Dragan Božović
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dragan Božović | ||
Date of birth | 10 January 1961 | ||
Place of birth | Trnovo, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Sarajevo | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1980-1989 | Sarajevo | 137 | (3) |
1989-1993 | Apollon Kalamarias | 68 | (1) |
Total | 205 | (4) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dragan Božović (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Божовић, 10 January 1961) is a Bosnian and Yugoslav retired footballer who played as a defender.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Born in the town of Trnovo, Božović is a graduate of the FK Sarajevo youth academy. He had his official debut for the first team in an UEFA Cup tie versus Hamburger SV at the Koševo City Stadium.[2] He mostly played the position of right back or halfback. In his first two seasons with the club, he only made eight appearances, before becoming a first-team regular in the second half of the 1982-83 season. He was an integral part of the 1984-85 championship-winning team.[3] He left Sarajevo in January 1989, moving to Greek side Apollon Pontou where he played for four years,[4] before retiring in 1993.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]His younger brother Boban was also a professional footballer.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Dragan Božović". bordovremeplov. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Sarajevo-Hamburger". uefa.com. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Prije 30 godina FK Sarajevo je osvojio drugu titulu prvaka Jugoslavije". fksarajevo.ba. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Dragan Božović". bordovremeplov. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- ^ "Boban Božović". bordovremeplov. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
- 1961 births
- Living people
- People from Republika Srpska
- Men's association football defenders
- Yugoslav men's footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers
- FK Sarajevo players
- Apollon Kalamarias F.C. players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Greece