Dragan Perišić (; born 27 October 1979) is a

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manager and former player.

Playing career

Born in

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, Perišić was a member of

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for several years, but never managed to establish himself as a first-team regular. He instead went out on loan to several domestic clubs, before moving abroad in 2004. Over the next eight years, Perišić played in the Czech Republic ( Jablonec), Romania ( Pandurii Târgu Jiu), Ukraine (

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a "phoenix club" of the original Soviet ...

), Azerbaijan ( Simurq), Bangladesh (

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), and Malta (

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). He returned to his homeland and joined

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in the 2012 winter transfer window.

Managerial career

After hanging up his boots, Perišić served as manager of Brodarac 1947, Jedinstvo Stara Pazova, Sinđelić Beograd (September 2020–April 2021), Radnički Pirot, and Radnički Sremska Mitrovica.

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