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Dragoslav Šekularac

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Dragoslav Šekularac
Šekularac in November 2007
Personal information
Full name Dragoslav Šekularac
Date of birth (1937-11-08)8 November 1937
Place of birth Štip, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death 5 January 2019(2019-01-05) (aged 81)
Place of death Belgrade, Serbia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1951–1955 Red Star Belgrade
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1966 Red Star Belgrade 153 (31)
1966–1967 Karlsruher SC 17 (2)
1967 St. Louis Stars 8 (1)
1968–1969 OFK Belgrade 38 (5)
1969–1971 Santa Fe 42 (3)
1972 Atlético Bucaramanga 4 (1)
1973 Millonarios 23 (1)
1974 América de Cali 7 (0)
1975 Paris 9 (2)
1975 Serbian White Eagles
National team
1954–1956 Yugoslavia U20 8 (2)
1955–1956 Yugoslavia U21 2 (0)
1956–1966 Yugoslavia 41 (6)
Teams managed
1975 Serbian White Eagles (player-coach)
1978 New York Eagles
1984–1985 Guatemala
1986–1987 Footscray JUST
1989–1990 Red Star Belgrade
1990–1991 América
1992 Al Nassr
1993 Heidelberg United
1994–1995 Marbella
1996 Busan Daewoo Royals
1997 Napredak Kruševac
1999 Obilić
2006 Serbian White Eagles
Honours
Men's Football
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1956 Melbourne Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1960 France Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Dragoslav Šekularac (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Шекуларац, pronounced [drǎgoslaʋ ʃekulârats]; 8 November 1937 – 5 January 2019) was a Serbian football player and coach. He was born in Štip, Vardar Banovina, Yugoslavia.[2] He played for Red Star Belgrade and Yugoslavia national team. He coached the Guatemala national team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Šekularac died in Belgrade on 5 January 2019 from complications of Alzheimer's disease, aged 81.[3]

Red Star Belgrade

Independiente Santa Fe

Yugoslavia
Individual
Red Star Belgrade
Heidelberg United
Serbian White Eagles

References

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  1. Vuković, Jovo (2011). Ja, Šeki (in Serbian). Serbia: IP Beograd. p. 21. ISBN 978-86-84057-37-4.
  2. "LEGENDA DVA PUTA ROĐENA: Dragoslav Šekularac proslavio 158. rođendan!". Kurir (in Serbian). 1 December 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  3. Umro Dragoslav Šekularac (in Serbian)
  4. "1960 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

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