Dejan AntoniÃÂ (, ; born 22 January 1969) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He was most recently the head coach of Super League club Semen Padang.
He is the father of Stefan AntoniÃÂ, who plays football professionally in Hong Kong.
AntoniÃÂ married an Indonesian woman, Venna Tikoalu, on 3 July 1999. Their son Stefan was born on 6 February 2001 in Hong Kong. AntoniÃÂ has a daughter who is living in Serbia.
Antoniàstarted his professional football career at Red Star Belgrade. In 1987, he was called up to the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile alongside the likes of Robert Jarni, Igor à  timac, Zvonimir Boban, Robert ProsineÃÂki, Predrag Mijatoviàand Davor à  uker. After Yugoslavia won on penalties over East Germany, he returned to Red Star, but made no league appearances and left for Spartak Subotica in 1989. Then, he played for FK Napredak Kruà ¡evac in the Yugoslav Second League, as well as Belgian side Beveren.
After leaving Europe in 1995, AntoniÃÂ spent three years with three Indonesian clubs. He went to Hong Kong in 1998 to join Instant-Dict FC, became a well-known figure among fans and would then play for Rangers, Sun Hei and Kitchee before retiring in 2005. He also played at the 2003 Lunar New Year Cup, scoring a penalty against the Denmark League XI.
AntoniÃÂ, a UEFA Pro License holder, was appointed by Kitchee as head coach immediately after his retirement in 2005 and successfully led the team to two trophies in the league on his first year of duty, winning the Hong Kong League Cup and Hong Kong Senior Shield Cup. He led the team to defend their Hong Kong League Cup in 2006, during his second year of duty. Kitchee also qualified for the 2008 AFC Cup.
AntoniÃÂ was elected as the 2006 Hong Kong Coach of The Year and also appointed to be a coach of Hong Kong League XI for the annual Carlsberg Cup.
AntoniÃÂ was appointed to coach the Hong Kong national football team in preparation for the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers. And with Hong Kong National Team, he won the 31st Guangdong Cup 2008. He has been nominated as a consultant of the Hong Kong Law Society Football Team.
He left his post as head coach of Tuen Mun in the middle of the 2011âÂÂ12 Hong Kong First Division League season and joined Arema FC as their manager. Coaching Arema FC for only 6 months and he was voted by the soccer news website, Goal.com, as "The Best Coach 2011âÂÂ2012" of the Indonesian Premier League as he brought Arema FC to go through to the quarter-final of AFC Cup 2012 and make the country proud.
(http://www.goal.com/id-ID/news/2980/indonesian-premier-league/2012/07/28/3269769/spesial-pelatih-pemain-terbaik-indonesian-premier-league)
AntoniÃÂ returned to management on 31 October 2016, signing a 1.5 year contract at South China as manager. The club managed to finish 4th in the league and reached the finals of the . Following South China's decision to voluntarily relegate, the contracts of the entire coaching staff were terminated.
On 4 July 2017, Hong Kong Rangers Director announced that AntoniÃÂ would be the club's new manager.
On 28 March 2018, Borneo announced that AntoniÃÂ would be the club's new head coach after sacked their previous head coach
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