| Vanja Džaferović | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 19 March 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Bosanski Brod, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 1.83 m[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation: | Actor, former professional footballer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children: | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vanja Džaferović (born 19 March 1983) is a Croatian actor, TV personality and former footballer.[2]
Džaferović was born in Bosanski Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and moved with his family in his childhood to Croatia due to the Bosnian War.[3] [4]
Džaferović began his career in the local NK Inter Zaprešić.[5] In June 2002, he transferred to HNK Segesta from Croatian town Sisak.
In July 2005 he signed for Beroe Stara Zagora in the Bulgarian A PFG, for an undisclosed fee. On 7 August 2005, he made his league debut in a 3–1 away loss against Vihren Sandanski. Džaferović scored his first ever goal for Beroe on 18 March 2006 against Litex Lovech; Beroe won 3–1. On 26 October 2006, Beroe manager Ilian Iliev chose Vanja as his club captain.[6]
In 2008 Džaferović signed with Lokomotiv Sofia. He remained at Lokomotiv until July 2010 when he joined Ethnikos Achna after his contract expired, but he never played for the Cyprus team.[7] The following month, he suffered a severe injury and was ruled out for nine months.[8]
Džaferović was out of contract with Ethnikos when he was signed by the Beroe manager Ilian Iliev on 15 December 2010.[9] Džaferović's first appearance back at Beroe was as a substitute against Akademik Sofia on 8 May 2011. Unfortunately, he sustained another injury during his time with Beroe and eventually did not return to football. Džaferović has made 129 appearances in the A PFG, being in the "top 20 club" for foreign players in the top flight of Bulgarian football.[10]
In 2014 Džaferović won the 5th season of the Bulgarian version of the popular reality show Survivor.[11] In 2015 he finished as runner-up in the all-star spin-off of Big Brother – Big Brother All Stars.[12] He also joined Your Face Sounds Familiar in 2017 as a contender.
In 2020 he got TV series debut in a main role, joining the Bulgarian TV Series Strawberry Moon, where he plays the role of Alex, a firefighter.[13] [14]
Džaferović is married to Evgeniya, a TV personality and participant of Survivor BG: Pearl Islands. In 2012 he completed some paperwork to allow him to stay in Bulgaria.[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 2005–06 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2006–07 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 5 | |||
| 2007–08 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 14 | 2 | |||
| Total | 64 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 8 | ||
| Lokomotiv Sofia | 2007–08 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Ethnikos Achna | 2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Beroe Stara Zagora | 2010–11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 5 | |||
| Total | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 121 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 13 | ||
| 2014 | Survivor: Cambodia | Himself – participant | Season 5 | |
| 2015 | Big Brother All Stars | Himself – participant | Season 4 | |
| 2017 | Your Face Sounds Familiar | Himself – performer | Season 5 | |
| 2018–2019 | The Farm: Bulgaria | Guest presenter | ||
| 2020 | Strawberry Moon | Alex Dragić | Recruiting role: 12 Episodes |