Dejan Savicevic

1982/88 FK Buducnost Podgorica (YOU) 131 matches, 35 goals

1988/92 Red Star Belgrade (YOU) 94 matches, 32 goals

(Yugoslavian Championship: 72 matches, 23 goals)

(European Champion Clubs' Cup: 14 matches, 6 goals)

(UEFA Cup: 6 matches, 3 goals)

(UEFA Supercup: 1 match)

(Intercontinental Cup: 1 match)

1992/98 AC Milan (ITA) 143 matches, 35 goals

(Italian Championship: 97 matches, 21 goals)

(Italian Cup: 20 matches, 7 goals)

(Italian Supercup: 2 matches, 1 goal)

(Champions League: 18 matches, 5 goals)

(UEFA Cup: 3 matches, 1 goal)

(UEFA Supercup: 2 matches)

(Intercontinental Cup: 1 match)

1999 Red Star Belgrade (SER) 3 matches

1999/2001 Rapid Vienna (AUT) 54 matches, 20 goals

(Austrian Championship: 44 matches, 18 goals)

(Austrian Cup: 3 matches)

(Champions League: 2 matches, 1 goal)

(UEFA Cup: 5 matches, 1 goal)

With the National Team :

Yugoslavia : 56 caps, 19 goals

(Friendlies: 21 caps, 6 goals)

(World Cup qualifiers: 15 caps, 10 goals)

(World Cup: 5 caps)

(Euro Qualif: 13 caps, 3 goals)

(Kirin Cup: 2 caps)

1st international : 29 October 1986 against Turkey (4-0)

Last international : 9 October 1999 against Croatia (2-2)

Dejan Savichevich (Дејан Савићевић)

Born on 15 September 1966 in Titograd (ex-YOU)

Montenegrin, attacking midfielder/forward, 1m78

Nickname: The Genius

Trained in his home district of Titograd, Buducnost, in 1982, he became one of Yugoslavia's revelations. He was quickly spotted by the country's biggest club, Red Star. At his new club, he shared the bill with the likes of Dragan Stojkovic, Robert Prosinecki and Darko Pancev. In three full seasons, he won three championships, two cups, a Champions League against Basile Boli's OM and an Intercontinental Cup. A fantastic list of achievements.

But then why only stay 3 years at the club? Well, when he arrived in 1988, it was after refusing to play for Partizan, a historic army club... It was by pure chance that he was called to do his military service from the start of the season. He therefore does not play any championship matches, being qualified only for European matches and the national team. Ironically, Savicevic wrote his career through European matches and never managed to find the necessary consistency in the championship. Following Red Star's C1 success in 1991, he was unfairly robbed of the Golden Ball by a certain Jean-Pierre Papin, finishing second tied with the German Lothar Matthaüs and his friend Pancev. It was alongside the Frenchman that he arrived at AC Milan in 1992, with the difficult task of replacing the great Dutch scorer Marco Van Basten.

Savicevic is quite simply one of the best dribblers in the history of football. Agile, balanced, he destabilizes any defender. Few players manage to stop him and he ranks among the best players on the continent despite a lack of consistency. He is one of the standards of the golden generation of Yugoslavia in the 80s. He attracts the attention of all audiences and the biggest clubs.

He is one of Berlusconi's most desired players. Unfortunately, the coach at the time did not agree and Savicevic only played 10 matches and waited six months before shaking the nets at San Siro. He even ended up being excluded from the group which went to Munich to play the final of the 1993 Champions League against OM. Also, he will not be one of the men taken by Don Fabio to Japan for the Intercontinental. However, this lack of confidence in him on the part of the coach did not last, he then became one of the symbols of the Invincibili and the domination of Milan in the mid-90s. Revealed by his sense of dribbling, the left-handed with the magic foot becomes one of the greatest artists in the history of the Lombard club. One of his great performances will undoubtedly remain the historic 4-0 victory against the FC Barcelona Dream-team in the C1 final in 1994. With Baresi and Costacurta suspended, Capello chose a hyper-offensive formation to fight against possession. Barcelona. During the 90 minutes, Savicevic was magnificent. He notably scores the third goal. A sumptuous lob outside the area which deceives the goalkeeper at the time who is none other than the Spaniard Andoni Zubizarreta. His match and his goal are a true masterpiece. The following season, Parisian supporters particularly remember their helplessness in the face of his double during the Champions League semi-final 94-95. In the final, although he declared himself fit, he was sidelined for "injury". Van Gaal's Ajax punished Fabio Capello's defensive excess, 1 goal to 0. With the Rossoneri, he won three league titles, three Italian Super Cups, a C1 and a UEFA Super Cup.

As for the selection, the Yugoslav has been international since 1988. Despite being less successful with the national team, he still participated in two World Cups, those of 1990 and 1998. After a short period without a club and a 6-month freelance period in the club he revealed, he ended his career in Austria at Rapid Vienna. He subsequently took charge of the Serbian selection but failed to qualify the team for the 2002 World Cup organized in Japan and South Korea. He was relieved of his duties in 2003. Since then, the player has is closer to his region of origin since he became president of the Football Federation of Montenegro. During his mandate, the new country joined FIFA and UEFA as an independent nation in 2007. The beginning of a new era.

- Silver Ball in 1991

- Yugoslav Footballer of the Year in 1995

- Yugoslavian Athlete of the Year, 1991

- Red Star Belgrade Sportsman of the Year in 1991

- Inducted into the AC Milan Hall of Fame

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