Petković in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1972-09-10)10 September 1972 (age 53) | ||
| Place of birth | Majdanpek,SR Serbia,SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987 | Majdanpek | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 | Radnički Niš | 53 | (34) |
| 1992–1995 | Red Star Belgrade | 132 | (38) |
| 1995–1997 | Real Madrid | 5 | (0) |
| 1996 | →Sevilla (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 1997 | →Racing de Santander (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| 1997–1999 | Vitória | 29 | (16) |
| 1999 | Venezia | 14 | (1) |
| 2000–2002 | Flamengo | 44 | (18) |
| 2002–2003 | Vasco da Gama | 19 | (2) |
| 2003–2004 | Shanghai Shenhua | 22 | (7) |
| 2004 | Vasco da Gama | 36 | (18) |
| 2005 | Al-Ittihad | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Fluminense | 39 | (11) |
| 2007 | Goiás | 2 | (0) |
| 2007 | Santos | 21 | (1) |
| 2008 | Atlético Mineiro | 27 | (4) |
| 2009–2011 | Flamengo | 53 | (14) |
| Total | 508 | (165) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995–1998 | FR Yugoslavia | 6 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014 | Atlético Paranaense U23 | ||
| 2015 | Criciúma | ||
| 2016 | Sampaio Corrêa | ||
| 2017 | Vitória | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dejan Petković (Serbian Cyrillic:Дејан Петковић,pronounced[dějanpětkoʋitɕ]; born 10 September 1972) is a Serbian footballpundit and retiredfootballer. In his native country he is widely known under the nicknameRambo while in Brazil he is known asPet. He played six times for theFR Yugoslavia, scoring one goal. Petković played for seven Brazilian clubs in his career, and was made an honorary consul of Serbia in Brazil.
Born to father Dobrivoje (traffic technician fromNiš) and mother Milena (construction technician fromPetrovac na Mlavi) who met in the small mining town ofMajdanpek where they both arrived in search of work, young Dejan immediately took to football.[1]
Petković's playing career started in 1988 atRadnički Niš. In the same year, he met his future wife Violeta. He became the youngest player ever to play an official match in the history of oldYugoslav First League, debuting on 25 September 1988 when he was 16 years and 15 days old, againstŽeljezničar Sarajevo[2] thus beatingMitar Mrkela's record by 1 day. Radnički ended up winning 4–0 in that match. Petković's age record has since been broken bySlavko Perović andDanijel Aleksić. Petković still helps his first club,[3] which has since then declined.
In July 1992, Petković was bought byRed Star Belgrade. Though not even 20 years of age, he arrived with a reputation as a skilled technical playmaker. As established Yugoslav internationals such asDejan Savićević,Darko Pančev,Vladimir Jugović, andSiniša Mihajlović left the club during the same summer, Petković was given a first-team run straight away by new head coachMilan Živadinović, appearing in 30 league matches and scoring 5 goals in hisfirst season in Belgrade.
He ended up staying with Red Star until December 1995 (three and a half seasons), winning twoYugoslav First League titles. His transfer to Real Madrid was principally agreed during summer 1995, but Red Star decided to hang on to him for the1995–96 UEFA Cup where the club expected to do well after finally being allowed back on the European scene following years ofsporting sanctions due to regional conflicts. However, Red Star was eliminated by Swiss clubNeuchâtel Xamax in the preliminary round.
In December 1995, 23-year-old Petković joined the Spanish giantsReal Madrid. At the time of his arrival, the club was not where it wanted to be in the league, hovering just outside the European spots in 6th and 7th place.
Playing under head coachJorge Valdano, Rambo made his league debut on 17 December versusCelta de Vigo as a 65th-minute sub for the legendary club veteranMíchel as Madrid won 1–0 at home. Petković would see action again on 3 January at home versusReal Valladolid — Madrid was comfortably 4–1 ahead when Valdano threw Petković on forIván Zamorano in the 61st minute. What would turn out to be Petković's last appearance of the season for the club came the following week away at lowlyCP Mérida — Real let the 0–2 lead slip by conceding two goals and in the 81st minute Valdano sent Petković in forFreddy Rincón in search of a goal, but the score stayed 2–2.
