Dragan Jelić (born 27 February 1986) is a Slovenian former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Jelić started his career in the youth teams of

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where he signed his first professional contract. For a short period of time he also played for

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in the Turkish

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before he returned home to Maribor. His best season at the club was 2009–10 when he scored 15 goals in the 1. SNL and was the best club goalscorer of the season. In the first half of 2011 he played for Willem II on loan, returning to Maribor in summer 2011, where he stayed until February 2012. During the winter break of the 2013–14 season, he left Austrian side

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and joined Serbian top division side Radnički Niš.

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