Dejan Karan
Karan with Kecskemét in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-08-13) 13 August 1988
Place of birth Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
0000–2006 Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2013 Vojvodina 35 (0)
2006–2007 → Sloga Temerin (loan) 13 (1)
2007 → Proleter Novi Sad (loan) 8 (1)
2007–2008 → Mladost Podgorica (loan) 22 (0)
2008 → Palić (loan) 13 (0)
2009 → Novi Sad (loan) 13 (0)
2012 → Javor Ivanjica (loan) 1 (0)
2013 → Voždovac (loan) 16 (1)
2013–2015 Kecskemét 60 (1)
2015–2016 Tirana 25 (2)
2016–2022 Diósgyőr 101 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dejan Karan (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Каран; Hungarian: Karan Dejan; born 13 August 1988) is a Serbian former footballer with Hungarian nationality who played as a centre-back.

Club career

Early career

Karan played for Serbian SuperLiga clubs Vojvodina, Javor Ivanjica, Voždovac and Mladost Podgorica from Montenegro. From 10 July 2013, he signed for Kecskemét from Hungary, where he stayed two years until 31 July 2015.

Tirana

On 25 August 2015, Karan signed with the most successful club of Albania, Tirana, on a one-year deal with an option to renew it for another year.[1][2] During his presentation, he said that his compatriot Ivan Gvozdenović had told to him "many good words for the club" and that he has heard that Tirana is the best Albanian club in history.[3] He was given the number 5.

Diósgyőr

Karan signed his first contract with Diósgyőr on 10 July 2016 and this is his second time that he play in Hungary. One and a half seasons in Diósgyőr was enough to become standard player in this team and 17 January 2018, Karan signed new two years contract with this Hungarian football club. Karan after two and half years got Hungarian nationality. At the start of his four seasons in this club he became also captain of this team. Second time, Karan extended his contract 20 December 2019 for a new two years. Karan retired from playing at the end of the 2021–22 season.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Tirana zyrtarizon mbrojtësin serb, Dejan Karan" [Tirana makes Serbian defender Dejan Karan official] (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  2. ↑ ""Blindohet" mbrojtja, Dejan Karan firmos me Tiranën" [The defense is "armored", Dejan Karan signs with Tirana] (in Albanian). Sport Ekspres. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Adi Metaliu (25 August 2015). "Dejan Karan, përforcimi i Tiranës në mbrojtje" [Dejan Karan, strengthening Tirana in defense] (in Albanian). SuperSport Albania. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dejan Karan visszavonul" [Dejan Karan retires] (in Hungarian). Diósgyőr. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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