Slobodan Drapić ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Драпић, he, סלובודאן דראפיץ'; born 28 February 1965) is a Serbian-Israeli

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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

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, where he played for the local side

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for two years in the

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. 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

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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

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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 Maccabi Haifa ( he, מכבי חיפה) is one of the biggest sports clubs in Israel and a part of the Maccabi association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Haifa which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as Football ...

. When

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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

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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

. In the second half of the 2011–12 season he worked for

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as the assistant coach of

Avram Grant Avraham "Avram" Grant ( he, אברהם "אברם" גרנט; born Avraham Granat; ) is an Israeli professional football manager. He has spent the majority of his career coaching and managing in Israel, winning a number of national league and cup ...

. 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

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, who is a professional

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player in

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Managerial stats

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Drapic, Slobodan 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