Is Dejan Kulusevski Macedonian? Why is Kulusevski called DEKU?

Juventus player Dejan Kulusevski is Swedish but has Macedonian origin. His father is Swedish-Macedonian, and his mother is Macedonian.

Why is Kulusevski called DEKI?

Dejan Kulusevski is called Deki, because it’s a common nickname for Dejan.

Who Is Dejan Kulusevski?

Dejan Kulusevski is a football winger/ midfielder for the Serie A club Juventus, but is currently playing on loan for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.

Born on April 25, 2000, in Stockholm, Sweden, to “a Swedish-Macedonian father and a Macedonian mother.”

Dejan began playing football at age six with IF Brommapojkarna.

He joined in 2016, and made his senior debut for the club in 2018.

In 2019, Dejan was loaned to Parma and was later transferred to Juventus for a fee of €35 million.

In January 2022, Tottenham Hotspur in England loaned Dejan for €10 million, with an option of purchase for an additional €35 million fee.

On the international front, Dejan represents the Sweden and Macedonia national teams in international matches. He had previously played with the Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21 teams.

In 2019, he played with the team during the UEFA Euro 2020, against Romania and the Faroe Islands.