Dragan Jakovljević

Dragan Jakovljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Јаковљевић; born 23 February 1962) is a Bosnian Serb former footballer who played as a forward for FK Sarajevo, Nantes,[1] Royal Antwerp[2] as well as the SFR Yugoslavia national team.

Dragan Jakovljević
Personal information
Full name Dragan Jakovljević
Date of birth (1962-02-23) 23 February 1962
Place of birth Konjic, FPR Yugoslavia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder / Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1984 Igman Konjic
1984–1989 Sarajevo 126 (46)
1989–1991 Nantes 47 (7)
1991–1996 Royal Antwerp 52 (6)
1996–2003 VV Overpelt-Fabriek
International career
1987–1989 Yugoslavia 8 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Jakovljević was an important member of the memorable Sarajevo squad that won the 1984–85 Yugoslav First League and later became a Cup Winners Cup runner-up medal winner with Antwerp after losing the 1993 Final to Parma at Wembley Stadium.

International career

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a December 1987 European Championship qualification match away against Turkey and has earned a total of 8 caps, scoring 3 goals. Jakovljević was included by Yugoslavia national football team to UEFA Euro 1992 as a replacement player to Darko Pančev, who renounced in 24 May by claiming physical reasons, although this statement was believed for just a few people in Belgrade, who saw political views as the true cause of the withdrawal of the Macedonian forward.[3] Jakovljević, however, could never play in the tournament, as the national team would be suspended one week later due to the Yugoslav Wars.[4]

His final international was an October 1989 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Norway,[5] although he later played an unofficial match against ACF Fiorentina in May 1992, as a substitute man to Dejan Petković. The Italian club did won by 2-1, in the last match of the old Yugoslavia team before the Euro ban and before the country being reduced to Serbia and Montenegro federation.[6][7]

International goals
Scores and results table. Yugoslavia's goal tally first:

Honours

Sarajevo[8]

Royal Antwerp[9]

References
  1. Profile - Legendes du FC Nantes
  2. Profile - Royal Antwerp Museum
  3. "Pancev también renuncia a la Eurocopa". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 25 May 1992. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  4. "Yugoslav athletes banned". The New York Times. 1 June 1992. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  5. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  6. "Ovo je posljednja fotografija fudbalskog tima SFR Jugoslavije, države koja već nije postojala". Vijesti (in Bosnian). 18 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  7. "Ovo je posljednja fotografija fudbalskog tima SFR Jugoslavije, države koja već nije postojala". Vijesti (in Serbian). 18 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  8. "FC Sarajevo | Palmarès".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "FC Antwerp | Palmares".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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