Dragan Mladenović (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Драган Младеновић; born 16 February 1976) is a retired

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

n professional

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er.

Career

Mladenović joined Rangers from Serbian champions

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 ...

for £1.1m in August 2004. He made his Rangers debut against Hibernian on 21 August 2004. However, he failed to settle at Ibrox and was subsequently loaned out to

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

in January 2005. He was released by Rangers on August 30, despite having three years left on his contract, and re-joined

on a free transfer. This time he wasn't so successful. In 2006, Mladenović joined

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n side

Incheon United Incheon United FC is a South Korean professional football club based in Incheon that competes in the K League 1, the top flight of South Korean football. Founded in 2003, the club is a so-called "community club", with the government of the city ...

, where he continued playing until the 2009/10 season, after which he retired from professional football. Today he lives in

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

, and currently is director of

youth academy.

International career

Mladenović played seventeen matches for

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

. He scored his only international goal on his debut as Serbia and Montenegro won 1–0 against

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

on 20 August 2003.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mladenovic, Dragan 1976 births Living people Footballers from Kraljevo Serbian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Serbia and Montenegro men's international footballers FK Sloga Kraljevo players FK Zemun players Red Star Belgrade footballers Rangers F.C. players Real Sociedad footballers Incheon United FC players Scottish Premier League players La Liga players K League 1 players Serbian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Serbian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain