Dejan Antonić

Who is Dejan Antonić?

Dejan Antonić is the current manager of Pelita Bandung Raya. He is a former football player who was appointed as a head coach of a professional football team in Hong Kong, Kitchee SC during the year of 2005–2008. Antonić has also been appointed to coach the Hong Kong national team as preparation for the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers. He was appointed as a Deputy Team Manager and Youth Development Director for TSW Pegasus in Hong Kong. He is of Serbian nationality and was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In season 2011-2012, Dejan was appointed as the head coach of Hong Kong First Division club - Tuen Mun but he left before the season is over. After left Tuen Mun, Antonic signed with Arema FC Indonesia. Coaching Arema FC for only 6 months and he was voted by the famous soccer news website, Goal.com, as "The Best Coach 2011-2012" of Indonesian Premier League as he brought Arema FC to go through to the quarter final of AFC Cup 2012 and make the country proud.

He signed a two year contract with Pelita Bandung Raya on 20th November 2013.