Dragan Umičević ( sr-cyr, Драган Умичевић; born 9 October 1984 in Dubica,

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) is a

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professional

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player of Serbian descent. He is currently playing for

Södertälje SK Södertälje Sportklubb, also known as Södertälje SK and often referred to as SSK, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest level of pro hockey in Sweden. Södertälje were charter members of Eli ...

in the

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(Allsv). Umicevic has represented the Sweden national ice hockey team in 2006 and 2007. With

he won the team's internal scoring league in the

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. Umičević was drafted by the

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in the sixth round of the

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, 184th overall.

Playing career

Aside from 9 games in Russia in 2007, Umicevic played in Sweden until 2012. He then moved to the Finnish

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, where he was known as a playmaker. At the end of the 2013–14 season he moved to the NLA in Switzerland and signed with

EHC Biel EHC Biel-Bienne is a professional ice hockey club based in the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, Switzerland and plays in the National League (NL). Since the city of Biel is completely bilingual, alongside the German name EHC Biel (Abbr: EHCB) the tea ...

for the playoffs. He scored 6 goals and 10 assists in 15 games, earning him a one-year contract with Biel for 2014-15. For the 2015–16 season, Umicevic signed a one-year contract with the

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team

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. In August 2016, he inked a two-year deal with another German team,

Krefeld Pinguine The Krefeld Pinguine (Krefeld Penguins) are an ice hockey team in the DEL2. Their home ice is in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the König Palast. Founded first in 1936 by Willi Münstermann, the pro team became a limited liability ...

. Following the 2017–18 season, Umicevic opted to leave as a free agent and sign a new two-year contract in the neighbouring

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with Austrian club

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on May 1, 2018.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* 1984 births Ässät players IF Björklöven players EHC Biel players EHC Black Wings Linz players Edmonton Oilers draft picks Djurgårdens IF Hockey players Färjestad BK players Frölunda HC players HC CSKA Moscow players Kölner Haie players Krefeld Pinguine players Living people Malmö Redhawks players Södertälje SK players Swedish ice hockey right wingers Swedish people of Serbian descent Tappara players {{Sweden-icehockey-winger-stub