Dejan Perić

Dejan Perić
Dejan Perić
	Perić in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Dejan Perić
Born	22 September 1970 (age 54); Bečej, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Füchse Berlin (GK coach)
Youth career
	Team
	Dinamo Pančevo
Senior clubs
Years	Team
	Pelister
1991–1993	Crvena zvezda
1993–1994	Atlético Madrid
1994–1995	Teucro
1995–2004	Celje
2004–2006	Barcelona
2006–2011	MKB Veszprém
2011–2013	Celje
National team
Years	Team
1990–1992	Yugoslavia
1995–2004	Serbia and Montenegro
2009–2010	Serbia
Teams managed
2009–2010	Serbia (assistant)
2014–2016	Serbia
2018–2020	RK Vardar (GK coach)
2018–2020	Russia (assistant)
2020–	Füchse Berlin (GK coach)
Medal record
Men's handball
Representing Yugoslavia
Goodwill Games
Mediterranean Games
Representing Yugoslavia
World Championship
European Championship

Dejan Perić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Перић; born 22 September 1970) is a Serbian former handball player and current coach.

Club career

Over the course of his career that spanned almost three decades, Perić played for Pelister, Crvena zvezda (1991–1993), Atlético Madrid (1993–1994), Teucro (1994–1995), Celje (1995–2004 and 2011–2013), Barcelona (2004–2006) and MKB Veszprém (2006–2011). He won two consecutive EHF Champions League titles in the 2003–04 (with Celje) and 2004–05 (with Barcelona) seasons.

At international level, Perić represented Serbia and Montenegro (known as FR Yugoslavia until 2003) in eight major tournaments, winning two bronze medals (1996 European Championship and 1999 World Championship).^[1] He also participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[2]

While still a player, Perić served as an assistant to Sead Hasanefendić with the Serbia men's national handball team from 2009 to 2010. He independently led the team between 2014 and 2016, taking part in the 2016 European Championship.

Slovenian First League: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04
Slovenian Cup: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2011–12, 2012–13
EHF Champions League: 2003–04

^ "Jugoslavija treća na svetu" (in Serbian). srbija.gov.rs. 15 June 1999. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ "Pravo Veselina Vujovića" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 29 August 2000. Retrieved 9 July 2020.