Dragoslav Jevrić (, ; born 8 July 1974) is a Serbian retired professional

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who played as a

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. He last worked as a goalkeeping coach at Riga FC.

Club career

Jevrić was born in Ivangrad, SR Montenegro,

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which is now Berane,

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. He started playing with FK Ivangrad, and then with FK Rudar Pljevlja and FK Priština before moving to Belgrade top-league sides FK Obilić and

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. He spent a large part of his career at

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side Vitesse, but left them for Ankaraspor in January 2005.

International career

He was a member of

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for the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ...

. Jevrić was the only player on the team born in Montenegro as Mirko Vučinić withdrew before the tournament due to injury. He was called up by the newly formed Serbia national team for a friendly match against the

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on 4 August 2006 but he did not play in the match as then-coach Javier Clemente chose to use Vladimir Stojković instead. This decision upset Jevrić and led him to retire from international football. Jevrić earned a total of 43 caps His final international cap was on June 21, 2006 in a 3-2 loss against Ivory Coast in the 2006 World Cup, which was also the final match in history for the Serbia and Montenegro national team.

Career statistics

International

Coaching career

In January 2022, Jevrić was appointed goalkeeping coach at Riga FC under new manager Thorsten Fink having worked with the German in the same role at APOEL.

Honours

Red Star Belgrade *

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(3): 1996, 1997, 1999 Maccabi Tel Aviv *

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(1): 2008–09 Omonia *

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(2): 2010–11, 2011–12 *

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(1): 2010

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* * 1974 births Living people Footballers from Berane Serbs of Montenegro Men's association football goalkeepers Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbia and Montenegro men's international footballers 2006 FIFA World Cup players Serbian men's footballers FK Rudar Pljevlja players FK Obilić players Red Star Belgrade footballers SBV Vitesse players Ankaraspor footballers Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players AC Omonia players Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players First League of Serbia and Montenegro players Eredivisie players Süper Lig players Israeli Premier League players Cypriot First Division players Serbian SuperLiga players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Serbian expatriate men's footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Latvia Association football goalkeeping coaches {{Serbia-footy-goalkeeper-stub