Dejan Radić (footballer)

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Dejan Radić

| image = DejanRadic.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Radić with Spartak Nalchik in 2009

| fullname = Dejan Radić

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|07|08|df=y}}

| birth_place = Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia

| height = {{Height|m=1.86}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1999–2003

| clubs1 = Rad

| caps1 = 67+

| goals1 = 0+

| years2 = 2004–2005

| clubs2 = Alania Vladikavkaz

| caps2 = 38

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2007–2009

| clubs3 = Spartak Nalchik

| caps3 = 43

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2010–2011

| clubs4 = Rostov

| caps4 = 13

| goals4 = 0

| totalcaps = 161+

| totalgoals = 0+

| nationalyears1 = 2000

| nationalteam1 = FR Yugoslavia U21

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

Dejan Radić ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Дејан Радић}}; born 8 July 1980) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

From 1999 to 2003, Radić played for Rad in the First League of Serbia and Montenegro, before the club suffered relegation to the Second League. He later moved abroad to Russia and joined Alania Vladikavkaz in early 2004. In his two seasons at the club, Radić made 38 league appearances in the top flight, before the side got relegated at the end of the 2005 season. He later signed with fellow Russian club Spartak Nalchik, spending three seasons (2007–2009) and making 43 league appearances. In January 2010, Radić was acquired by Rostov.

=Career-ending injury=

On 23 April 2011, during a Russian Premier League game between Rostov and Terek Grozny, Radić collided with Zaur Sadayev while fighting for a high ball. As a result, Radić had to be rushed to the hospital and had to undergo nephrectomy after his kidney was found to be seriously damaged.{{Cite web | url=http://www.sport-express.ru/football/rfpl/news/424415/ | title=Деян Радич перенес операцию | language=Russian | publisher=sport-express.ru | date=24 April 2011 | accessdate=11 November 2018}} Following the incident, Rostov announced that Radić would continue to receive all the bonuses during the time of his recovery.{{Cite web | url=https://www.championat.com/football/news-794604-shikunov-radich-budet-poluchat-bonusy-i-premialnye.html | title=Шикунов: Радич будет получать бонусы и премиальные | language=Russian | publisher=championat.com | date=24 April 2011 | accessdate=11 November 2018}} However, despite Rostov's initial promises, Radić stopped being paid by the club and did not receive any money stipulated in his contract between June 2011 and March 2012.{{Cite web | url=https://www.newsru.com/sport/26mar2012/rostov.html | title=Футболисты "Ростова" не видели зарплаты с лета прошлого года | language=Russian | publisher=newsru.com | date=26 March 2012 | accessdate=11 November 2018}} Meanwhile, it was reported that Terek president Ramzan Kadyrov gave Radić $50,000 as a goodwill gesture.{{Cite web | url=https://ria.ru/sport/20110513/374179058.html | title=Фонд Кадырова выделит на лечение вратаря Радича 50 тысяч долларов | language=Russian | publisher=ria.ru | date=13 May 2011 | accessdate=11 November 2018}}

International career

In December 2000, Radić earned one cap for FR Yugoslavia at under-21 level, coming on as a substitute for Zoran Vasković in a 2–1 friendly win away against Greece.{{Cite web | url=http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2000/12/14/srpski/S00121306.shtm | title=Plavi bez greške | language=Serbian | publisher=glas-javnosti.rs | date=13 December 2000 | accessdate=11 November 2018}}