Within a fortnight Petković was loaned out toSevilla without getting a chance to have a starting eleven appearance during his one month at the Bernabeu.
Arriving to Estadio Sánchez Pizjuán in mid-January 1996, Petković was once again parachuted into a club battling turmoil. Sevilla was barely above the relegation zone with head coachJuan Carlos Álvarez (already their second head coach of the season) on thin ice.
Juan Carlos gave his new Serbian acquisition his debut at home on 24 January vsAlbacete as a starter. Playing upfront withDavor Šuker as strike partner, Petković had an average outing as Sevilla drew 1–1 withCastillan visitors, which cost head coach Juan Carlos his job. Four days later away atReal Sociedad, new head coachVíctor Espárrago gave Petković the starting assignment again alongside Šuker, but subbed him off forMonchu early into the second half in the 53rd minute. The next week versusRacing de Santander, Petković was moved back into attacking midfielder role just behind Šuker and Monchu, however Sevilla again lost 0–1 while Petković got subbed off in the 59th minute. The following week Petković got relegated to the bench, only getting a bit part as an 89th-minute sub as Sevilla improbably triumphed away at league-leaders Atletico Madrid, however, the week after that he was back in the starting assignment.
Petković finished out the 1995–1996 La Liga season in Sevilla, appearing in 8 league matches (7 as a starter) and scoring 1 goal.
During summer 1996, Petković returned from the loan spell in Sevilla. The Realsquad that he returned to was radically different from the one he had left six months earlier: from the new head coachFabio Capello over to attack-minded left backRoberto Carlos from Inter Milan, right backChristian Panucci from AC Milan, attacking midfielderClarence Seedorf from Sampdoria right down to the all new forward line with Petković's former Sevilla teammate Šuker, and fellow YugoslavPredrag Mijatović from Valencia.
The competition for spots up front thus got even tougher. Despite having a reputation for cautious and defensive football, Capello played a three-man attack ofRaúl, Mijatović, and Šuker, with Seedorf just behind them. It became clear that Capello was not counting on Petković, as he did not play a match until coming on as late substitute in the fourth match of the season.[4] A week later Petković came on as a late substitute atReal Oviedo[5] for his last Madrid appearance.
Petković got loaned out toRacing de Santander in January 1997. He then briefly returned to Real before being discovered byVitória in a friendly tournament in which both clubs were involved.[3] along withReal Mallorca and Flamengo.
He joined Vitória along withBebeto andTúlio Costa, the three signed for the club thanks to the sponsorship ofBanco Excel.[6] In therubro-negro baiano he started his successful Brazilian career, winning twoBahia State Championships and aCopa do Nordeste. He stayed until 1999 at Vitória, when he joinedVenezia of Italy, after an 8 billionlire transfer.[7]
Petkovic did not succeed at Venezia, and quickly returned to Brazil, where he joinedFlamengo of Rio de Janeiro. In Flamengo his skills were fundamental in helping the team win the last two titles of the historic three in a row series againstarch-rivalsVasco, from 1999 to 2001.
One month later, another free kick goal by Petkovic, againstSão Paulo, allowed Flamengo to win theCopa dos Campeões and return toCopa Libertadores next year. Hugely popular at the time, he was known as "Pet" by the supporters.
However, at2001 Campeonato Brasileiro, Flamengo finished only one position above the relegated teams. The club also lost, in January 2002, theCopa Mercosul final against theArgentine sideSan Lorenzo, in a match in which Petkovic was sent off.
