Dušan Pešić (; born 26 April 1955) is a former Yugoslav and

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who played as an

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Club career

Pešić started out at his hometown club

Napredak Kruševac Napredak, which translates from Serbo-Croatian as ''Progress'', may refer to: *HKD Napredak, cultural society of Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina *FK Napredak Kruševac, Serbian football club *FK Napredak Aleksinac, Serbian football club *FK Napred ...

, making his senior debut in 1973. He helped the side win promotion to 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) ...

on two occasions (1976 and 1978). In 1980, Pešić was transferred to

Hajduk Split Hrvatski Nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split (), is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, the club's home ...

. He was a member of the team that won the

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in the 1983–84 season. In 1984, Pešić moved abroad to Turkey and signed with Fenerbahçe. He spent four years at the club and won the national championship in his debut season. In 1988, Pešić switched to

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and stayed there for one year.

International career

Between 1980 and 1983, Pešić earned four caps for

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at full level. He also represented his country at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

Career statistics

Honours

;Napredak Kruševac *

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 ...

: 1975–76, 1977–78 ;Hajduk Split *

: 1983–84 ;Fenerbahçe * 1.Lig: 1984–85 *

Turkish Super Cup The Turkish Super Cup, known as Turkcell Super Cup () for sponsorship reasons, is a super cup tournament in Turkish football. Founded in 1966 as a two-team competition, the current version has been contested since 2025 by four teams: the winners ...

: 1985

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pesic, Dusan 1955 births Living people Footballers from Kruševac Men's association football midfielders Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslavia men's under-21 international footballers Yugoslavia men's international footballers Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Yugoslavia FK Napredak Kruševac players HNK Hajduk Split players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Sakaryaspor footballers Yugoslav First League players Yugoslav Second League players Süper Lig players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Turkey