Dejan Kulusevski (Macedonian: Дејан Кулушевски; born 25 April 2000) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Sweden national team.
Coming through from the youth system, Kulusevski made his senior debut for Atalanta in 2019, before joining Parma on loan at the beginning of the 2019–20 season. He joined Juventus during the winter transfer window for €35 million, and was sent back to Parma on loan for the rest of the season. In January 2022, Kulusevski was sent on loan to Tottenham Hotspur in England. In June 2023, Tottenham signed Kulusevski permanently on a deal until 2028.
Kulusevski was born in Stockholm to a Swedish Macedonian father and a Macedonian mother. He represented both Sweden and Macedonia internationally at youth level, before opting to play for his birth country at senior level, making his full debut in 2019.
Kulusevski became engaged to fellow Swedish footballer Eldina Ahmić in May 2023, getting married on 15 June 2025. The couple have a daughter together named Leonie, born 25 April 2024. Beginning in the 2024–25 season, Kulusevski began using a goal celebration where he made a 'L' shape with his hand. While the gesture is commonly used to call somebody a 'Loser', Kulusevski revealed it was a tribute to his daughter, stating "That was all about Leonie, my biggest motivation".
His sister Sandra Kulusevska is engaged to Brighton and fellow Swedish footballer Yasin Ayari and have a daughter.
Kulusevski was born in Stockholm and joined the youth activities of IF Brommapojkarna at the age of six.
He joined the Atalanta youth system on 7 July 2016 from Brommapojkarna, before making any senior appearance for the club. He made his Serie A debut on 20 January 2019, coming on as a substitute for Marten de Roon in a 5–0 away win against Frosinone. He made a total of three appearances for the club throughout the 2018–19 season, each as a substitute.
On 18 July 2019, Kulusevski signed to Serie A club Parma on loan until 30 June 2020. He scored his first Serie A goal in a 3–2 home win against Torino, on 30 September.
Following his form while on loan with Parma during the first part of the 2019–20 Serie A season, during which he scored four goals and provided seven assists in 17 league appearances, on 2 January 2020, Kulusevski joined fellow Serie A club Juventus on a four-and-a-half-year deal, for €35 million, which could possibly rise to €44 million with variables.
Kulusevski was sent back on loan to Parma for the remainder of the season. He finished the season with 10 goals and nine assists, and was awarded the Serie A Best Young Player for the season.
Kulusevski scored on his Juventus debut on 20 September 2020 in a 3–0 league win at home against Sampdoria. On 19 May 2021, he scored the opening goal and later set-up Federico Chiesa's match-winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Atalanta in the 2021 Coppa Italia Final. In the next season, Kulusevski scored the winning goal in the Champions League match against Zenit Saint Petersburg with a header in the 86th minute on 20 October. Kulusevski's playing time was reduced under Massimiliano Allegri, making 20 appearances and scoring two goals.
On 31 January 2022, Kulusevski was sent on an 18-month loan to Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur; the loan deal was worth €10 million, and included an option for purchase, which would become an obligation under certain conditions for an additional fee of €35 million.
He made his first appearance for Spurs on 5 February in the FA Cup match against Brighton & Hove Albion, coming on a substitute in a 3–1 win. On 19 February, Kulusevski scored his first goal on his first start for Tottenham inside four minutes, he also assisted the 95th minute winner for Harry Kane in a 3–2 win away against Manchester City. Only a week later, Kulusevski scored his second goal in a 4-0 win over Leeds United.
On 7 March, Kulusevski picked up 2 assists in the 5-0 win over Everton, bringing his tally to 5 goal contributions (2 goals and 3 assists) in 4 games. On 9 April, Kulusevski scored and assisted in a 4-0 away win vs Aston Villa. A month later on 1 May, Kulusevski came off the bench to provide 2 assists as Tottenham beat Leicester City 3-1. 3 weeks later on 22 May, Kulusevski scored a brace in a 5-0 win against Norwich City, as Tottenham clinched UEFA Champions League qualification on the final day.
The January additions of Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur from Juventus were key factors in Tottenham's UEFA Champions League qualification. Kulusevski ended the 2021-22 Premier League season with 13 goal contributions (5 goals and 8 assists) in 14 starts.
On 6 August, Kulusevski scored and setup the equaliser in a 4-1 win against Southampton in the first game of the season.
On 27 September, Kulusevski picked up a muscle injury in the UEFA Nations League as Sweden drew 1-1. This injury would keep out of the next 10 Tottenham games.
On 6 November, Kulusevski returned off the bench in the 2-1 loss against Liverpool and assisted Harry Kane inside just 2 minutes of his return. A week later, Kulusevski assisted the winner for Rodrigo Bentancur as Tottenham turned around a 3-2 deficit to win 4-3.