In 2002, he moved toVasco da Gama, where he stayed until 2004. He played for a short time at the Chinese clubShanghai Shenhua during this period where they won the2003 league title. Unfortunately, in 2013 theChinese Football Association would revoke the league title after it was discovered the Shenhua General manager Lou Shifang had bribed officials to be biased to Shenhua in games that season.[8][9] During his second spell at Vasco he helped his team avoid relegation at Campeonato Brasileiro, being the club's top scorer and top assistant.[10] Vasco failed to record a win the 10 matches without Petkovic, acquiring only 10% of available points; with him thecruzmaltinos obtained 45.7% of these points.[10] After helping them stay up, Petković was awardedBola de Prata from thePlacar magazine as one of the two best midfielders in the league.
During that year he often played with an ex-teammate from Radnički,MontenegringoalkeeperŽeljko Tadić,[3] who was scouted by him.[11]
After a half-year inSaudi Arabia, where he played forAl-Ittihad, he returned toRio de Janeiro in August 2005, now to play forFluminense. Already 33 years old, Petković had to face a certain mistrust from the club's fans due to his association with Flamengo. However, his amazing performance in his third match againstCruzeiro Esporte Clube, put an end to fan's misgivings, as he scored twice in a 6–2 away win. His first was the 1000th goal score by the Fluminense in the Brazilian Championship, earning Petković a commemorative plate in his honour at the club's headquarters. In this goal, Petkovic passed through three opponents in a short space, shooting just in time to avoid the oncoming goalkeeper. In the second one, he placed a powerful left-foot shot from outside the penalty box.[12]
After other great exhibitions, he received his second consecutive Silver Ball in the Brazilian federation annual award ceremony. After a bad season in 2006, when Fluminense had to fight relegation, he left the club.[11]
In 2007, he played atSantos after signing a short-term deal fromGoiás until the end of the 2007 season. In 2008, Petkovic played forAtlético Mineiro, signed in late March 2008 as the great star of the club's centennial celebrations. Nevertheless, his contract was not renewed at the end of the season on orders from the newly arrived coach,Emerson Leão who previously also released Petković from Santos when he arrived there in December 2007.[13]
On 20 May 2009Flamengo announced the free transfer signing of Petkovic,[14] despite previously having taken the club to court over unpaid wages in the amount of US$9 million.[15] Though the two parties managed to settle the outstanding financial issues out of court prior to his signing, Petković's return was still met with a lot of scepticism, even outright opposition, from many people within the club as well as outside observers[16] all of whom had doubts about his ability to perform at such an age. Some also expressed concern over the fact that he missed theRio de Janeiro state championship part of the season, meaning that he hadn't played any competitive football in the 6 months since his dismissal from Mineiro.
However, much to the surprise of many people, 37-year-old Petkovic played a pivotal role for Flamengo, scoring 8 goals (including 2direct from corners) and leading the club's challenge to eventually win itssixth Brazilian Championship title, the first of his career. He overcame being left out of the team by managerCuca when his replacement in July,Andrade, included him in the team and allowed him to help the club rise from 14th place. Petkovic was praised by the Brazilian press for a number of outstanding performances, including a brace he scored in round 30 for a 2–0 win[17] away at league leadersPalmeiras on 18 October 2009,[18][19][20] as well as his round 34 contribution on 8 November away at Atlético Mineiro where the team recorded important 1–3 win.[21]
On 20 November 2009 he was inducted into the Brazilian Hall of Fame in the Maracana,[22] thus becoming only the fifth non-Brazilian and third European to receive such an honour in Brazil. Then on 7 December, as the season finished and Flamengo celebrated their title, Petković won the traditional Bola de Prata (Silver Ball) organized by the sports magazinePlacar andESPN Brasil for best midfielder of the 2009 Brazilian Championship. It was the third time that he was awarded the prize.
