Dejan Meleg ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Мелег; born 1 October 1994) is a Serbian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club ENPPI.

Club career

Vojvodina

Meleg made his professional debut with

FK Vojvodina Fudbalski klub Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Војводина), commonly known as Vojvodina and colloquially as Voša ( sr-Cyrl, Воша), is a Serbian professional football club based in Novi Sad, Vojvodina, the second la ...

in a 0–3 loss against

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; en, Partizan Football Club), sometimes known as Partizan Belgrade in English, is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade. It forms a major par ...

on September 29, 2012 at the age of 17. He was invited by Ajax to pass medical tests in

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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

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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

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

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. 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

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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

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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

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Return to Vojvodina

On 2 January 2016, Dejan re-signed for

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until June 2018.

Kayserispor

On 28 June 2017, Meleg signed for Turkish side

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Red Star Belgrade

On 12 June 2018, Meleg signed for

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on a 3-year deal. However, he was loaned out to

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and Radnički Niš.

Borac Banja Luka

In October 2020, he joined Borac Banja Luka.

ENPPI

In September 2022, he transferred to Egyptian club ENPPI.

International career

Meleg has represented

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on various youth levels and currently plays for Serbia U19. He played for the Serbia U19 side that won the

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Honours

Serbia U19 * UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship (1):

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Borac Banja Luka *

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References

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