Dejan Tetek

Dejan Tetek
Tetek in May 2025
Personal information
Full name Dejan Tetek[1]
Date of birth (2002-09-24) 24 September 2002[2]
Place of birth Oxford, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[3]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Oxford City
Number 8
Youth career
–2020 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Reading 17 (0)
2023–2026 Aldershot Town 65 (2)
2026- Oxford City 0 (0)
International career‡
2019 England U18 3 (1)
2021 Serbia U19 1 (0)
2021 Serbia U21 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19:58, 24 August 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 September 2021

Dejan Tetek (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Тетек; born 24 September 2002) is a footballer who plays as a midfielder for English National League North club Oxford City. Born in England, he represents Serbia at youth international level.

Club career

Reading

Born in Oxford,[3] Tetek made his debut for Reading on 15 September 2020 as a substitute in a 1–0 EFL Cup defeat to Luton Town.[4][5] He made his league debut on 3 October 2020 as a substitute in a 1–0 victory at home to Watford.[6] On 17 May 2023, Reading confirmed that Tetek would leave the club at the end of his contract.[7]

Aldershot Town

On 20 October 2023, Tetek joined National League club Aldershot Town on an initial short-term deal.[8] He made his club debut the following day as a 72nd minute substitute for Theo Widdrington in a 2–1 victory at home against Hartlepool United.[9] On 27 April 2026, it was announced that Tetek would leave the club at the end of his contract in June.[10]

International career

Born in England, Tetek is of Serbian descent.[11] He was called up to the England under-18 squad in October 2019.[12] He has made 3 appearances for England at under-18 level, scoring once.[13] He was called up to the Serbia under-19 squad in September 2020.[14] Tetek played for 67 minutes whilst making his debut for Serbia U19 against Romania on 10 March 2021.[15] Tetek went on to make his Serbian U21 debut three weeks later, in a 1–0 victory over Turkey on 30 March 2021.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 25 January 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2020–21[6] Championship 7010100090
2021–22[17] Championship 100101000120
2022–23[18] Championship 0000000000
Total 170202000210
Aldershot Town 2023–24[19] National League 15010-00160
2024–25[20] National League 18110-51242
Total 33120-51402
Career total 501402051612

Honours

Aldershot Town

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Reading" (PDF). English Football League. 11 September 2020. p. 58. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Dejan Tetek - Midfielder - Under-18s | Reading FC". www.readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Dejan Tetek". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. ↑ Low, Jonathan (16 September 2020). "Paunovic defends team selection as Reading bow out of Carabao Cup". BerkshireLive. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  5. ↑ Joy, Matt (15 September 2020). "Player ratings: Forwards go missing as toothless Reading crash out of Carabao Cup". Reading Chronicle. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Games played by Dejan Tetek in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "NEW DEALS OFFERED AS CONTRACTS COME TO THEIR CONCLUSION". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "NEW SIGNING: Dejan Tetek". www.theshots.co.uk. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "MATCH REPORT: SHOTS 2-1 HARTLEPOOL". www.theshots.co.uk. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "ATFC RELEASED LIST". theshots.co.uk. 27 April 2026. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "Igrao za Englesku, ali u Srbiji mu je srce: Ovdje mi je sve, hoću kao Nemanja Matić!". MONDOBA.
  12. ↑ "England MU18s squad will take in three different countries in their October schedule". www.thefa.com. The Football Association. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  13. ↑ Dejan Tetek at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  14. ↑ "Ništa od Engleske, srce je reklo - Srbija!". Alo! (in Serbian). 30 September 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  15. ↑ "РЕМИ ДОБРЕ СРБИЈЕ У ПРОВЕРИ ПРОТИВ РУМУНИЈЕ У АРАДУ". fss.rs/ (in Serbian). asd asd. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "Ümit Milli Takım, Sırbistan'a tek golle kaybetti". trtspor.com.tr/ (in Turkish). TRT Spor. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Dejan Tetek in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Dejan Tetek in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Dejan Tetek in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Dejan Tetek in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  21. ↑ "Second-half goals seal Aldershot Town's first FA Trophy title with 3-0 win at Wembley". www.thefa.com. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.