Dejan Rusmir

Dejan Rusmir
	Rusmir with Columbus Crew in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth	January 28, 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2001	Radnički Jugopetrol
2001–2003	Partizan
2003–2006	Rad
2006–2008	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
2008–2010	Farul Constanța
2011	Columbus Crew
2012	Olympiakos Nicosia
2013	Hajduk Kula
2013–2015	Novi Pazar
2015	Zemun
2016	Rad
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2017

Dejan Rusmir (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Русмир; born January 28, 1980) is a Serbian retired footballer.

Career

Serbia

Rusmir began his career in the youth ranks of Radnički Jugopetrol. After impressing with Radnički, Rusmir moved to top Serbian club Partizan. While with Partizan, Rusmir was part of the squads that captured the 2001–02^[1] and 2002–03 First League titles.^[2] In 2003, he left Partizan and moved to Rad where he remained for three years.

Romania

In 2006, Rusmir signed with newly promoted Romanian Liga I side Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and quickly established himself as the club's attacking midfielder. In his two seasons with the club, Rusmir appeared in 53 Liga I matches and scored 10 goals. For the 2008–09 Liga I season Rusmir joined Farul Constanța and appeared in 27 league matches, scoring 5 goals, however he was unable to help Farul avoid relegation to Liga II. For the 2009–10 season, Rusmir remained with Farul and played in Liga II appearing in 10 league matches and scoring 1 goal.^[3]

United States

In February 2011, Rusmir went on trial with Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew. He was included on the Crew's roster heading into the team's 2011 CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal series against Real Salt Lake.,^[4]^[5] and formally signed with the team on March 9, 2011.^[6] He played his first league game with the Crew on March 19, 2011 in the 2011 MLS season opener against D.C. United.^[7] Rusmir was released by Columbus on November 23, 2011.^[8]

Cyprus

In January 2012, Rusmir signed for Cypriot First Division club Olympiakos Nicosia for 6 months.

References

^ "FK PARTIZAN Zvanični Internet sajt". Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
^ "FK PARTIZAN Zvanični Internet sajt". Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
^ "Dejan Rusmir". Fichajes. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
^ Crew Extra - New faces, formation on tap for Crew^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Columbus Crew Roster
^ "Crew signs Serbian midfielder Dejan Rusmir". MLS. March 9, 2011. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
^ Davies double starts United season off with a bang Archived March 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
^ Joe Prince-Wright (November 23, 2011). "Players waived as teams begin to shape rosters for 2012". MLS. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2017.

External links

Columbus Crew Profile
Dejan Rusmir at WorldFootball.net
Dejan Rusmir at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
fcfarul.ro^{[permanent dead link]}
Profile znange.org

[1] "FK PARTIZAN Zvanični Internet sajt". Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2011-02-04.

[2] "FK PARTIZAN Zvanični Internet sajt". Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2011-02-04.

[3] "Dejan Rusmir". Fichajes. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved December 10, 2017.

[4] Crew Extra - New faces, formation on tap for Crew^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] Columbus Crew Roster

[6] "Crew signs Serbian midfielder Dejan Rusmir". MLS. March 9, 2011. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved December 10, 2017.

[7] Davies double starts United season off with a bang Archived March 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[8] Joe Prince-Wright (November 23, 2011). "Players waived as teams begin to shape rosters for 2012". MLS. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2017.

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