Dragoljub Simonović ( sr-cyr, Дpaгoљуб Симоновић, bg, Драголюб Симонович; born 30 October 1972) is a Serbian-born Bulgarian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugb ...

Club career

Simonović began his club career at the local

FK Obilić Fudbalski klub Obilić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Обилић) is a Serbian football club based in Vračar, a neighbourhood of Belgrade. It was named after medieval Serbian hero Miloš Obilić, a legendary 14th-century kni ...

, before transferring to

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

in 1998, where he won the 1998/1999

Bulgarian Championship The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

. In 2001, he transferred to

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

. He also played one match for the Bulgaria national team.

Coaching career

He had been appointed on 16 January 2006 as a manager of

OFC Sliven 2000 FC Sliven (ФК Сливен) is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Sliven, currently playing in the Third League, the third level of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground is the Hadzhi Dimitar Stadium in Sliven with a capacity of 1 ...

. Simonović won the Bulgarian second division thus qualified the club in top division for 2008/2009 season. In January 2009 he became manager of Spartak Varna.

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* Living people 1972 births Serbian football managers Serbian footballers Serbian expatriate footballers Bulgarian footballers Bulgaria international footballers FK Obilić players PFC Litex Lovech players PFC CSKA Sofia players PFC Litex Lovech managers PFC Spartak Varna managers First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Association football midfielders Footballers from Belgrade Expatriate football managers in Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-footy-midfielder-stub Bulgarian people of Serbian descent