Dragi Kaličanin (; born 28 October 1957) is a

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manager and former player.

Background and career

Born in Štavalj,

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, in modern-day

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, he started and finished his playing career with

FK Borac Čačak Fudbalski klub Borac 1926 (), commonly known as Borac Čačak, is a professional football club based in Čačak, Serbia. The home ground is Čačak Stadium, which has seating capacity of 8,000. As of 2024–25 season, the club competes in secon ...

but his best years were spent while playing with

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) ...

giants

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

and with Spanish

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club

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with whom he won the 1986 Copa del Rey. He also had short spells in Turkey and with another Yugoslav club,

FK Priština FK Priština () was a Association football, football club based in Pristina. They competed in the First League of FR Yugoslavia for three seasons between 1992 and 1999, before withdrawing due to the Kosovo War. History In 1991, the Albanian FC P ...

Honours

;Partizan *

: 1982-83 ;Zaragoza *

Copa del Rey The , commonly known as , or (in English) the Spanish Cup or King's Cup, and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–1936) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–1976), is an annual knockout football competition in Spanis ...

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* * 1957 births Living people Sportspeople from Sjenica Footballers from Zlatibor District Men's association football defenders Yugoslav men's footballers FK Borac Čačak players FK Partizan players Real Zaragoza players Bursaspor footballers FC Prishtina players Yugoslav First League players La Liga players Süper Lig players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Serbia and Montenegro football managers Serbia and Montenegro expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian football managers FK Voždovac managers FK Partizan non-playing staff {{Serbia-footy-defender-stub