Starting the new season from the very beginning, Petkovic entered his first match of the2010 Rio state championship as a late substitute and scored a goal[23] on what was virtually his first touch of the contest atVolta Redonda on 20 January 2010.[24]
On 5 June 2011, Petković retired as a professional player after playing the first half of the league match againstCorinthians. To commemorate his retirement, all Flamengo players had Petkovic's name on the back of their jerseys in the match.
Petković started playing bySFR Yugoslavia youth teams when he was 15 years old. In that age, he even scored one of the fastest goals in football, after just three seconds in a match againstCyprus.[25] He was later called to1992 Toulon Tournament, alongside players likeSavo Milošević,Zoran Mirković,Željko Cicović,Elvir Bolić,Spira Grujić,Mitko Stojkovski,Srđan Bajčetić,Miladin Bečanović,Igor Taševski,Sretko Vuksanović andŽeljko Tadić. His team made a runner-up campaign, in which Petković scored two goals in a 3–0 triumph overUnited States (against players such asBrad Friedel,Claudio Reyna,Alexi Lalas andCobi Jones).[26][27]
While still playing in that youth tournament, he received his first call up to the senior national team, being included for theUEFA Euro 1992 squad.[28] Yugoslav coaches had already called eighteen from the twenty allowed players, withoutCroats, keeping someMacedonians, twoSlovenes and just oneBosniak alongside theSerbs andMontenegrins. It was expected that the later two players would beMiroslav Đukić andDragiša Binić,[29] but Petković andSlobodan Krčmarević were included instead.[28] Just one day after that 3–0 winning game against USA at the Toulon Tournament, played inMay 27,[27] Petković made his first appearance for the main Yugoslav team, an unofficial friendly againstACF Fiorentina inMay 28. He was even a starting player in the match -Omerović (Leković),Radinović (Novak),Petrić (Milanič),Dubajić;Mihajlović,Jugović,Brnović,Jokanović;Mijatović,Stojković and him (replaced byJakovljević). Jokanović scored first inStadio Artemio Franchi, but the Italian club did won by 2–1. It would be the last match of the old Yugoslavia national team before its name being reduced to theSerbia and Montenegro federation.[30][31]
The Yugoslavia team, already settled inSweden for the tournament, would be suspended at31 May due toits civil wars, just ten days before the opening match.[32] After that, Petković was called toFR Yugoslavia first matches after its banning, in December 1994, although staying in the bench – curiously, the first match of Yugoslav return was againstBrazil.[3] In a South American tour, the second match would be againstArgentina. In that day, Petković started disagreements with the then coachSlobodan Santrač. The player was praised in the training sessions and, under Santrač's orders, warmed up from the 30th minute to the 80th one and then decided to seat, as thinking he would not play anymore. Santrač was disgusted and called another reserve to enter;[33] it wasDarko Kovačević, who made his senior debut as replacingPredrag Mijatović. After two another matches without being used, Petković then earned his first cap on 31 March 1995, againstUruguay, inBelgrade. He was included in the starting players as of the next Yugoslav match, againstRussia. In his second cap, he scored a goal just one minute after aValery Karpin one, but Yugoslavia still lost by 2–1. Petković also played the three later matches of Yugoslavia in 1995. All of them were winnings in away fields.[34] In the last 1995 match, however, he again had disagreements with Santrač, even after giving three assists and scoring an incorrectly invalid goal. After such a performance, the player did not like criticism from the coach, who appointed two wrong passes of Petković, who did objections to Santrač qualities.[33] Petković still received a Santrač call up for a match againstRomania in March 1996, after some good initial performances forReal Madrid andSevilla.[35] It was the first 1996 game of Yugoslav team.[34] However, two weeks before it, in a Sevilla training, Petković suffered a serious injury which would withdraw him for the rest of the season.[36] Santrač would not call him anymore and the player did not take part in the1998 FIFA World Cup.
