Dejan Stanković yavukiye i Belgrade, muri Serbia, mu 1978, mu gihe igihugu cye cyari kikiri Yugoslavia. Yatangiye kwigaragaza mu ikipe ya Red Star Belgrade, mbere yo kwerekeza muri Lazio yo mu Butaliyani, hanyuma aza gukomereza urugendo rwe muri Inter Milan, aho yubatse izina rikomeye muri ruhago y’u Burayi.
Urugendo rwe mu Gikombe cy’Isi rwatangiye mu 1998 mu Bufaransa. Icyo gihe yari afite imyaka 20 gusa, ahagarariye ikipe y’igihugu ya Yugoslavia. Yakinnye imikino yose yo mu matsinda, ariko ikipe ye isezererwa n’u Buholandi muri 1/8 cy’irangiza.
Nyuma y’iyo Mondial, akarere ka Balkans kanyuze mu mpinduka zikomeye za politiki. Yugoslavia yarasenyutse, havuka ibihugu byinshi bishya. Muri byo harimo Serbia na Montenegro, igihugu cyahise gisimbura Yugoslavia mu marushanwa mpuzamahanga.
Mu Gikombe cy’Isi cya 2006 cyabereye mu Budage, Stanković yongeye kwitabira iri rushanwa, ariko noneho ahagarariye Serbia na Montenegro. Icyakora, iri rushanwa ntiryamuhiriye kuko ikipe ye yatsinzwe imikino yose, isoza ku mwanya wa nyuma mu itsinda ryayo.
Hashize igihe gito, Montenegro yatangaje ubwigenge bwayo, itandukana na Serbia. Ibyo byatumye Serbia iba igihugu cyigenga gifite ikipe yacyo y’igihugu. Mu Gikombe cy’Isi cya 2010 cyabereye muri Afurika y’Epfo, Stanković yongeye kwitabira Mondial ku nshuro ya gatatu, ariko kuri iyi nshuro ahagarariye Serbia.
Ibyo byatumye yandika amateka adasanzwe yo kuba umukinnyi wa mbere wakinnye Igikombe cy’Isi inshuro eshatu ahagarariye ibihugu bitatu bitandukanye, byose bitewe n’impinduka za politiki zabaye mu gihugu cye.
Nubwo atigeze arenga icyiciro cy’amatsinda muri izo Mondial zose yakinnye, Stanković yasize amateka akomeye cyane, kandi bigoye ko yakongera kubaho muri ruhago y’iki gihe.
Impamvu ayo mateka ashobora kutazongera kubaho ni uko amategeko ya FIFA abuza umukinnyi guhindura ikipe y’igihugu amaze kuyikinira ku rwego rw’abakuru, keretse habaye impinduka zidasanzwe za politiki cyangwa izirebana n’imiterere y’igihugu, nk’izabaye mu cyahoze ari Yugoslavia.
Uyu munsi, Dejan Stanković akomeje kwibukwa nk’umwe mu bakinnyi bafite amateka yihariye mu Gikombe cy’Isi, kuko ubuzima bwe bwa ruhago bwahuriranye n’ihinduka rikomeye ry’amateka y’akarere ka Balkans.
Byongeye kandi, Dejan Stanković yanditswe muri Guinness World Records nk’umukinnyi wa mbere mu mateka wakiniye amakipe atatu y’ibihugu bitandukanye mu Gikombe cy’Isi, ari yo Yugoslavia (1998), Serbia na Montenegro (2006), na Serbia (2010), agahigo gakomeje kuba aka mbere kandi kadasanzwe mu mateka ya ruhago.