Dejan Antonić (, ; born 22 January 1969) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He was most recently the head coach of Super League club Semen Padang.
He is the father of Stefan Antonić, who plays football professionally in Hong Kong.
Personal life Antonić married an Indonesian woman, Venna Tikoalu, on 3 July 1999. Their son Stefan was born on 6 February 2001 in Hong Kong. Antonić has a daughter who is living in Serbia.
Club career In Europe Antonić started his professional football career at Red Star Belgrade. In 1987, he was called up to the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile"Yugoslavia Squad in FIFA U-20 World Cup, Chile 1987" FIFA.com alongside the likes of Robert Jarni, Igor Štimac, Zvonimir Boban, Robert Prosinečki, Predrag Mijatović and Davor Šuker. After Yugoslavia won on penalties over East Germany, he returned to Red Star, but made no league appearances and left for Spartak Subotica in 1989.Yugoslav First and Second League stats at B92 Then, he played for FK Napredak Kruševac in the Yugoslav Second League,Tempo almanah 1991/1992 page 42 as well as Belgian side Beveren.
Indonesia and Hong Kong After leaving Europe in 1995, Antonić spent three years with three Indonesian clubs. He went to Hong Kong in 1998 to join Instant-Dict FC, became a well-known figure among fans and would then play for Rangers, Sun Hei and Kitchee before retiring in 2005. He also played at the 2003 Lunar New Year Cup, scoring a penalty against the Denmark League XI.
Managerial career Antonić, a UEFA Pro License holder, was appointed by Kitchee as head coach immediately after his retirement in 2005 and successfully led the team to two trophies in the league on his first year of duty, winning the Hong Kong League Cup and Hong Kong Senior Shield Cup. He led the team to defend their Hong Kong League Cup in 2006, during his second year of duty. Kitchee also qualified for the 2008 AFC Cup.
Antonić was elected as the 2006 Hong Kong Coach of The Year and also appointed to be a coach of Hong Kong League XI for the annual Carlsberg Cup.
Achievements with Kitchee FC Winner of Hong Kong League Cup 2005-2006 Winner of the Senior Shield Cup 2005-2006 Winner of Hong Kong League Cup 2006-2007 Kitchee qualify for 2008 AFC Cup Elected as Hong Kong "Coach of the Year 2005-2006“ Won the 2nd Place of Hong Kong League 2006-2007 Won the 2nd Place of Senior Shield Cup 2007-2008
Antonić was appointed to coach the Hong Kong national football team in preparation for the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers. And with Hong Kong National Team, he won the 31st Guangdong Cup 2008. He has been nominated as a consultant of the Hong Kong Law Society Football Team.
He left his post as head coach of Tuen Mun in the middle of the 2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League season and joined Arema FC as their manager.若首名晉級或鬥印尼勁旅 The Sun. 26 April 2012 Coaching Arema FC for only 6 months and he was voted by the soccer news website, Goal.com, as "The Best Coach 2011–2012" "The Best Coach of Indonesian Premier League 2011–2012" Goal.com. 28 July 2012. of the Indonesian Premier League as he brought Arema FC to go through to the quarter-final of AFC Cup 2012"The Serbian head tactician, Dejan Antonic, has successfully led Arema Indonesia to the quarter-finals of the AFC Cup for the first time in the club's history" Goal.com. 24 May 2012. and make the country proud."Arema massive win over Navibank Saigon" Goal.com. 9 May 2012.
Achievements with Arema Indonesia FC Voted as “The Best Coach of Indonesian Premier League 2011-2012” (http://www.goal.com/id-ID/news/2980/indonesian-premier-league/2012/07/28/3269769/spesial-pelatih-pemain-terbaik-indonesian-premier-league) Voted as “Coach of The Month” (May 2012) by the AFC
Achievements with Pro Duta FC Champion of the Indonesian Premier League 2012-2013 Champion of the Indonesian Premier League Super Cup 2012-2013 Voted as “Indonesian Coach of the Year” 2012-2013 On 9 September 2014, he got his contract extended until 2016.
Achievements with Pelita Bandung Raya FC Voted as “The Coach of the Month” in February 2014 Voted as “The Coach of the Month” in August 2014 Voted as “The Coach of the Month” in October 2014 Voted as “Coach of the Year”, Indonesian Super League 2014-2015 by PSSI Voted as “Coach of the Year”, Indonesian Super League by Goal.com Voted as “Coach of the Year”, Indonesian Super League by ESPN Pelita Bandung Raya FC was voted as “Team of the Year, Indonesian Super League 2014-2015” Pelita Bandung Raya FC won the Runner-up in Bali Island Cup 2014-2015
Achievements with Persib Bandung FC Won the 2nd Place of Bhayangkara Cup 2016
Antonić returned to management on 31 October 2016, signing a 1.5 year contract at South China as manager. The club managed to finish 4th in the league and reached the finals of the 2016-17 Hong Kong FA Cup. Following South China's decision to voluntarily relegate, the contracts of the entire coaching staff were terminated.
On 4 July 2017, Hong Kong Rangers Director Philip Lee announced that Antonić would be the club's new manager.
On 28 March 2018, Borneo announced that Antonić would be the club's new head coach after sacked their previous head coach
Games of Hong Kong team coached by Dejan Antonić and Goran Paulić
International games of Hong Kong #DateType of MatchLocationOpponentResult119 November 2008FriendlyMacau9–1214 January 2009FriendlyHong Kong2–1321 January 20092011 AFC Asian Cup qualificationHong Kong1–3428 January 20092011 AFC Asian Cup qualificationSana'a, Yemen0–1
Non-international games of Hong Kong #DateType of MatchLocationOpponentResult11 January 20092009 Guangdong–Hong Kong CupGuangzhou, China Guangdong1–324 January 20092009 Guangdong–Hong Kong CupHong Kong Guangdong4–1
Managerial statistics
+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamNat.FromToRecordKitchee1 July 200531 December 2007Hong Kong14 October 200830 June 2009Pegasus1 July 200930 November 2009Shatin1 January 201030 June 2010Taichung1 July 201030 April 2011Tuen Mun1 August 201129 November 2011Persib Bandung20 January 201611 June 2016South China31 October 201630 June 2017Rangers1 July 20173 December 2017Borneo28 March 20184 January 2019Madura United13 January 201923 August 2019PSS Sleman26 February 202019 December 2021Barito Putera22 April 202225 August 2022Jinan Xingzhou1 August 20235 November 2023Foshan Nanshi30 November 202324 April 2024Semen Padang21 October 20255 March 2026Career Total
Honours Player Sun Hei Hong Kong FA Cup: 2002–03 Hong Kong League Cup: 2002–03
Yugoslavia U-20 FIFA World Youth Championship: 1987
Manager Kitchee Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2005–06 Hong Kong League Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07
PSS Sleman Menpora Cup third place: 2021
References
External links
GoalGoalGoal.com (archived 29 March 2007) TSW Pegasus FC Official website (archived 29 August 2008) Kitchee SC Official website World Youth Cup Champions Squads 1977–2005 FIFA.com (archived 7 July 2007) Dejan Antonić at 11v11.com