Marko Dević

Club

As of 28 April 2020

International

Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dević goal.

In June 2008, Dević became a naturalized Ukrainian citizen in hopes of playing for the Ukraine national team. Although Dević is not the first footballer from outside the former Soviet Union to accept Ukrainian citizenship, his decision has led to numerous discussions in the media on the adoption of foreign players. The first international player to become a naturalized Ukrainian was Mamadi Sangare from Conakry, Guinea, who in 2008 played for Desna Chernihiv, and before that CSKA Kyiv. Dević also had a very successful season in 2007–08, scoring 19 goals and becoming top scorer, putting pressure on national team coach Olexiy Mykhailychenko to select him. But Mykhailychenko hesitated, stating that one great season might not be enough to justify Devic's selection for Ukraine. Nonetheless, he did cap Dević for a friendly match against Norway on 19 November 2008, becoming the third naturalized citizen on the Ukraine national football team called up at that time, along with Oleksandr Aliyev and Artem Milevskyi. Dević played the second half of the match and wore the number 10 shirt. In the next couple of years his match participation dropped noticeably, due to his low performance in the Premier League as well as not scoring with the national team. Dević was a member of Ukraine's squad for UEFA Euro 2012. On 19 June 2012, he was in the starting line-up for the game against England in the final round of games before the quarter-finals. Ukraine lost 0–1, with Wayne Rooney's second-half…

Early career

Born in Belgrade (Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia), Dević started his career at his hometown club Zvezdara, making 14 appearances and scoring twice in the 2001–02 season, during which time the club got relegated from the top division. He later played for Železnik, Radnički Beograd and Voždovac, all in Serbia. He spent just one year at each of the clubs. He scored three goals in 20 appearances for Železnik, including one goal in 19 league appearances and two goals in one cup match. He scored once in 16 appearances for Radnički, before joining Voždovac where he scored four times in 14 appearances.

Ukraine

Volyn Lutsk

In 2005, Ukrainian club Volyn Lutsk acquired Dević. During the 2004–05 Ukrainian Premier League season, he made 14 appearances but failed to score a single goal as Volyn finished in 8th position. The following season he netted twice in 18 league appearances for Volyn. At the end of the season the club was relegated. Dević made 32 league appearances for Volyn and one cup appearance, scoring two goals.

Metalist Kharkiv

Myron Markevych brought Dević to Vyscha Liha club Metalist Kharkiv. He scored 4 goals in 27 league appearances in his first season as Metalist finished in 3rd position. In the 2007–08 season, he was the Ukrainian Premier League top scorer with 19 goals in 27 matches played. Close behind him were Oleksandr Hladky, Oleksandr Kosyrin and Yevhen Seleznyov, each with 17 goals. Despite Dević's prolific…

Radnički Beograd Second League of Serbia and Montenegro: 2003–04 Shakhtar Donetsk Ukrainian Premier League: 2012–13 Ukrainian Cup: 2012–13 Ukrainian Super Cup: 2012 Al-Rayyan Qatari Second Division: 2014–15 Vaduz Liechtenstein Football Cup: 2017–18 Individual Ukraine Premier League Top Scorer: 2007–08 Oleh Blokhin club