allsvenskan players
- Danish Superliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Denmark
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Expatriate footballers in Serbia
- Association football midfielders
- IF Brommapojkarna players
- Manchester United F.C. players
- People from Belgrade
- Plymouth Argyle F.C. players
- Premier League players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Red Star Belgrade footballers
- Scottish Premier League players
- Swedish people of Serbian descent
- Swedish expatriate footballers
- Swedish footballers