Dubravko Ledić (born 1950) is a former Bosnian
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career
He began his career with
FK Velež Mostar
Fudbalski klub Velež Mostar ( sh-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Beлеж Мостар; English: Football club Velež Mostar) is a professional football club based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club has a history of being one of the ...
of the
Yugoslav First League
The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...
, with whom he played for over a decade and played in 11 European matches with the club in the
UEFA Cup
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and
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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.
In 1983, he moved to North America and joined Canadian club
Edmonton Eagles of the
Canadian Professional Soccer League. He scored his first goal on June 5, 1983 against the
Calgary Mustangs. He was named league MVP for the 1983 season as Edmonton won the league championship.
Afterwards, he played indoor soccer with the
Tacoma Stars and
Chicago Sting
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. He later played for
Toronto Croatia
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.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ledić, Dubravko
1950 births
Living people
Edmonton Eagles players
Men's association football midfielders
FK Velež Mostar players
Tacoma Stars players
Toronto Croatia players
Chicago Sting (NASL) players
Yugoslav men's footballers
Canadian Professional Soccer League (original) players