Bojan Djordjic

Infobox football biography
playername = Bojan Djordjic


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|2|6
cityofbirth = Belgrade
countryofbirth = SFR Yugoslavia
height = convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on
currentclub = AIK
clubnumber = 7
position = Left winger
years = 1999
1999–2005
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2007
2008–
clubs = Brommapojkarna
Manchester United
→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
→ Aarhus GF (loan)
→ Red Star Belgrade (loan)
Rangers
Plymouth Argyle
AIK
caps(goals) = 006 00(0)
002 00(0)
005 00(0)
026 00(0)
024 00(1)
005 00(0)
044 00(4)
014 00(0)
nationalyears = 2001-2003
nationalteam = Sweden U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 009 00(1)
pcupdate = 15:12, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 01:50, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Bojan Djordjic (Bojan Đorđić with a Serbian spelling, Cyrillic: Бојан Ђорђић; IPA2|ˈbɔjan ˈdʑordʑitɕ), born 6 February 1982 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia), is a Swedish football player of ethnic Serbian descent. He currently plays for Allsvenskan's AIK. He is regularly employed as a pundit by TV4.

Biography

Djordjic started his career at IF Brommapojkarna before moving to Manchester United in 1999 as a youth player. Although considered a budding talent, he only made two appearances for United, but was awarded the prize "Jimmy Murphy's Young Player of the Year" at the age of 18.

He was loaned to Sheffield Wednesday, Aarhus GF and Red Star Belgrade, where he scored his first senior goal against Odense BK in the UEFA Cup 2003-04 before moving, on loan again, to Rangers in January 2005. However, injuries limited his chances to establish himself in the first team at Ibrox, and he moved to Plymouth Argyle on a free transfer at the end of the 2004-05 season. Other club interested in the winger was Stockholm-based side AIK, the club that Djordjic supports. [ [http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/allsvenskan/aik/article1047833.ab Bojan: Om AIK vill ha mig ska jag tänka på det] sv icon]

On August 24 2006, after spending just over a season at Plymouth, Djordjic was placed on the transfer list by manager Ian Holloway as a result of his sometimes lax attitude towards the team when playing and training. He was promised the opportunity to get back into the first team once his attitude improved.

Djordjic finally returned to the starting lineup after he scored 8 goals in 5 games for the reserves and after exactly a 13-month absence, on November 18, 2006, scoring in the 5th minute in a 1-1 away draw at Southend United. He was removed from the transfer list the following week, and went on to score in the next two consecutive games (Leeds United and Luton Town).

On 19 October 2007, Djordjic's contract was terminated by mutual consent due to lack of first-team opportunities. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/7052593.stm Plymouth end Djordjic's contract] ] On 13 November, it was officially announced he had signed a two-year deal with Swedish club AIK. [ [http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/allsvenskan/article1235860.ab Bojan Djordjic klar för AIK] sv icon] His first season for the club hasn’t been what he was hoping for with several injuries and on 13 September 2008 he was injured once again and will miss the remaining eight matches of the season. [ [http://www.aikfotboll.se/Nyheter/Sidor/080915_bojandjordjic.aspx Bojan Djordjic opererad] sv icon] His first match for AIK was against Kalmar FF on 30 March 2008 in the first game of the 2008 season. [ [http://www.aikfotboll.se/herrar/lasvart/Sidor/ref_080913.aspx AIK närmast segern i underhållande match] sv icon]

Career statistics

"(correct as of 19 October, 2007)"

fnb|1"UEFA Cup and Serbian Cup

References

External links

* [http://www.aikfotboll.se/herrar/laget/Sidor/2008_07bodj.aspx Bojan Djordjic] at [http://www.aikfotboll.se aikfotboll.se]
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