Dragan Jakovljević ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Јаковљевић; born 23 February 1962) is a

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former

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who played as a

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for

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as well as the SFR Yugoslavia national team.

Club career

Jakovljević was an important member of the memorable Sarajevo squad that won the

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and later became a Cup Winners Cup runner-up medal winner with Antwerp after losing the 1993 Final to

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International career

He made his debut for

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in a December 1987 European Championship qualification match away against

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and has earned a total of 8 caps, scoring 3 goals. Jakovljević was included by

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as a replacement player to

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, who renounced in

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by claiming physical reasons, although this statement was believed for just a few people in

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, who saw political views as the true cause of the withdrawal of the Macedonian forward. Jakovljević, however, could never play in the tournament, as the national team would be suspended one week later due to the

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. His final international was an October 1989

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match against

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, although he later played an unofficial match against

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in May 1992, as a substitute man to

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. The Italian club did won by 2–1, in the last match of the old Yugoslavia team before the Euro ban and before the country being reduced to

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federation.

International goals

:''Scores and results table. Yugoslavia's goal tally first:''

Honours

Sarajevo *

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

: 1984-85 Royal Antwerp *

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: 1991-92 *

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: 1992-93 (

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)

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* * * 1962 births Living people People from Konjic Footballers from Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers FK Igman Konjic players FK Sarajevo players FC Nantes players Royal Antwerp F.C. players Yugoslav Second League players Yugoslav First League players Ligue 1 players Belgian Pro League players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in France Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate men's footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriate sportspeople in Belgium {{BosniaHerzegovina-footy-forward-stub