[1] Malinović previously played for Borac Banja Luka, Izviđač, Maribor, Meshkov Brest, Creteil and HC Dobrogea Sud Constanța.

"[3] After playing for Banja Luka's youth teams, Malinovic turned his way of life to professional handball when he joined RK Izvidjac in Ljubuski in 2009, where he spent three great seasons and won National Championship and Cup in 2013.

For Malinović, time spent at this club stands out as the most important in his career:"I had great coaches, Josip Glavas and Ilija Puljevic among them, who built my sense for handball and corrected a lot of things in my play.

"[4] After a successful games in Ljubuski he signed for RK Maribor Branik where he spent half-season 2013/2014, playing in the EHF Cup.

In 2014, in the winter transfer switches to exceed in Belarusian HC Meshkov Brest, and in the 2014/2015 season signed for US Créteil from Paris to compete in the LNH Division 1.

Dejan has passed all the selections of Bosnia and Herzegovina, from cadets, juniors to the senior team, for which he played 60 matches so far and scored 166 goals.