Božidar Drenovac (; 2 January 1922 – 24 July 2003) was a
Serbia
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football player and manager.
Club career
He was born in
Ćuprija
Ćuprija (Serbian Cyrillic: Ћуприја, ) is a town and municipality located in the Pomoravlje District of central Serbia. The population of the town is 19,380, while the municipality has 30,645 inhabitants.
History
The Romans founded the ...
in 1922. Still young he joined Belgrade club
SK Jugoslavija
Sportski klub Jugoslavija ( en, Sport Club Yugoslavia), commonly known as SK Jugoslavija (Serbian Cyrillic: Cпортски клуб Југославија) was a Serbian football club from Belgrade. It was originally formed as SK Velika Srbija ...
in 1936, making his senior debut in the
1938–39 Yugoslav First League. After the Second World War, he signed with the newly formed
Red Star Belgrade
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...
that inherited most of the property and players of the now disbanded, SK Jugoslavija. He played with Red Star until 1948. Next he move to the biggest rivals,
FK Partizan
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where he would play until 1953, achieving even more success by winning the national championship (1949) and Yugoslav cup (1952).
International career
He played one match for the
Yugoslavia national football team on 14 September 1947 in Tirana, against Albania, for the
Balkan Cup
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Overview
The first edition featured Romania, ...
, a 4-2 win.
Managerial career
After retiring, he graduated in Economics, but never abandoned his passion for football, becoming a coach. His coaching career took him to countries like Tunisia, Greece, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Libya, but he also managed a number of Yugoslav top league clubs, such as
NK Čelik Zenica
Nogometni klub Čelik Zenica ( en, Football Club Čelik Zenica) is a professional football club based in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name ''Čelik'' means ''Steel'' in Bosnian and it symbolizes the strength and power of the club in a ...
,
OFK Beograd
OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club'') is a Serbian professional football club based in Belgrade, more precisely in Karaburm ...
,
FK Borac Banja Luka or
FK Sutjeska Nikšić
Fudbalski klub Sutjeska (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Сутјеска) is football club from Nikšić, Montenegro, currently competing in the Montenegrin First League. The club was established in 1920, and has been known by its ...
.
References
External sources
Profileat Reprezentacija.rs
1922 births
2003 deaths
People from Ćuprija
Association football defenders
Serbian footballers
Yugoslav footballers
Yugoslavia international footballers
SK Jugoslavija players
Red Star Belgrade footballers
FK Partizan players
Yugoslav First League players
Serbian football managers
Yugoslav football managers
Panachaiki F.C. managers
OFK Beograd managers
Étoile Sportive du Sahel managers
FK Sutjeska Nikšić managers
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