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Biography
Dejan Meleg (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Мелег, born 1 October 1994 in Bački Jarak) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Vojvodina.
Club career
Vojvodina
Meleg made his professional debut with FK Vojvodina in a 0-3 loss against FK Partizan on September 29, 2012 at the age of 17. He was invited by Ajax to pass medical tests in Amsterdam as a precondition to signing with the Dutch powerhouse; the transfer, however, was up in the air as of December 19, 2012 since FK Vojvodina's president Ratko Butorović had a rift with the Swiss agency which has a certain share in Meleg's professional contract.
Ajax
On January 16, 2013, Dutch media began reporting an agreement had been reached between Ajax and FK Vojvodina and Meleg signing a contract until 2016. Just a week later, on January 23, 2013, it was finally announced by FK Vojvodina that Meleg signed for Ajax. He made his debut for Ajax on 29 June 2013 in a 2013–14 pre-season friendly encounter against SDC Putten. Meleg scored the opening goal in the 17' minute to help Ajax to a 1–4 victory at the Sportpark Puttereng in Putten.
Starting the 2013/14 season, left footed Dejan Meleg was enlisted with the reserves team Jong Ajax, who were newly promoted to the Dutch Eerste Divisie the second tier of professional football in the Netherlands. He made his debut on 16 August 2013 in a 1–0 loss to MVV Maastricht. On 3 September 2013 he scored both his first and second professional goal in the Netherlands playing for Jong Ajax against Jong PSV in a 4–2 away win.
On 21 December 2015, 6 months before expiration, Ajax and Meleg reached an agreement for mutual termination of contract.
SC Cambuur
On 10 July 2014, it was announced that Meleg would be sent on loan to SC Cambuur until the end of the season. He made his Eredivisie debut on 9 August 2014 in a 1–1 draw against FC Twente at home. He made his first appearance in the Dutch Cup on 24 September 2014 in a 4–0 away win against FC Den Bosch. On 6 March 2015 it was announced that Meleg's loan spell was terminated with immediate effect, seeing Meleg return to Amsterdam, having fallen out of favor in Leeuwarden.
Return to Vojvodina
On 2 January 2016, Dejan re-signed for Vojvodina until June 2018.
International career
Dejan Meleg has represented Serbia on various youth levels and currently plays for Serbia U19. He played for the Serbia U19 side that won the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship.
Career statistics
Club performance
- As of 14 December 2016
| Club performance | League | Cup | Continental1 | Other2 | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Serbia | League | Serbian Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
| 2012–13 | Vojvodina | SuperLiga | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 0 |
| Netherlands | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
| 2013–14 | Jong Ajax | Eerste Divisie | 27 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 12 |
| 2014–15 | SC Cambuur (loan) | Eredivisie | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 1 |
| 2015–16 | Jong Ajax | Eerste Divisie | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 |
| Serbia | League | Serbian Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
| 2015–16 | Vojvodina | SuperLiga | 14 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 6 |
| 2016–17 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 28 | 9 | ||
| Total | Serbia | 40 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 49 | 15 | |
| Netherlands | 40 | 13 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 41 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 80 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | - | - | 90 | 28 | ||
1 Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches.
2 Includes Johan Cruijff Shield and Play-off matches.
Honours
International
- Serbia under-19
- UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship (1): 2013