Dragoljub Bursać ( sr-cyr, Драгољуб Бурсаћ) is a retired Serbian

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player.

Biography

Born in

Nakovo Nakovo ( sr-cyr, Наково) is a village located in the Kikinda municipality of the North Banat District of Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. It is situated near the border with Romania. The population of the village numbers 2,4 ...

, Bursać started his career in his local club Polet. In 1975, he moved to Proleter Zrenjanin in the

Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...

, where he played for three seasons. In 1978, he moved to

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

in the

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) ...

and was part of the Rijeka team that won the

1978–79 Yugoslav Cup The 1978–79 Yugoslav Cup was the 31st season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup (), also known as the "Marshal Tito Cup" (''Kup Maršala Tita''), since its establishment in 1946. It was won by NK Rijeka, ...

. He scored the winning goal in the 2–1 win in the first leg of the Cup Final against Partizan on 16 May 1979. In the following season, he was a regular in Rijeka's team that went on to reach the Quarter-finals of the

1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup The 1979–80 season was the 20th season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup, a association football, football tournament organised by UEFA for the cup winners from each of its member associations. The competition was won by Spa ...

, where they were eliminated by

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. Following three seasons with Rijeka, prior to retiring, Bursać played with

Sutjeska Nikšić Sutjeska may refer to: *Sutjeska (river), a river in Bosnia and Herzegovina *Sutjeska National Park, a national park in Bosnia and Herzegovina *Battle of Sutjeska, a World War II battle in Yugoslavia * ''The Battle of Sutjeska'' (film), a 1973 Yugo ...

OFK Beograd OFK Beograd ( sr-Cyrl, ОФК Београд – Омладински фудбалски клуб Београд, English language, English: ''Belgrade Youth Football Club''), also known in English as OFK Belgrade and currently referred to as OFK ...

and

OFK Kikinda OFK Kikinda () is a football club based in Kikinda, Vojvodina, Serbia. They compete in the Serbian League Vojvodina, the third tier of the national league system. History The first club in the town was founded in August 1909 as ''Nagykikindai Atl ...

in the

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Nakovo Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers FK Proleter Zrenjanin players HNK Rijeka players FK Sutjeska Nikšić players OFK Beograd players OFK Kikinda players Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players {{Serbia-footy-midfielder-stub