Dušan Kerkez

Dušan Kerkez

Personal information
Date of birth	1 May 1976 (1976-05-01) (age 35)
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–1998	FK Partizan[1]	0	(0)
1998–2000	Jedinstvo Ub
2000–2002	Radnički Obrenovac	26	(1)
2002–2004	Leotar Trebinje	26	(6)
2004–2005	Zrinjski Mostar	27	(3)
2005–2007	NK Rijeka	41	(1)
2007–2011	AEL Limassol	76	(6)
National team‡
2004–2006	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 2009. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 December 2009

Dušan Kerkez (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Керекез, born 1 May 1976) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina international footballer. He last played for Cypriot club AEL Limassol.

Club career

Kerkez began his football career in Serbia at FK Partizan from 1997 to 1998, but did not manage any first team appearances under head coach Ljubiša Tumbaković.

He would continue playing in the Serbian football league system for lower league teams such as Jedinstvo Ub and Radnički Obrenovac until 2002.

At the age of 26 he got noticed and signed by Herzegovinian club FK Leotar Trebinje, helping them win the domestic league title.

After two years in FK Leotar, Kerkez was signed by HŠK Zrinjski Mostar, the oldest football club in Boznia and Herzegovina. Kerkez's participation in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina would not go unnoticed and around the same time was called up to join his national football team.

In 2005, Kerkez left the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina for Croatian club NK Rijeka in the Prva HNL, the top Croatian football league. His participation in this team would last until 2007 when he joined the squad of AEL Limassol, from the Cypriot First Division, where has currently had 65 appearances and scored 4 goals.

International

Kerkez was part of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team, earning his first call-up in 2004 along with team-mate Ninoslav Milenković.^[2]

Career statistics

International appearances and goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goal	Competition
1.	18 February 2004	Skopje, Republic of Macedonia	Macedonia	0–1	0	Friendly
2.	8 September 2004	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Spain	1–1	0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.	4 June 2005	Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	3–1	0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	6 September 2006	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hungary	1–3	0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

References

1. ^ Partizan stats from Partizan official website
2. ^ "Sliškovic selects new names". UEFA.com. 2004-02-11. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsid=144083.html. Retrieved 2009-11-12. 

External links

• Dušan Kerkez at National-Football-Teams.com
• Dušan Kerkez – FIFA competition record
• Profile at AEL
• Profile at World Football
• Profile at 1HNL.net (Croatian)
• Profile at jelenfootball (Serbian)
• Profile at BIHFA (Bosnian)
• Kerkez interview; sportnet.hr, 30 March 2010 (Croatian)

Persondata
Name	Kerkez, Dusan
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Date of birth	1 May 1976
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
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