Dragan Mihajlović (born 22 August 1991) is a Swiss professional

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who plays primarily as a

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for

Bellinzona Bellinzona ( , ; ; is a municipality, a List of towns in Switzerland, historic Swiss town, and the capital of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The town is famous for its Three Castles of Bellinzona, three castles (Castelgrande, Montebello, Sa ...

Club career

Mihajlović started his career at

, in the Italian speaking region of Switzerland. He played his first league match on 26 April 2008, in a 3–0 win to

Yverdon Yverdon-les-Bains () (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Ancient Rome, Roman era) is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Jura-North Vaudois District, Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It ...

, replacing

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. He also played the next 2 Challenge League matches as substitute. In the last match of 2008–09

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season, Mihajlović made his full Super League debut, substituting Adewale Wahab in the 58th minute. He played the first four out of five league matches as substitute for Bellinzona at the start of 2009–10 season. A few days after his 18th birthday, on 31 August,

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, who had recently returned to

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, signed him on a permanent deal. After just one season in the Parma primavera team, the 18-year-old Swiss forward moved back to

AC Bellinzona AC Bellinzona is a Swiss football club based in Bellinzona. It was founded in 1904, and won the Swiss Super League in 1948. After being folded in 2013 declaring bankruptcy, the team played the Ticino Group of 2.Liga, the sixth tier of the Sw ...

on 3 June 2010, signing a 3-year contract.

Levski Sofia

On 12 February 2021, he signed for Bulgarian club

Levski Sofia PFC Levski Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 by a group of high sc ...

. Mihajlović immediately became a fixture in Levski's starting eleven as a right back and kept his spot for a year until the end of 2021-22 season. His high point at Levski was unquestionably winning the

2021–22 Bulgarian Cup The 2021–22 Bulgarian Cup was the 40th official edition of the Bulgarian annual football knockout tournament. It was sponsored by ''Sesame'' and known as the Sesame Kupa na Bulgaria for sponsorship purposes. The competition began on 4 September ...

. Mihajlović had a major contribution to the trophy, especially by scoring against

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in the first leg of the semi-final. At the end of the season, Mihajlović and Levski could not reach an agreement for a contract extension and the player left the team.

International

He scored a goal in 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification. He made his U19 debut on 2 September 2009, a first leg of a two-leg friendly with

Georgia national under-19 football team The Georgia national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Football Federation, the governing body for football in Georgia. Primarily, it competes to qualify for the annual UEFA Europea ...

Honours

Club

;APOEL *

Cypriot Super Cup The Cypriot Super Cup is a Cypriot football trophy, contested in an annual match between the previous season's Cypriot First Division champions, and the Cypriot Cup winners. The match is contested at the beginning of the football season, and is ...

(1): 2019 ;Levski Sofia *

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup () is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournament's format is ''single-elimination'', with all matche ...

(1): 2021–22

References

External links

Profile at Swiss Super League
1991 births Living people Footballers from Doboj Region Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Swiss people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Swiss people of Serbian descent Men's association football fullbacks Bosnia and Herzegovina men's footballers 21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen Swiss men's footballers Switzerland men's youth international footballers AC Bellinzona players FC Chiasso players FC Lugano players APOEL FC players PFC Levski Sofia players Swiss Challenge League players Swiss Super League players Cypriot First Division players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Swiss expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Swiss expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria 21st-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-footy-forward-stub