Dragan Bošnjak (; 19 October 1956 – 27 March 2019) was a Yugoslav and Serbian professional

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who played as a

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Club career

After starting out at Spartak Subotica, Bošnjak joined

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( ; sr-Cyrl, Војводина, ), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an Autonomous administrative division, autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia, located in Central Europe. It lies withi ...

in 1976. He spent three and a half years with the club and won the

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in the 1976–77 season. In the winter of 1980, Bošnjak switched to

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. He helped them win the

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in the 1981–82 season, as well as two

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s, in

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and

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. In 1985, Bošnjak spent half a year at Dinamo Vinkovci. Later on, Bošnjak played professionally in Turkey (

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), Spain (

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), and Belgium (

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International career

At international level, Bošnjak was a member of the Yugoslavia under-21 team that won the

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Death

Bošnjak died in his hometown of Kanjiža on 27 March 2019.

Honours

Vojvodina *

: 1976–77 Dinamo Zagreb *

: 1981–82 *

: 1979–80, 1982–83 Yugoslavia U21 *

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bosnjak, Dragan 1956 births 2019 deaths People from Kanjiža Footballers from North Banat District Yugoslav men's footballers Serbian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Yugoslavia men's under-21 international footballers FK Spartak Subotica players FK Vojvodina players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players HNK Cibalia players Gaziantepspor footballers UE Figueres footballers K.V.C. Westerlo players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Segunda División players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Belgium