It was only afterMilan Živadinović took the helm of the Yugoslavia national team that Petković earned another chance with his national side – curiously, in another friendly againstBrazil, in September 1998. Playing forVitória at the time, Petković traveled toSão Luís in the same flight as the Brazilian team.[37] He was even a starting player in a 1–1 draw, being later replaced bySaša Ćurčić. It would be his last official match for the national team.[34] Because of that, Petković later expressed his belief in being called up for that game just because he would be a goodPortuguese language translator to Yugoslav crew.[33]
He still later played another two unofficial matches for Yugoslavia, in December 1999, underVujadin Boškov rule. Petković was a starting player and even captain againstCanary Islands (scoring a goal in a 2–2 draw againstLuis Molowny coached players) andCatalonia (a 1–0 defeat).[38][39] He was meanwhile aVenezia player, but some days later he left Italy to play again in Brazil, forFlamengo.[2] Some also blame Petković's few and far in between call-ups on the fact he played for Brazilian sides most of his career, and thus was not always readily available for Yugoslavian coaches to watch him perform, evidenced by the fact he was omitted by Boškov from theEuro 2000 roster after coming to Flamengo. Furthermore, Petković declared in an interview toPlacar magazine that he was more likely to get a call-up had he stayed at Venezia, a club he regarded as "ten times weaker club than Flamengo".[2] Petković was also rumoured to not have very favorable relationships with theFootball Association of Yugoslavia, yet another speculation for his few caps.[3] According to him and his family, another reason was his denial in accept bribes charged by high ranked Federation officials.[3][40]
In 2004, some have even felt Petković would have made theSeleção if he were Brazilian. To that end, after the changing of the former FR Yugoslavia intoSerbia and Montenegro the previous year, he publicized his dream in being picked by the Brazil national side,[41] but he did not have Brazilian citizenship. In 2006, a campaign in his native country[42] urged theSerbian FA to select Petković for Serbia and Montenegro's final roster for theWorld Cup in Germany. StrikerSavo Milošević even went as far as saying Petković would be a welcome addition.[43] In January 2006, it was announced that Petković would be called up for friendly matches in February,[44] but nothing ever came of it.[45] The then Serbia and Montenegro coachIlija Petković, who is not a relative of him, thought Dejan Petković would disrupt the team's harmony, as he had a reputation for having a very loud personality. However, even before thenation upcoming final breakup, the harmony was disrupted by the coach himself, after Ilija called his sonDušan Petković, a defender who played just a few matches until 2004 for the team, to replace the injured forwardMirko Vučinić. Embarrassed after huge criticism, Dušan asked to not take part of the squad.[40]
In a first moment, it was believed that the replacement player would be Dejan Petković, as he told in 2018 toEl País journal: "I came from a fantastic2005 Campeonato Brasileiro forFluminense. My matches in Brazil were broadcast inSerbia. The whole country asked for me to be called up. They always came up with an excuse not to. When the World Cup squad list was launched, people asked themselves why I was not selected. In those days,Zico said that Serbia would win the World Cup: 'they have 23 players better than Pet'. So, Vučinić injured himself. And then they announced the substitute: 'D. Petković'. People started calling to congratulate me, but actually the chosen one wasDušan Petković, the coach's son. He exchanged a forward for a defender. Reactions were so negative, to the point that, in the preparation for the World Cup, the boy could not stand the pressure and left, embarrassed of being there. So we played the World Cup with one player less. They never gave me an official statement. Off the record it's been said that, if they called me up, I would've played. Unfortunately, I lost two World Cups. I joined the select group of good players who never played a World Cup. I have no frustrations for not playing in the World Cup, because it was no failure of mine. In football, a few people have the power to ruin many things. The people who managed my national team did bad things to me, not the association itself. I hold no grudges".[40]
