Dušan Tadić

Dušan Tadić
Tadić with Serbia at UEFA Euro 2024
Personal information
Full name Dušan Tadić
Date of birth (1988-11-20) 20 November 1988
Place of birth Bačka Topola, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
Al Wahda
Number 10
Youth career
AIK Bačka Topola
2002–2006 Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Vojvodina 107 (29)
2010–2012 Groningen 68 (14)
2012–2014 Twente 66 (28)
2014–2018 Southampton 134 (21)
2018–2023 Ajax 161 (77)
2023–2025 Fenerbahçe 73 (21)
2025– Al Wahda 18 (1)
International career
2007–2010 Serbia U21 24 (1)
2008–2024 Serbia 111 (23)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 March 2026

Dušan Tadić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Тадић, pronounced [dǔʃan tǎdiːtɕ]; born 20 November 1988) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for UAE Pro League club Al Wahda. Positionally, he can be deployed as an attacking midfielder, winger or forward.

Tadić spent his youth at hometown club AIK Bačka Topola and Vojvodina, eventually playing in the UEFA Europa League with the latter. After two seasons with Groningen he joined Twente in 2012, where he earned a move to Southampton of the Premier League. After four years in England, he returned to the Netherlands in 2018, when he joined Ajax. With the club, he went on to win three Eredivisie and two KNVB Cup titles, the 2018–19 Eredivisie golden boot, and the 2020–21 Eredivisie Player of the Season award. Tadić left Ajax with 105 goals and 112 assists in 241 matches, joining Fenerbahçe in 2023.

Tadić earned a record 111 caps for Serbia, having made his international debut in 2008; he represented the country at the Olympics in that year, as well as at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 and 2022, and the UEFA European Championship in 2024.