Dejan Savić

Dejan Savić
Savić coaching Serbia at the 2015 World Championships
Personal information
Born (1975-04-24) 24 April 1975
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Hometown Belgrade
Nationality Serbian
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 135 kg (298 lb)
Handedness R
Club information
Current team Sliema
Senior clubs
Years Team
1989–1998
Partizan
1998–2000
Barcelona
2000–2001
Atlètic-Barceloneta
2001–2003
Florentia
2003–2005
Pro Recco
2005–2010
Sintez
2010–2011
Crvena zvezda
Teams coached
2012–2022
Serbia
2011–2015
Crvena zvezda
2017–2018
Crvena zvezda
2022–2023
Crvena zvezda
2023–
Sliema

Dejan Savić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Савић; born 24 April 1975) is a Serbian professional water polo coach and former player.

During his playing career, he was part of two Olympic bronze medal squads, one for FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, the other for Serbia at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and one Olympic silver medal squad for Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.

Savić started training with the Partizan water polo club at the age of five and he debuted for the first team (seniors) at the age of thirteen, while still a pupil in elementary school. His last club was VK Crvena zvezda where he was team captain. He retired from active playing at the end of the 2010/11 season. At international level, Savić represented FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia, in 444 matches and scored 405 goals. He is the most capped player in Serbian water polo.

He began coaching VK Crvena zvezda in 2011 and stayed there until 2015. He also became head coach of the Serbia men's national water polo team in autumn 2012 and stayed until 2023.