Dragoljub Kostić

Dragoljub Kostić
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-05-15) 15 May 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth Pristina, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Priština
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1976 Priština 88 (32)
1976–1982 Napredak Kruševac 136 (49)
1982–1986 Jedinstvo Paraćin
Total 224 (81)
Managerial career
1994 Napredak Kruševac
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dragoljub Kostić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгољуб Костић; born 15 May 1950) is a Serbian former football manager and player.[1]

Playing career

Kostić started out at his hometown club Priština, competing in the Yugoslav Second League. He was transferred to newly promoted Yugoslav First League side Napredak Kruševac in 1976. With 17 goals in the 1979–80 season, Kostić was the Yugoslav First League joint top scorer, alongside Safet Sušić,[2] leading his team to a highest-ever fourth-place finish and a spot in European competitions for the first time in club history. He subsequently traveled to France and played for Paris Saint-Germain at the 1980 Tournoi de Paris,[3] before returning to Kruševac. In the final years of his playing career, Kostić spent multiple seasons with Jedinstvo Paraćin, playing in the lower leagues.[4]

Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Kostić briefly served as manager of Napredak Kruševac on two occasions.

Career statistics

Club Season League
Apps Goals
Priština 1970–71
1971–72 31 7
1972–73 33 13
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76 24 12
Total 88 32
Napredak Kruševac 1976–77 25 5
1977–78 16 6
1978–79 19 5
1979–80 34 17
1980–81 31 15
1981–82 11 1
Total 136 49
Career total 224 81

Honours

Napredak Kruševac

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Sportski spomenar" (in Serbian). rts.rs. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Yugoslavia/Serbia - List of Topscorers". rsssf.org. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. ^ "22/05/1980 PSG-Standard Liège" (in French). paris-canalhistorique.com. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Sportske priče: Kako je golgeter Napretka Dragoljub Kostić pokraden za gol u Sarajevu, pa je titulu najboljeg strelca Prve lige morao da podeli sa Safetom Sušićem" (in Serbian). krusevacgrad.rs. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2024.