Petković retired from professional football without ever playing for theWhite Eagles. In 2009, Serbia coachRadomir Antić praised Petković's success as an incoming2009 Brazilian champion forFlamengo, but confirmed the player's unlikely chances of inclusion for the2010 FIFA World Cup.[46] Petković no longer had such expectations, feeling himself too old at the age of 37: "I wish I was at least ten years younger to go to a World Cup", he said while celebrating his country's qualification for South Africa. He only held some desire in playing one last friendly match for his national team.[47]
He is considered one of the best foreign players to have played in Brazil, a great free and corner kicker and passer. In 2006 while playing forFluminense, he scored agoal directly from a corner againstGrêmio. In the next game, he scored another, but the ball hit the hand of a player fromFluminense and entered the goal; nonetheless, the officials counted it as one. Overall, he scored eight goals from corner kicks in his career, the last one on 8 November 2009 forFlamengo againstAtlético Mineiro in theBrazilian Série A. He is currently the record holder for most goals from corners scored in football history.[citation needed]
| Club | Season | League | State league | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Radnički Niš | 1988–89 | Prva Savezna Liga | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1989–90 | 17 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 7 | ||||||
| 1990–91 | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||||||
| 1991–92 | 23 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 23 | 10 | ||||||
| Total | 59 | 17 | – | – | – | – | 59 | 17 | ||||||
| Red Star Belgrade | 1992–93 | Prva Liga | 26 | 5 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 5 | ||||
| 1993–94 | 29 | 10 | – | – | – | – | 29 | 10 | ||||||
| 1994–95 | 26 | 8 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 8 | ||||||
| 1995–96 | 12 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 12 | 6 | ||||||
| Total | 93 | 29 | – | – | – | – | 93 | 29 | ||||||
| Real Madrid | 1994–95 | La Liga | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1995–96 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| Sevilla (loan) | 1995–96 | La Liga | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Racing de Santander (loan) | 1996–97 | La Liga | 9 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Vitória | 1997 | Série A | 8 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | ||||
| 1998 | 21 | 14 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 8 | 11 | 33 | 26 | ||||
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 11 | 20 | 16 | 27 | ||||
| Total | 29 | 16 | – | 9 | 8 | – | 19 | 31 | 57 | 55 | ||||
| Venezia | 1999–00 | Serie A | 13 | 1 | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | 17 | 2 | |||
| Flamengo | 2000 | Série A | 23 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 28 |
| 2001 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 12 | ||
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 120 | 42 | ||
| Vasco da Gama | 2002 | Série A | 19 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 19 | 2 | ||||
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 11 | 8 | ||||
| 2004 | 36 | 18 | – | – | – | – | 36 | 18 | ||||||
| Total | 55 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 66 | 28 | ||||
| Shanghai Shenhua (loan) | 2003 | Chinese Super League | 6 | 7 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Al-Ittihad | 2004 | Saudi Pro League | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Fluminense | 2005 | Série A | 20 | 6 | – | – | 5 | 2 | – | 25 | 8 | |||
| 2006 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | 36 | 11 | |||
| Total | 39 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | – | 61 | 19 | |||
| Goiás | 2006 | Série A | 2 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Santos | 2007 | Série A | 21 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Atlético Mineiro | 2008 | Série A | 27 | 4 | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 32 | 5 | ||
| Flamengo | 2009 | Série A | 23 | 8 | – | – | 2 | 0 | – | 25 | 8 | |||
| 2010 | 30 | 5 | 13 | 1 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 51 | 6 | ||||
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 54 | 13 | 13 | 1 | – | 10 | 0 | – | 77 | 14 | ||||
| Career total | 466 | 139 | 56 | 20 | 38 | 16 | 39 | 8 | 43 | 39 | 642 | 222 | ||
Red Star Belgrade
Real Madrid
Vitória
Flamengo
Shanghai Shenhua
Vasco da Gama
Al Ittihad
Individual
Orders and special awards
On 20 June 2010, Serbian Minister ofForeign Affairs,Vuk Jeremić, announced the appointment of Dejan Petković toHonorary Consul of Serbia in Brazil.[54][55][56][57]