Dušan "Dule" Savić ( sr-cyr, Душан "Дуле" Савић; born 1 June 1955) is a Serbian former

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Club career

Savić started playing football in the local side

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in his hometown. He arrived for a tryout at Red Star's Marakana Stadium on 21 March 1972, and was promptly included in the club's youth system. Two years later in 1974, he became a first team player. He quickly grew into a feared striker and a fan favourite. At still only 19, he made his national team debut for Yugoslavia. He ended up playing more than 400 official matches for Red Star Belgrade. After leaving Red Star halfway through the 1982-83 season, Savić had a six-month stint in La Liga with

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where he was brought by countryman

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who was the head coach at the Asturian club. Savić then spent six seasons in French Ligue 1: two with

Lille OSC Lille Olympique Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional football club based in Lille, Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Lille has played its ...

, and four with

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Post-playing

Savić performed the role of Red Star's sporting director from 1998 until 2005 under club president

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Personal life

Savić is married to TV journalist Marina Rajević who hosted a popular one-on-one talk-show ''Dok anđeli spavaju'' on

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' third channel and later on

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. They have two sons: Uroš and Vujadin. Vujadin plays for

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and a daughter named Teodora.

In pop culture

In addition to being a Red Star former great, fondly remembered by football fans across Serbia, Savić unexpectedly grew into somewhat of a

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hero during the late 1990s. Several things contributed to this. The 1997 movie ''

The Wounds ''The Wounds'' ( sr, Ране, translit=Rane) is a 1998 Serbian drama film written and directed by Srđan Dragojević. It depicts the violent lives of two boys in Belgrade as they aspire to make names for themselves in the city's underworld. The ...

'' directed by

Srđan Dragojević Srđan Dragojević ( sr-cyr, Срђан Драгојевић, , born 1 January 1963) is a Serbian film director and screenwriter, who emerged in the 1990s as a significant figure in Serbian cinema. From 2010 until 2017, he was affiliated with the ...

, features a scene with two main characters chanting "Duuuule Savić" during sexual intercourse with a

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. The chant is delivered in fashion similar to the way neighbourhood kids exclaim their favourite player's name after scoring a goal on the playground. Also, name Dule Savić is yelled out by disabled soldier in Dragojević's 1996 movie ''

Pretty Village, Pretty Flame ''Pretty Village, Pretty Flame'' ( sr, Лепа села лепо горе / ''Lepa sela lepo gore'', literally ''"Pretty villages burn nicely"'') is a 1996 Serbian film directed by Srđan Dragojević with a screenplay based on a book written by ...

'' when he tries to kick papaya thrown to him by couple of junkies. Then in 1996,

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band Prljavi Inspektor Blaža i Kljunovi released a track titled "Dule Savić" that is playing on the new meaning of "Dule Savić" with sexual connotations introduced by ''The Wounds'' movie. Finally, in the 2000 comedy ''

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'' by Radivoj Andrić, 'Lepa sela lepo gore' Savić plays himself as ''

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'' of sorts in a scene featuring the main characters being stranded with a broken down vehicle in the middle of the night. Just as they are discussing Savić's famous

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

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3rd round goal vs. Arsenal F.C. at

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, he suddenly appears out of nowhere in his oldtimer, dispenses some random life advice, and rides off into the night.

Career statistics

External links

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На терену се показује личност
''Politika'', 16 March 2008
Dule Savić za MONDO: Englezi uče o meni!
MTS Mondo, 20 May 2008
Profile at reprezentacija.rs
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