Mini Bio - Dejan Jakovic

Toronto to Washington to Japan with stops all around the world, Dejan Jakovic is a seasoned pro playing in J-League’s division 1. From the beginning he captained his high school team (Scarlett Heights Entrepreneurial Academy) where is was easy to see that he would one day excel in this sport, Dejan was amazing to watch, he is a natural with high soccer IQ and made his high school team that much better, he was a true captain and acted as a player coach on and off the field without being asked. Scarlett heights went on to two finals with an undefeated regular season senior year with Dejan at the helm. He came to Canada at the age of 6 from Croatia with his parents prior to the Croatian war in 1991. During his teens Dejan was a part of the Canadian national youth program and played for Woodbridge Strikers who are a two time Ontario Cup winner with him on the roster,

Dejan acceptable a scholarship with University of Alabama where he played four years, in 2008 he joined Red Star Belgrade where he started 3 games but did not see the pitch after a new coach was appointed. In 2009 he brought his skills back overseas and signed with D.C. Untied of the MLS where he played until 2013, as you can imagine his friends and family were thrilled by the news of being able to see him play professionally on home soil while visiting TFC. Dejan controlled the back line and started nearly all (26) 28 games for the club as was a regular call up for Team Canada during the Gold Cup, Olympic and World Cup trails/tournaments.

Dejan is currently playing for Shimizu S-Pulse D1 J-League.

We will catch up with shortly and get a glimpse of a pro athlete making the jump overseas, if you have any questions for him please send them in or place them in the comment section.