Dejan Jaković

Дејан Јаковић... speaks Serbian, English (as well as a bit of Japanese)... both of his parents were born in Karlovac... he was six years old when his family moved from Karlovac to Etobicoke... grew up participating in soccer and karate... he was six years old when he started playing soccer at Kingsview (house league, with his father as the coach); he was eight years old when he joined Rexdale SC... as a youth, he got a green belt in karate... enjoys relaxing, site seeing, hanging out with friends and family... growing up, favourites included Ronaldo, Alessandro Nesta, Zinédine Zidane...

represented Canada in three cycles of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, three editions of the Concacaf Gold Cup, and one edition of Concacaf Nations League Qualifying... career 41 international "A" appearances across 13 years from 2008 to 2020 with Canada Soccer's Men's National Team, including four starts as Canada’s captain...

a Concacaf Champions League finalist with Los Angeles FC (2020)... club career in Canada, USA, Serbia and Japan, including appearances in UEFA Cup and Concacaf Champions League... with Los Angeles FC, an MLS Supporters’ Shield winner (2019)... with D.C. United, a US Open Cup winner (Lamar Hunt Trophy in 2013)...

from the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup, was noted by the Technical Study Group for being “strong on the mark, good (on) aerial play”...

said Dejan of his father, “he played a big role in me playing soccer; I looked up to him and without him I don’t know where I would be; from every single day driving me to training, I really I owe almost everything to him”...