Slobodan Drapić ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Драпић, he, סלובודאן דראפיץ'; born 28 February 1965) is a Serbian-Israeli
football
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manager and former player. He is currently the manager of
Bnei Sakhnin
Bnei Sakhnin F.C. ( ar, اتحاد أبناء سخنين, he, איחוד בני סכנין, ''Ihud Bnei Sakhnin''; ''Ittihad Abna Sakhnin'', ) is an Israeli football club based at the Doha Stadium in Sakhnin. They are the most successful club ...
.
Playing career
Drapić was born and grew up in
Novi Sad
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, where he played for the local side
FK Novi Sad
RFK Novi Sad 1921 (Serbian Cyrillic: РФК Нови Сад 1921) is a professional football club from Novi Sad, Serbia. The club is currently playing in the Serbian First League.
History
The club was founded in 1921 with the name NTK (Novosadski ...
for two years in the
Yugoslav Second League
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** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1 ...
. In 1988, he moved to play in Israel for
Maccabi Netanya
Maccabi Netanya F.C. ( he, מועדון כדורגל מכבי נתניה, ''Football Club Maccabi Netanya'') is an Israeli football club based in Netanya. Established in 1934, the club was a founding member of the Israeli League in 1949. Afte ...
and made
aliyah
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. On 23 November 1988, he was called up for the
Israeli national team and won his one and only cap for the national side in a friendly game against Romania.
Drapić played with Netanya for seven years in the
Liga Leumit
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Structure
There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...
until the club got relegated in the end of the 1994–95 season. The following season he moved to play for
Beitar Tubruk, where he also retired as a player.
Coaching career
In a long coaching career in Israel he became the assistant coach with Maccabi Netanya,
Tzafririm Holon
Hapoel Tzafririm Holon F.C. ( he, הפועל צפרירים חולון) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Holon. The club was founded in 1985 by a merger of Hapoel Holon and Tzafririm Holon.[Maccabi Haifa
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. When
Ronny Levy
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left Maccabi Haifa, he also wanted to leave the club.
Partizan Belgrade
Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, link ...
offered him a job as a
scout
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and coach assistant, but he refused the offer because he wanted to stay in Israel.
On 27 September 2010, Drapić signed a two-year contract as manager of
Bnei Sakhnin
Bnei Sakhnin F.C. ( ar, اتحاد أبناء سخنين, he, איחוד בני סכנין, ''Ihud Bnei Sakhnin''; ''Ittihad Abna Sakhnin'', ) is an Israeli football club based at the Doha Stadium in Sakhnin. They are the most successful club ...
.
In the second half of the 2011–12 season he worked for
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
as the assistant coach of
Avram Grant
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.
In June 2013 he became the manager of
Beitar Tel Aviv Ramla. He worked as the manager of the club until 7 June 2015, when he signed a contract as the manager of
Beitar Jerusalem
Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jeru ...
. The following season he returned to his former club of Maccabi Netanya.
Personal life
Drapić is married to his Israeli wife Anita. They have four children; the youngest is
Dolev
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, who is a professional
basketball
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player in
Barak Netanya
Elitzur Ironi Netanya ( he, אליצור עירוני קוסמוס נדל"ן נתניה) is a professional basketball club based in Netanya, Israel. The team plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, since its promotion in 2021.
History Eli ...
.
Managerial stats
References
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1965 births
Living people
Footballers from Novi Sad
Men's association football defenders
Serbian footballers
Yugoslav footballers
Israeli footballers
Serbian expatriate footballers
Israel men's international footballers
RFK Novi Sad 1921 players
Maccabi Netanya F.C. players
Beitar Nes Tubruk F.C. players
Israeli Premier League managers
Maccabi Netanya F.C. managers
Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. managers
Maccabi Herzliya F.C. managers
Bnei Sakhnin F.C. managers
Beitar Tel Aviv Bat Yam F.C. managers
Beitar Jerusalem F.C. managers
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. managers
Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C. managers
FK Partizan non-playing staff
Naturalized citizens of Israel
Serbian emigrants to Israel
Israeli football managers